tys

i hate 'told-you-so.' but i have been trying to say for months that the frigging experts should stop calling the republican nominating process every week according to who won yesterday or yesterday's polls. it's all sewed up! it's a two-man race! but week to week they don't seem to learn. santorum is perhaps roaring back tonight and most republicans, really, would be a lot more comfortable with him as the nominee. after tonight the common wisdom will be that gingrich is cooked (again). i don't know, don't bet the baby on it. (actually, just to violate my own advice, i do think it's likelly that newt has flamed out.) and of course paul's on his slow burn, and he gets better as a candidate all the time if you actually watch his speeches etc. tomorrow's narrative might be right back to 'two-man race!' with santorum replacing gingrich. it's the kind of thing that the media thinks it must do: provide a 'frame' or a 'narrative' of, putting it mildly, excessive simplicity. but who knows, really?