Image by Getty Images via @daylifeMitt Romney continues to stumble towards the Republican presidential nomination, with a no-brainer primary win in Arizona and a less-than-convincing victory over Rick Santorum in his native Michigan.(Keith Olbermann and others might claim that Romney and Santorum actually tied in delegates, but a win is a win no matter how you spin it.)
Romney won in the state where his father was once Governor, in spite of alienating the people who live in it. He opposed the government auto bailout, which resulted in General Motors and Chrysler getting back on its feet. He visited the Daytona 500 on the day it was rained out, and said that some of his best friends owned NASCAR racing teams. Inside an empty Detroit football stadium named Ford Field, Romney mentioned in a speech that his wife drove a Cadillac. Whether he knows it or not, Romney never misses an opportunity to remind us how rich he is.
Santorum isn't doing himself any favors by aligning himself with the know-nothing crowd. He called President Barack Obama a "snob" for emphasizing a college education which might "indoctrinate" students into his way of thinking. (And how was your college experience, Senator?) He also thinks that separation of church and state is not such a good idea, then goes on to say that reading President John F. Kennedy's speech about the subject made him want to lose his lunch.
Santorum wants to be the conservative alternative to both Romney and Obama, which is fine. But the more he talks, the more he sounds like a candidate who wants to take the country back to the Stone Age.
With Super Tuesday coming up and several delegate-rich states in play, the results will be as inconclusive as ever. Besides Romney and Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are still in the race. Gingrich is here only because his Las Vegas-based benefactor is propping him up well past his freshness date, and is determined to spend whatever is necessary to get him into the White House.
If nobody has the required number of delegates to win the GOP nomination, there's talk of a brokered convention-- something that hasn't happened in at least 100 years. But does any sane Republican really want to jump into the race at this point?
We do know this: The more the Republicans hold their noses over the candidates they're stuck with, the better it looks for Obama's re-election.
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