I was looking back at my October 2007, pre-primary predictions wherein I stated, emphatically, that Mitt Romney would be the next President of the United States, beating Hillary Clinton in the gerneral election. I even said that McCain had no chance in the Republican primary because of his imigration position. That shows what I know.
I still think my earlier analysis was correct with one small error -- I mistakenly believed that Romney would win Iowa. If he had, rather than Huckabee, I am convinced that he would have rolled that into a win in New Hampshire, would have been the presumptive front-runner, and would have gotten the nomination. How nice would it be to have Romney as the GOP candidate in this economy? The guy made a living -- nay a fortune -- turning failing companies around. In any event, Huckabee winning Iowa opened the door for McCain in New Hampshire and we're stuck with McCain as the nominee.
We have Iowa to thank for putting Obama on the map as well. If you don't like the choice we have on November 4, blame Iowa.
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You know, Huckabee going in the tank and colluding with McCain to shut down Romney, in the now extremely evident false hope of gaining a Veep nomination, was also a big, big factor in this.
I, too, thought it would be Romney vs. Clinton.
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October 31, 2008 11:59 PM
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