Super Tuesday

Is a good day today for McCain really a bad day?

Seems to me that if the two top Democrats split and McCain gets his mandate that ultimately it might work out to his detriment. If the Republican race is essentially over, and especially if it is McCain, he's going to have to fight tooth and nail to get his face on the news between now and the convention.

The top story is going to be "Who's going to get the Democratic nomination?" and then the second story will be "Will the 'true conservatives' find a third party candidate?" Only after that - or even worse as sort of a negative inspiration for the second story - will John McCain make the discussion. That's not the kind of swell toward the general election one might hope for after tying up the nomination.

If I am in McCain's offices tonight I am quietly pulling for some Romney and Huckabee wins, or at least strong showings. As far as the media goes a lame race is more newsworthy than no race at all; and news coverage is a whole lot cheaper than television advertising.