By Jennifer Rubin on 1.22.08 @ 12:02AM
The
Miami Herald notices
Huckabee not trying very hard in Florida. If Thompson leaves the
race and Huckabee isn't trying all that hard does Romney get a
boost?
The Herald also reports that
Senator Mel Martinez won't endorse McCain. But is there any chance Governor Charlie
Crist will? Not so likely after he brushed off his idea of a
catastrophic insurance fund. However, in a contentious race both
nationally and in the state there seems to be little upside for him
to endorse anyone else.
Will McCain trek to
House of Rush? I can't for a moment imagine he'd take that
advice.
The Wall Street Journal's
Bret Stephens makes a compelling case for McCain, tying his
fate to the Surge and also the Tet Offensive, concluding: "There is
another kind of honor, however, which is uniquely bestowed by one's
adversaries and enemies. It is the honor one acquires by defying
temptations of popularity, by the acceptance of long odds, by
suffering, by what is called the nobility of the last-ditch
defense. It is the honor many Americans feel they lost in Vietnam,
and which, through Mr. McCain's not-so-improbable resurgence, they
now seek to regain and make their own." UPDATE:
This makes it seem that Huckabee is
going to pull in Florida what Romney did in SC --essentially
abandon ship. However, unlike Romney he's broke and won't be able
to keep ads up while campaigning in another state.
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