After Michigan The Political Merry Go Round Spins To Nevada
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Posted by neillevine
January 17, 2008
Posted by neillevine
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Mitt Romney has won the Republican Michigan primary, following Mike Huckabee’s win in Iowa and John McCain’s first place finish in New Hampshire.
That makes three leading Republican candidates, and while there are other contenders in the field who are getting polite notices from the media, complicating the race, it pays to lead but a lack of leadership translates into a potential problem down the road.
As for the Democrats, the race has boiled down to a Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama show down, with John Edwards smartly bringing up the rear. To show how rough the going can be, disappointed by coming in a mere fourth, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has already called it a day, showing how cut throat retail politics can be and deflating what little humor was left in the race.
On the other hand, Hillary Clinton has shown she has a merciless side, attacking Senator Obama without respect for the issues and making liberal use of sly jabs and not so subtle innuendo. Senator Obama instead of outright crying as Senator Clinton did in New Hampshire has managed to negotiate a period of play nice time, a policy Senator Clinton is all too happy to accommodate after scoring the low blows that she views to be to her advantage.
With the national financial picture growing gloomier by the day, tax cuts, rebates, free money and economic policy are issues that have been given some prominence over religion, morals, ethics, immigration, change, national defense and security issues.
While most of the leading candidates want to stem the downward spiral of poor financial results threatening jobs, property values, stocks and prosperity, it is unfortunate that there has been no discussion of what is going on out there in the world of national finance. Why is stimulus necessary? What caused the problem? How can America avoid such a predicament in the future? Is there a permanent solution? You never know, but it is possible to hope someone might come up with specifics. They might even explain something in a clear and easy to understand fashion.
Further potential future issues, will the Republican be able to overcome white bread attacks and turn having and earning money into a campaign advantage? Can they overcome cries of poverty? Where are all these issues going? Can candidates raise issues with more appeal to voters? Or is this going to come down to endurance and attrition?
When will the suffering end? What will the race boil down to? Congeniality? Personality? Party connections? Policy? Issues? Which brings up the request, “Now Hillary.” “Now is best. If not now, WHEN? Now is still good, if you know what I mean.”
As for the results of future primaries and caucuses, it appears the media have dropped the idea that Hillary Clinton is polarizing and they do not seem to have much interest in the future trials and tribulations of Norman Hsu, the incarcerated fund raiser with questionable financial policies. It appears he will be tried in New York by federal officials, but apparently without a lot of fanfare, saving a lot of free spending politicians an account full of embarrassment.
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