Okay. When I'm wrong, I'm REALLY wrong.

[onenote]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002152683

[gateley]

1. You weren't the only one, onenote. The "experts" were as convinced as you.

This primary has been surreal. If we watched this as a plot in a movie it would be beyond credulity.

Carry on!

[lunatica]

2. In the world of politics your statement was a very long time ago!

It was on January 11th and it's already January 22!

Ancient history.

[SlimJimmy]

3. I don't think you're wrong. A win for Romney in SC was a long shot. In the long run, I still see

him as the GOP nominee. Don't sell yourself short just yet.

[onenote]

4. I still think Romney is the odds on favorite to prevail

but my prediction that the only drama left in the race was figuring out who would be the VP nominee turned out to be more than just a little off-base!! Not that I'm complaining, since watching the repubs squirm is pretty entertaining. I particularly enjoyed reading Jennifer Rubin's column in today's paper where she (a right wing pundit) stated that she had not talked to a single repub grass-roots activist or voter who thought that Romney's wealth and/or handling of the tax return issue was a big deal. Now either Ms. Rubin managed to talk to all the wrong voters/activists or she must believe that South Carolinians weren't bothered about Romney's taxes and wealth issues, but rather didn't like him because he hasn't had multiple affairs.

[Stardust]

6. Seems like Romney has been anointed by the press to win the nom, no matter what.

Newt's appeal to the rabid right (or, as I call them, the Walking Dead) is bound to fizzle (again.)

What happens when one of them has the nom sewed up, do they continue on with the rest of the pointless primaries?

I'm not following this race as I may have in the past, but is anyone predicting (seriously) that Romney could beat Obama???

[TheKentuckian]

5. The Beltway is not connected to reality anymore than any fringe, probably less.

Maybe orders of magnitude less (even as far off the reservation as they may well be). Assimilating their thinking patterns will always end in fool's gold. They exist behind the curb and certainly not ahead of it. All they are doing is trying very hard to drive the narrative using the trappings of the media as a pulpit.
They are trying to herd the masses into their narrow worldview rather than describing the movements of the herd and reporting reality.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. It seems that you weren't wrong, SC was wrong.

I heard that the exit polls showed that something like 49% or the people in SC thought that "electability/who can beat Obama" was the most important factor they weighed in choosing who to vote for. And since Romney is the most moderate of the bizarre field of candidates, he would more than likely be the most electable...at least when you figure that all the right wing nuts would vote for him as opposed to Obama just because he was not Obama, and the diehard Democrats will vote for Obama, and the independents have a queasy feeling about the direction of the Republican party toward total insanity. Romney would be the better choice if all you are looking for is who could beat Obama.

But I could be REALLY wrong.