I Can’t Help But Wonder…
Watching the speeches during the GOP convention, I can’t shake the feeling that all of the ex-candidates know that this year a Republican victory is a lost cause so they’re trying to out-bombast one another in some early 2012 campaign position jockeying. Every single primary candidate gave a better speech in support of John McCain then they did on their own behalf during primary season.
Considering that members of the Republican party are considering throwing in the towel - privately, at least - I really am left wondering if they’re just hoping to pull a Carter/Reagan move. They could well be banking on Obama getting elected and screwing things up so royally that voters welcome a Republican in four years. I don’t see how they could put much stock in that theory, though - after all, Bush was reelected. Well, Bush II was reelected.
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