Romney by contrast was as polished and professional as ever, and his command of the facts and the debate far superior to that of McCain's. Romney's problem sat at the end of the stage --Mike Huckabee, the conservative coalition splitter. Amiable, smart, and ambitious for the vice presidency, Mike Huckabee is staying in the race not to win it --Huck's far too smart to believe that fantasy-- but to keep the conservative opposition to McCain divided.
Will Huck succeed and throw the GOP to McCain?
MSM thinks so, but they also thought Hillary was headed into a double digit blow-out in New Hampshire. MSM is assuming that the vast majority of Giuliani supporters break for McCain and that Thompson, Huckabee and Paul voters don't break to Romney now that the race has clarified.
Many people are assuming many things, but Super Tuesday is a big day and a large map. Many conservatives are unwilling to return the party to its 1968 through 1979 leadership and ideas. Only Tuesday night’s results will tell us if they are sufficiently numerous to keep the Romney campaign for the Reagan agenda alive and moving forward.
Hugh Hewitt is host of a nationally syndicated radio talk show. Hugh Hewitt's new book is The War On The West.
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