I spent most of the last 48 hours driving from Boston to Philly and back, so I didn't get a chance to blog about the results of the Michigan primary. Fortunately, there really wasn't much that needed to be said. Mitt won, McCain lost, and Rudy got crushed. What was surprising, however, was Mitt's victory speech. Being late to this, however, I'll outsource an examination of the absurdity to Ezra:
...if Romney does win, maybe we can get more victory speeches like the one he offered last night, in which he said "the lobbyists in Washington are worried tonight, because they know things are going to change." Change to what? Are they anxious about whether their office furniture can actually fit in the White House, and fretting over the need to purchase smaller desks?
The idea that lobbyists would be afraid of a Romney administration is so utterly absurd that I wouldn't believe Mitt said it, had it not been for the fact that I heard the speech myself. I mean, really... lobbyists against Romney? Name one?
UPDATE: On a more serious note, I am for the very first time in this race beginning to doubt my prediction that Huckabee would take the nomination. I'm not backing down yet, but... I must say I'm surprised by how poorly he performed in Michigan. Dunno... maybe I should double-down and predict some sort of Romney/Huckabee ticket? Hmmm.....
UPDATE II: Given that I think Huckabee is far more likely than McCain to continue to pick up delegates, this chart would suggest my double-down strategy might make sense.
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