maybe we should be down to 4 Republicans in the race now?
John Kasich Really Wants to Win New Hampshire.
Not going to happen. He did come in second, though, as the farthest figure to the left in this very right New Hampshire Republican electorate. Following the tradition of John McCain, I suppose, except not coming in first. Donald Trump, following the tradition of Pat Buchanan, comes in first.
It might also be possible to say Kasich follows in the tradition of Jon Huntsman, Jr — who received 17 percent of the vote. And came in third. On par with Kasich and his vote tally of just under 17 (as of right now). Just that here… no one’s available to come in second.
Though… don’t tell Scott Adams Trump did anything but score a blow out. Oops, though…
“Look for Rubio to have a surprisingly strong second-place showing in New Hampshire. And look for the most common explanations for that surprise to be his momentum from Iowa.†Adams predicts.
Late deciders breaking for Trump, Kasich in NH GOP race.
Okay. Marco Rubio blew it. And Chris Christie’s attempt to capitalize it by reminding voters how bad his debate performance shows him didn’t rebound to Christie, because… he’s Chris Christie.
On the Democratic side… there was a question once asked to, I believe it was Joe Trippi, at that point in time this started looking possible last year. What will it mean to the Hillary Clinton campaign if Sanders won Iowa and then New Hampshire. The answer — it means there will be a bad news cycle with some carping on “what’s wrong with Hillary” for a bit, then Hillary Clinton will go on and win the bulk of the remaining primaries and caucuses and be the nominee.
Though… Bill Clinton plays the part of the Bad Cop in some Good Cop Bad Cop routine. But the basics look to be correct.
… Next stop. South Carolina. That’s… Trump and Clinton Country, right? (The big state for Trump is West Virginia, apparently. They believed him about the birth certificate. See too the infamous Democratic Primary result 2012.)