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“People are going to look back at the whole idea that there could be a brokered convention this year with the same astonishment that people before the first Gulf War were seriously arguing that we should wait for “Sanctions to bite” instead of liberating Kuwait.”

“The whole idea is based on fantasy.”
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That's an interesting analogy; although I am not certain that you would want to interpret it as I do.

I am assuming you are saying that the hope for a brokered convention is analogous to the “fantasy” in your statement. To that point, I reluctantly agree. My reasoning behind this is that it appears more and more obvious that an “accommodation” has been reached and the “fix” is in. We will ultimately end up with a Romney/Santorum or, a less likely, Santorum/Romney ticket.

So, as I see it, we will have a “country club,” Northeastern liberal teamed with a religion-based, social issues centric, union sympathetic, somewhat-conservative statist. To my thinking, that ticket falls far short of ideal and one tha is not likely to beat Obama.

That said, I will show up on election day as always; and, resignedly, once more hold my nose and zombie-vote the GOP-E ticket. I will do that one last time; simply because Obama really is THAT BAD for the world and the Republic. Ironically, I would probably do better financially w/Obama in the “drivers seat;” never-the-less, the damage he has done and will do to liberty and freedom is just too great for my conscience to allow me to not vote against him and his socialist policies.

The down side is that; regardless of what I do, I truly believe a Romney-Santorum/Santorum-Romney ticket will be an utter disaster that will encourage Dems to come to the polls while simultaneously depressing the Conservative base of the Republican Party and losing the female vote in all age groups. (As Rush would say; “For those of you in Rio-Linda, that is not a winning strategy.)

But, back to your Kuwait analogy: It's a pretty good one; you just didn't follow it thru to its logical conclusion. That war took vast expenditures of time, planning, effort and treasure; yet, it was all spent on a cause that took a sudden U-turn at the Road to Baghdad; just short of complete victory ...the reason; weak, short-sighted political leadership. Several years later things were even worse and the war had to be re-fought at even greater time, effort, planning, expense and greater loss of life.

So yes, the “fix” is in; it probably always was. We shall have the candidates and policies our “betters” have chosen for us.

All Hail; GOP-Elitists!!! All Hail; Romney/Santorum!!! All Hail; Santorum/Romney!!! (whatever - big whoop)

(Too bad about what might’ve been, Newt. It's time to manage the decline.)

Regards,

-Geoff