The question is, how long will he carry on? Unfortunately, it looks like he will go on for a while, because he seems to be having a good time, and he’ll probably continue to get funding from his own base.
One of the reasons that Thompson should stay in the race is that so many others are. As long as he persists (and if he can continue the momentum that he was starting to build out of South Carolina) he may be able to pick up enough delegates to have a seat at the table in Minneapolis (and an outside shot at becoming a consensus nominee). And he has to continue to pull conservative votes from Huckabee.
The question is, how long will he carry on? Unfortunately, it looks like he will go on for a while, because he seems to be having a good time, and he’ll probably continue to get funding from his own base.
One of the reasons that Thompson should stay in the race is that so many others are. As long as he persists (and if he can continue the momentum that he was starting to build out of South Carolina) he may be able to pick up enough delegates to have a seat at the table in Minneapolis (and an outside shot at becoming a consensus nominee). And he has to continue to pull conservative votes from Huckabee.
The question is, how long will he carry on? Unfortunately, it looks like he will go on for a while, because he seems to be having a good time, and he’ll probably continue to get funding from his own base.
One of the reasons that Thompson should stay in the race is that so many others are. As long as he persists (and if he can continue the momentum that he was starting to build out of South Carolina) he may be able to pick up enough delegates to have a seat at the table in Minneapolis (and an outside shot at becoming a consensus nominee). And he has to continue to pull conservative votes from Huckabee.
Wise words that many have forgotten. I’m sure that the anti-Zionist left will just think he’s an uppity negro, though.
[Update a few minutes later]
To commemorate the holiday, Alan Boyle has some useful links on the scientific bases (or not) of race. I agree that it’s much more a social construct than a scientific one.
If Green Bay had won, the Super Bowl would have been one of the historic games in NFL history. We would have seen a team that was attempting to go undefeated throughout the season, with a hot-shot young quarterback, against the old man who led his team to the ultimate game, and was looking to a final win and retirement on a high note.
Unfortunately, it will now be just the former. No one outside of New York will care if the Giants win. It’s too bad for Eli Manning and his team, but now most of the nation will be cheering against them, because there’s no compelling story on the other side.
And poor Favre. He has to decide if he wants to take one more shot. As I was watching that game, it looked to me like the foremost thought of the players on both sides was, “Damn. Goddamn this is cold. When will this [bleeping] game be over?”