Mopping Up Michigan

The final tallies have been counted in the Michigan Primary, and the local boy made good, as expected. Mitt Romney finally got his gold. Pundits and the press had speculated that McCain would pose the greatest threat to a Romney win, coasting on the "momentum" of his New Hampshire victory.

Indeed McCain came in just behind Romney, followed by Mike Huckabee in honorable third place. In my opinion, however, the most interesting showing is the fourth place standing of my favored candidate, Ron Paul. I find this especially interesting because a commentator at the recent Fox News Republican debate established that Paul was unelectable. Fox Corp.'s favored candidate is Mr. Giuliani, who the American People seem to be successfully tuning out. The stark contrast in policy between Paul and Giuliani has played itself out on the Fox News stage before. Ever since that initial over-hyyped non-exchange at that debate, Giuliani has paraphrased his understanding of Ron Paul's foreign policy as a belief that the good Will of the American people was responsible for the terrible tragedy of 9/11.

Here is a Wired News wrapup of the blogosphere reaction to the Michigan Primary results.

There was some speculation that Congressman Paul would benefit from Michigan primary rules, and the lack of Democratic contenders in the state (being punished by the Democratic National Party for moving their primary to an earlier date). The always popular "youth vote" was also predominantly hailed.

Congressman Paul was also endorsed by an area Muslim newspaper.

One of my favorite mementos from the 2008 Michigan Primary is this clip of some news coverage by a local affiliate. I also enjoyed this Spoof piece taking a poke at Diebold voting machines, one of my pet subjects.

The Democratic debate on MSNBC did not deviate from the campaign's established track record and the featured candidates failed to elicit palpable pathos. To the knowledgeable observer it appeared hopelessly repetitive and devoid of meaningful statements. Clinton, Edwards and Obama sat around a table and took turns regurgitating each others oblique phrases. Of course this has been the state of the democratic race all along. The nice folks over at the Talking Points Memo YouTube channel have compiled an enjoyably condensed version of the debate, as they have for every debate in this Presidential Campaign.

Be sure to check out Rush Limbaugh's dramatic oration of The Uncivil War he has declared between Clinton and Obama. Very entertaining, he always delivers. These days I can hardly be receptive to news on the Democratic candidates, unless Rush Limbaugh is the mediator, because sometimes he filters content correctly.

Until next time, keep going for The Gold!