As a new resident of SC, I get to vote in the upcoming Republican primary. It will be a new experience for me; this time my vote might actually make a difference. Not only is SC early in the calendar, but the race has not become a foregone conclusion. With that, several observations:
1. The political ads are entirely unhelpful. Totally. I am sure that there are boatloads of professionals thinking about them and designing them, but they help me not one whit. I get it that Rudy plans to stand tough on terrorism, but frankly, none of his opponents seem to really be soft on that. I admire McCain's early heroism, but so does everyone else. Basically, I have a hard time thinkng that many votes are being moved by these things.
2. Pretty much all the commentary boils down to "Buh?" No one knows what is going to happen. Everyone can make up some scenario that is as unlikely as any other. I understand most of these people feel compelled to appear on television all the time to keep up their street cred, but how many different ways are there to say "I got nothing"?
3. Everyone who covers politics on CNN needs to switch to decaf.
4. Why isn't there some way to say to Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich that it was fun having them around but they have been voted off the island? It makes no sense that Biden, Dodd and Richardson are gone, and we still have to pay attention to the man Dennis Miller calls the "Travelocity Gnome" of politics. Ron Paul is simply deranged. Has anyone actually thought about what it would mean if we abolished the Federal Reserve? Who is this guy?
5. We see the Ron Paul blimp around Myrtle Beach a lot. I don't know why.
6. What sense does it make that SC has a Republican primary on the 19th, but the Democratic primary on the 26th? Why is that a good idea?
More news as it develops.
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