The Neatowhites

This year's presidential race has been dizzying. It's completely crazy. Not only is there a short schedule, but the very purpose of such a schedule has been thwarted. Unless something radically changes on the Democratic side, Obama and Clinton are going down to the wire...which will make an interesting convention...where two very charged portions of the party will be playing "chicken" with their super-delegates.

In my wildest political dreams, my hope is that both Romney and Huckabee stay in the race at this point. Why? Because it makes it interesting. Nobody seems pleased with this field and voter turnout is depressed on the GOP side. While I doubt Romney or Huckabee could muster the delegates needed to win (actually, Romney could...but it would take a miracle...and Huckabee I believe is mathematically out of it), they could both play spoiler and prevent McCain from getting the needed delegates to clinch.

What would all this mean? Well...since I doubt the conservatives are wanting to "fall in line", they'll continue to support Romney. And in light of Dobson's recent statements, I'm even more convinced that evangelicals will be less likely to move away from Huckabee to McCain. So...this could come down to an unlikely brokered convention. It's a long-shot scenario, but the most interesting one by far...and it would be out of character for Republicans. In the end, a brokered convention might be the only way they could stand against an Obama victory on the Dem side. How is that?

If a FOURTH candidate that is both tolerable to all sides and exciting to all those involved (becoming a party "savior") emerged from the GOP convention...it would create new media buzz/hype...a shortened campaign season where he/she would not have to face the many months of criticism and scrutiny...and more importantly, it would energize a base to a party that is utterly un-energized this year. I doubt any of this will happen...but if it DID...it would make this an incredibly interesting political season.