You've got to feel sorry for the Republicans, for not only are they fighting themselves in the presidential primaries, but they have already lost the foreign policy war (Obama over Osama), the national economy is improving, they care little for the environment while being enamored with fossil fuels (see below), and they are alienating half the voters: women. Now, Rush Limbaugh does not represent the Grand Old Party, but conservative pundits like him cause more harm to their cause than good.
Further, there is that incredibly imperceptive Senator from Missouri, Roy Blunt, who introduced legislation to allow denial of birth control coverage. Almost four years ago I was inspired to post a HuffPo on his fossil fuel exploits:
Why Do Republicans Like Fossil Fuels and Not Care That Much for the Environment?
President Barack Obama even had the nerve to hold his first full press conference of the year today. Why? He did not say much, but found time to castigate the other party on the mention of War with Iran, Israel, immigration policy, the economy and a bunch of other things on his mind. Must be some kind of campaign ploy at play here.
In any case, Super Tuesday will not necessarily confirm Mitt Romney as the standard bearer for the GOP, but more delegates are at stake today, 437, than the 300 or so already awarded. 1144 needed. Ten states are involved and the key one is Ohio because this could be Rick Santorum's last stand, even though his campaign failed to even register for a few congressional districts. Newt Gingrich's last gasp is a victory in Georgia (his home state) to win more southern states next week.
Poor Ron Paul. He has yet to win a state, and it is hopeless, but he has this impression that the delegates he secures can make the negotiated difference at the Republican Convention in Tampa from August 27. Frankly, I've grown to like the guy. Three months ago I stumbled across his campaign headquarters in Honolulu, bested him in a U.S. News and World Report debate on defense spending (although he did trounce J. Randy Forbes, chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Committee), and generally agree with many of his views. In a speech he gave last week at Central Michigan University (their baseball team is in town to face Hawaii), he simply stated that our wars of the past decade are responsible for $4 trillion of our debt. Interesting that our national debt increased about this amount since Obama became president. Click on U.S. National Debt Clock.
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The Dow Jones Industrials sank 204 to 12,759, while Asian markets were up and rest of the world down. Gold fell $33/toz to $1674, while the WTI oil settled to $105/barrel and Brent Spot to $122/barrel.
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