Republican Bloodbath Watch

Several polls have now shown Mitt Romney with a 5+ point lead in Michigan. After New Hampshire, it's obviously improper to say that he's a lock to win, but he's certainly in a strong position. I'm not so much rooting for Romney to win the nomination as I am for the GOP contest to degenerate into total chaos. The perfect scenario would involve a Thompson win in South Carolina and a Giuliani win in Florida, leaving a situation where four or five candidates all win multiple states.

Mitt for Michigan!

Comments

[litbrit]

Well, I'm now seeing the airwaves saturated with Giuliani teevee ads here in Florida this weekend, so obviously he feels it's worth spending the Big Bucks to go after our voters.

Yeah, Nick, that would be a great scenario!

[Ron]

I'm hoping for 2 brokered conventions which would lead to the destruction of the current retarded nomination system and replacing it with something better.

[stm177]

I'm in MI, and I watched the Sunday morning programs. There was a Romney ad, a Club for Growth ad criticizing Huckabee, and a McCain ad.

I voted in the Democratic primary in 2004, but the Democratic primary is meaningless this time around.

So, I'll probably vote for Romney in the Republican primary. He's a phony, but I'm hoping that means he's not an all war all the time candidate like McCain or Giuliani. Huckabee is too religious and too Southern-fried for me.

[Sir Charles]

Hey Nick,

I thought you'd given up the prognosticating. I know, I know . . . just this one time, you can handle it.

I too hope for a narrow Mitt win.

[Ned]

The funniest thing about a Romney win in Michigan would be listening to all of the pundits who would be gushing over yet another "comeback kid" and insurgent frontrunner. Is there anyone running for the GOP nomination who's less of an insurgent than Romney?

[prospero]

And each his own particular brand of looney-tune. Mitt's an unmitigated GOP arsehole, and he's their posterboy.

[ikl]

Go Mitt!

Definately looks to be the weakest of leading Republicans at the moment. Given his dramatic flip-flops over the past decade and the juicy video available of Mitt Romney 1.0, the attack ads just about write themselves.