Iowa caucus results: Angry Newt Gingrich bolts after bad finish

[Rozlee]

36. There's hope.

Lot's of it, actually. Mittens hasn't hit the South Carolina Wall. It was in the south that he crashed and burned in '08, when he'd been riding high. Right now, if Perry and Bachmann bail, and it looks like they might, Santorum might be the lucky winner of their voters, since they share the same base, the evangelical snake-handlers. It all comes down to the south. Romney isn't their fave down there. Far from it. And the best attack ads are the ones they keep making against themselves. They're set to self-destruct with some of the shit they come up with. Paul telling women they're partly to blame for sexual harassment in the workplace if they keep working under an abusive boss. Santorum advocating openly and approvingly for bannng artificial birth control and saying blacks are taking money from the country (but, not white bankers). Romney saying the auto industry should have been allowed to die and that people who have fallen into poverty are still middle class. Not, that I'm saying Obama's cruising to victory. He might not be. But, I'm seeing a Republican electorate that's very unhappy with their choices. They were unhappy with McCain last time and only perked up when he chose Caribou Barbie as his running mate. Which begs the question: who will be the running mate if Romney wins the nod? When Palin got it, the Jewish vote was lost in Florida almost overnight. White Evangelicals don't do good among women voters, Jewish voters or minorities. Romney would have to prostitute himself to the religious right and choose one their biggest mouth frothers and that probably wouldn't play up great to prime time.