Random Observations Re: Last Night’s Debate

When I finally tuned out last night, the bobbleheads were calling the debate for Mitt Rombot because (i) the Rombot failed to completely short circuit on stage, and (ii) none of the other contenders really went after it.  From the bobbleheads’ perspective, calling the debate in the Rombot’s favor is undoubtedly the safe call as the Rombot is almost certain to win the New Hampshire primary two days from now and apparently is topping the polls in South Carolina (curse you, Newt Gingrich!  You have once again proven that I simply cannot predict what Republican voters are likely to do.)

In no particular order, below the fold are some random observations about last night’s GOP debate:

Shameless GOP Primary Speculation

My track record for predicting what is going to happen next in the GOP primary contest is hardly spotless, but then this thing has been so weird for so long that no one’s predictions have proved to be reliably accurate.  Nevertheless, I’m going to give it another shot.

I think Newt Gingrich will be the nominee.

This isn’t a particularly well-reasoned decision, more just a gut reaction to circumstances as they look now.  But then again, I predicted Obama would be the nominee way back in the early days of 2007 pretty much on the same irrational basis.

Here is how I see things shaping up for Newt: