The latest Zogby International poll has Senator John McCain and Governor Mitt Romney tied for first place in Florida. McCain lost 1 point, whereas Romney won two. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani is in trouble: he has fallen way back to fourth place. Assuming that a miracle doesn’t happen, Giuliani’s campaign is dead. O, and Rasmussen has even better news for Romney: it puts him firmly in the lead, which explains why McCain is straight talker no more. (more…)

I hate being fooled. You can only be fooled if you believe.

I hate being disappointed. So every day I strap on my cynic’s armor: helmet, chainmail, breastplate, gauntlets, snark, smirk and wry look.

My one confident prediction for this election is that a) someone will be elected, and b) they will be a disappointment. That’s my 80 proof cynicism. (more…)

A bit many posts on Obama and McCain up today, I promise that tomorrow will be different; it seems that most headlines deal with these two people right now. Luckily, I just went to an interreligious service in our Church (Imam and Pastor), I’ll write something down about it later tonight, in case you all are interested in it. Consider this an open thread

Ed Morrissey published a must read post about McCain’s latest attack on Governor Mitt Romney:

This is a fundamentally dishonest attack. One of the reasons why some Republicans who have opposed McCain over issues like the BCRA and immigration have tried to keep a civil tongue in discussing McCain is because of the respect he has earned as a stalwart on the war. He deserves that respect; he has been an indispensable voice for the effort and has the right to hold himself up as that. However, he should be showing that respect to others who have supported the war and the troops.| MORE ›

Barack Obama was expected to win South Carolina, but he’s won bigger than anyone foresaw — more than half of all votes cast, more than twice as many as Hillary Clinton’s. His vote total alone — over 277,000 with 95% reporting — is approaching the total of all votes (293,000) in the last SC Democratic primary. (more…)

In another thread I left the following comment: “As an aside, if it’s Obama – McCain, I wouldn’t know who I’d vote for if I were American. Possibly Obama, out of the idea that McCain is too old and knows little about the economy. How do you all think most Americans think about this?” What do you all think, does Obama have the upper hand among centrists and even people who are right-of-center when the choice is between him and McCain?

Admittedly, Ed Morrissey isn’t quite as well known as, say, Rush Limbaugh, but he’s far more reasonable than Limbaugh and he  is a major player in the blogosphere: the conservative blogger, who also has a great talk radio show, has now endorsed Mitt Romney. He explains: (more…)

I agree with John Hinderaker: ‘The crowd at Obama’s victory party tonight chanted, “Race doesn’t matter!” That’s a bit disingenuous, since Obama won over 80% of the African-American vote in South Carolina, and only around a quarter of the white vote. So race was obviously a decisive factor.’ (more…)

Big Tent Democrat explains:

 I have long stated that Obama is a Media Darling, and indeed it is one of the main reasons I tepidly support him for the nomination. Here are some of the rules that Obama and progressives should look to enforce through to the General Election: (more…)

Robert Spencer, expert on Islam, has been blogging the Koran for weeks now. Today he blogged the 13th Sura, “The Thunder.” You can find links to earlier posts in this series here. They’re all worth the read, although the comment sections don’t always make one very happy, but you can’t possibly hold Robert responsible for that. It’s also important to point out that a lot of things are a matter of interpretation. Keep that in mind, then read it. If you just want the Koran without Robert’s comments, go here.