Super Tuesday wrap-up

Last night we recieved all the results from "Super Tuesday", and it was an interesting evening.

The race remains, but McCain merely confirmed what all the polls were saying.

Of all the speeches, Obama's was the longest and perhaps the most inspirational, but I found it lacked substance. It was nice what he wanted to do: I even wanted to do many of those things, but he did not explain how he intended to do so. That is, it's fine to want to unite people, but tell us how, because otherwise I think Obama will run into the same problems: party lines, disagreement, etc. Obama just isn't extremely clear and it seems like he is already trying to appease the general electorate.

That is what happens every election. In the primaries, candidates want the left/right to like them. In the general election, they worry more about the middle, since the far left/right has no other choice, anyway.

McCain's speech was shorter but also very good. Unlike Obama, he talked with a little more substance. Romney sounded a little mean, especially with how he started the speech. He realizes that it will take a lot to beat McCain, and he's not likely to get enough votes to overcome him. I think he would have done better.

I didn't see Huckabee or Clinton speak.

But it's interesting to examine the vice-presidental situation on the Republican side, given nothing major happens (the Democratic side is still close to discuss). There are two groups of thought on this: one suggests that McCain should choose a very moderate or even slightly liberal (on the theory that conservatives see it as the lesser of two evils). The other suggests that McCain choose a moderate to strong conservative.

Both have valid points. I would not at all rule out Romney and Huckabee as candidates for McCain's running mate. Huckabee seems like slightly more likely due to the good will between McCain and Huckabee as Huckabee has been helping McCain by taking votes away from Romney. Also, McCain was careful to congratulate Huckabee quickly and strongly BEFORE Romney during his speech. It's hard to say, but does this mean anything?

The right is looking at the polls right now, and sees that only McCain has a shot at beating Obama or Clinton in the general electron, hence why so many are now backing McCain even if they think he is not the perfect conservative. McCain does address this in his ads, however: he is tired of people not calling him conservative because of several more liberal positions, such as his amnesty stance of immigration.

-Apollo