Republican Politics

It may seem my blog has been focused on the democratic party campaign; these was not intentional, it wasn't deliberate. But who wouldn't write about the daily events unfolding in the democratic presidential election campaign. Is it the oratorical Obama or the pragmatic Clinton?. It's no one's fault.

The republican presidential campaign abruptly came to an end several weeks back.
First the nonchalant campaign of Fred Thompson, then the too clever campaign of Rudy Guiliani, which of-course back-fired. But what finally broke the camel's back was Mitt Romney 'suspending' his campaign!. What in the world does that mean?. Come on Mitt. You don't' just halt a campaign when you still have a realistic chance of getting the nomination, or after spending such an enormous amount of money on your campaign, your personal money inclusive.

I believe this is all party politics.

Here in Africa, strong party stalwarts tell candidates to 'wait for your time'. The same thing I believe happened in this case. 'Romney wait till 2013'. Romney has forgotten that come the next campaign season, a candidate from the party may arise who will sweep delegates off their feet, just as Obama has done.

In all sincerity, if there was someone who could have challenged McCain, it was Romney. He just chickened out. Even before McCain reached the needed number of delegates, it was obvious there was no stopping him. Hukabee remained just to make it have a look of 'competition'.

The question on my mind now is if the McCain Campaign is up to the task when it comes to the 'swords and spears' drawn in the democratic campaign.

Because sooner rather than later, a democratic candidate will emerge, and McCain should be ready to get dirty, because that is what it will be. Dirty.