Another Way to Look at Super Tuesday

Wed, February 06, 2008 - 11:12 AM

In the post below this one, Sean called Super Tuesday "Indecisive Tuesday." It's a good line -- but is it right? I think we got something other than a muddle yesterday. We got clarity.

We have a frontrunner on the Republican side in John McCain, the Lazarus of this campaign. It's hard to see how Mike Huckabee parlays his wins in the South into a meaningful shot at the GOP nomination, and Mitt Romney reminds me of one of those losing basketball teams that "can't buy a basket." You know someone is grasping at straws when he says how pleased he is to have won the states where he and his wife had lived -- Massachusetts, Utah and Michigan.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton didn't drown Barack Obama, but she held his head under water in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Yes, the delegate counts will be close when all the states are sorted out, but she has a formidable organization and the Democratic establishment with her. That's important because she has most of the party and elected officials who will be voting as Super Delegates at the convention. Obama may be the party's sentimental and inspirational favorite, but Clinton has the institutional muscle. She's going to be harder to beat with Super Tuesday's momentum

So, there's another view. What do you think? Comment below.

-- Marsha Mercer