Political Notes 02.07.08
Former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney is suspending his presidential campaign, effectively ceding the Republican nomination to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Romney talked of Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama retreating in Iraq and declaring defeat. “Frankly, in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Which Democrat really won on Super Tuesday? The simplest answer, if also the most unsatisfying, is that neither did. Hillary Clinton won the largest states, but Barack Obama won the most states. {Be sure to read the corresponding letters to learn what’s really on people’s minds in this election.}
If Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can’t win the requisite 2,025 delegates on their own in the upcoming primaries and caucuses, we could be looking at a brokered convention with John Edwards’ 64 delegate votes being the deciding factor, according to Eleanor Clift of Time. “We are closer than ever before in our lifetimes to that fabled outcome political junkies have yearned for: a convention that is not just a canned, made-for-television event but a gathering where real news is made.”
