good riddance

[kaydeefalls]

Romney is apparently out of the Republican race, thank god. He creeps me out. Of course, this pretty much guarantees McCain for the nomination -- Huckabee's weirdly popular in his own special way, but I sincerely doubt he'll actually pull out on top. (Although I would not be at all surprised to see a McCain/Huckabee ticket come November.) Oh, and I guess Ron Paul is still in, but let's be serious. This is...probably the best I could hope for, out of the Republican race. McCain will be harder for a Democrat to beat -- I agree with an NY Times analysis today that says Obama stands a better chance against him than Clinton, but either way, McCain appeals to moderates and independants. But worst case scenario, I feel vastly less anxious about McCain in the White House than I would have with Romney. I disagree with him on many, many issues, but not being scary is a very big point in his favor. Also, he looks like a chipmunk, which could make the State of the Union way more entertaining.

Still, now Democrats really, really need to rally behind one candidate. I'm nervous about the protracted bickering this continuing race is producing. If Clinton wins the nomination, she will need the support of the Obama fans to take the presidency, and vice versa. This party seriously lacks solidarity right now, and I sincerely worry about pulling our shit together come the DNC in August, regardless of who ends up at the helm. And I really do think Obama would do a much better job at winning over Clinton supporters and unifying the party.

Good riddance, Mitt Romney. Don't let the door hit your ass on your way out.

Comments

[dreamflower]

Clinton's been making some very veiled and vague "share the ticket" hints. I think a Clinton-Obama ticket would be hard to beat.

I'm not sure she'd be willing to take a second place; I don't know if he would either, but I think he'd be more likely to. He's younger, so it would put him in good place for being the nominee when her term(s) ran out.

But I have a couple of people I'd like to see as Democratic running mate, and they've never made White House noises.

Romney's scary, yes, and Huckabee even more so. I'd *hate* to see McCain pick either of them as a running mate--he's no spring chicken and if he died in office, we'd be up the proverbial creek!

[newredshoes]

In the comments of that article I linked to, someone says that something like 75% of Obama supporters and 82% of Hillary supporters (or vice versa) would be okay with the other candidate winning the nomination. I have no idea where those stats came from, but it's hopeful news, if it's correct and stays that high.

[kalliopeia.livejournal.com]

I think once one Democratic candidate is chosen, most everyone will support that person. Most of the people I know really like both Obama and Clinton, but prefer one over the other.

Honestly I'm not sure Clinton could win if she gets the nomination and runs against McCain. There are just too many people who will be scared away by Bill baggage, and as you said McCain isn't entirely unappealing, especially for those people.

However, he would be a FOOL to run with Huckabee. Huckabee scares the bejesus out of people...at least the ones not suckered by his golly gee whiz charm. McCain could appeal to moderates and independents, but I don't think he could rope in those people with Huckabee at his side.