Flying Pink Unicorns

Well, Romney won Michigan, and won it fairly soundly. His father was a 3-term governor there, so its not clear if he was really a home-state favorite.

In any event, I've thought for a long time that there is no chance the GOP will nominate Romney, and I haven't changed my mind. I have the courage of my convictions on this one. Feel free to mock me for YEARS if he ends up being the nominee. This isn't a random prediction, like Obama winning New Hampshire, which I got wrong and don't much care about. This prediction reflects a basic belief I have about human nature.

People can spot a pure phony, and really no one likes a phony. And he's such an obvious panderer that even the stupid folk that approve of the Bush administration can see it. And this should, in the end, prevent him from getting anywhere near the nomination. Of course, by my logic he should have fallen so badly on his face that he'd be dropping out by now, and he most certainly has NOT done that. My answer is that this GOP field is so weak (if you don't like McCain overmuch) and he's been so active in the early states, with money and appearances, that he was bound to get SOME support. And in a fractured field with a lot of money, some support will translate into some wins.

Objectively he certainly has a shot at the nomination, though probably not as good a shot as McCain. But I have not wavered from my view that even the GOP will reject such an obvious phony. Bryan in Raleigh has pointed out that while he may be phony he is telling the GOP what it wants to hear, and he is very right. That, I submit, is why he has done as well as he has. I just can't see it pushing him over the top. Its possible he will win. And you, my readers, can remind me of it until the cows come home.