Is it just me, or is this an odd primary season? One after another rises then falls, then another comes along, and process is repeated...
Yes it is odd in that America has no real journalists in the WH press corpse that will hold the Kenyan accountable for anything.
Yes it is odd. Santorum is now on the rise, and Gingrich is waning, but that could reverse over the course of February.
I also wonder if the news cycle is affecting things. I’m thinking of Dick Morris’ old theory that whatever issue is hot that day drives people to vote for one candidate over another. Suddenly Obama is attacking the Catholic church, and Santorum is clearly the best candidate on Catholic and religious conservative issues. Meanwhile the economy is reported to be doing better, which is perceived as Romney’s strong suit. If the economy got totally better, why would anyone vote for Romney who’s obviously weak on other kinds of conservatism? Newt is probably the guy they’d go to for national security, because he’s perceived as the toughest guy, or for a general conservative grab bag if one particular common issue wasn’t big in the news.
“Is it just me, or is this an odd primary season?”
IMO, I think more people are following the candidates earlier during the election cycle. Probably due to the increase of social networking, Tweets, Face book etc.