You mean we finally catch a break? Cool.
IBTH
Good.
IOW, Rudy is Toooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast!
Works for me!
If things stay this way through the primary season, we may be in a situation that we haven't seen in a long time - the republican nominee not being known until the convention. With both Guiliani and Thompson wheeling and dealing with the also-rans behind the scenes for delegates.
How this would effect the presidential race is hard to tell...
It might actually draw some much needed interest and suspense to the republican covention, especially if the democrat candidate is coronated early in the process. It may also make it difficult for the democrats to run against a candidate before the covention if they aren't sure who they will be running against.
On the negative side, it could make the republican party appear to be split and indecisive. There could also be fund raising problems with no clear nominee.
ok would somebody please explain how this fits in with the early primaries Guiliani’s camp was negotiating.
Were all those early manuvers now exposed a pointless?
Eisenhower was from Kansas, which is hardly the Sun Belt. He may have been born in Texas, but he moved to Abilene, Kansas when he was 1 year old and spent his whole youth there. He retired to Pennsylvania.
Bush Sr. may have listed Texas as his home state, but had equally strong ties to the Northeast.
Furthermore, this article define both the west coast and the south as the 'Sunbelt', when they're two very different places.
In fact, the last 13 Republican presidential nominees have been:
That seems like pretty good geographical balance to me