Ron Paul would probably be a very good secretary of state.
Ralph Nader would certainly be a very good USAG. Neither is gonna happen.
It seems like the winner at more and more of these debates is Barack Obama.
While I shared the disgust over Romney’s just coming out and saying, “I’m going to answer the question I wish you had asked and ignore the one you actually asked,” I’m still amused that when the question was “What is the greatest misconception the American people have about you?” the answer from all four of them pretty much boiled down to “The [misconception] that I can’t win.”
Didn’t watch it last night, but I just saw some clips on the Daily Show, and it didn’t look like either Santorum or Gingrich had any ash.
Though to be fair, it also looked like they were wearing pretty heavy make-up for the cameras, so it could have just been covered up.
It doesn’t cover up. Putting Pancake over that would pretty much just brush it away. Back in the day, the hair hanging down over my forehead would tend to take care of that within a few hours.
So I guess it’s not surprising that neither of them were smudged; and if they had been, at that hour of the night, a LOT of people would have called them on the ostentatious display of public piety.
And it’s the big day! What do people expect? It looks like Romney has been improving in the polls, although Gingrich and Santorum are likely to win at least one state each - Georgia for Gingrich, Oklahoma and perhaps Tennessee for Santorum.
Psst. Tomorrow.
The way things are shaping up, today is the day for Newt to bail and throw his support to Frothy. Tomorrow is too late. How could it be done? Money Pubbies tell Newt they will throw a bunch of money into his Super PAC, and he can keep it if he bails.
Yeah, tomorrow. OK, that’s sort of a different day. :smack: And Gingrich is not going to quit.
Then Romney wins, decisively.
Is it possible for Ron Paul to win in Virginia? He is the only “Not Romney” on the ballot. Do you suppose the protest vote with no other alternatives could be enough to give him a win?
No, I don’t think so. I can’t find recent polls by the big national organizations, but this poll has Romey up by 35 percent. If it was just Romney and Paul in a very conservative or libertarian state, maybe Paul could win.
I.e., if it were Virginia without NoVa. 
Maybe if there appeared to be a serious chance of denying Romney the nomination, the supporters of the other two not-Mitts would have held their noses and voted for Paul to keep a few more delegates out of the Romney column. As it is, I expect GOP voters who don’t actually like either Romney or Paul will just stay home.
I think Romney’s going to be pretty happy tomorrow night. He’s going to win four states almost for free: Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, and Idaho. I think Romney’s going to take Ohio (so does Nate Silver now, so I’m not exactly going out on a limb here) and pull off the upset in Tennessee.
That’s not the outcome I’d prefer - I’d like the bloodletting to continue as long as possible, which means I’m rooting for Santorum and Gingrich tomorrow - but that’s how I see it happening. And if Romney takes Ohio and Tennessee, it really won’t matter that he loses Georgia and Oklahoma, or even if he loses Alaska and North Dakota as well. (I expect he probably has good chances to win both of those too, but there’s been no polling AFAIK.)
I’m curious about how the delegates will break down if it goes that way. I agree that if Romney wins Ohio it has to be considered his day, and if he wins Ohio and Tennessee, that’s huge.
If I were sufficiently obsessive, I would already know this, but the SDMB is just as good as Google without quite so much advertising. Of the delegates being assigned by these proceedings, to what extent are they “committed” delgates. How many are obliged to vote for their guy on the first vote, but are free after that to do deals?
(Christ, there’s another six months to go! I’m already fighting the urge to strip nekkid, pour honey all over myself, roll around in a pile of chicken feathers and run through the streets yelling “Greeb! Gribble! Kitang kitang kitang!”
I need some reassurance. This is as crazy as its gonna get, right? Can’t get worse, right? Can’t type any more, starting to twitch…)
I don’t know either, but it’s not going to get that far. It looks like things are finally moving in Romney’s direction even though it won’t end tomorrow.
Texas, in early April
New York and Pennsylvania, in late April
California, in early June