But I don't count them out. To state the obvious, the election results will depend on just who the Republicans select as their nominee and who the Democrats put up.
I think most of our candidates could beat most of theirs. However, the two media-designated frontrunners could NOT beat either Giuliani or Romney. None has displayed any strength in the South or other red states, and the red states will be key.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I thought the so-called "undercard" candidates of the night did better overall than the three Republican frontrunners. I thought Huckabee and Gilmore were especially good, even as I didn't agree with their proposals. Brownback did well, too. But because the field is so crowded, none of the second-tier candidates are likely to get any traction. They could be considered in the running for the v.p. slot.
Of the three frontrunners, I would consider Romney to have done best, but he was a bit shaky in that debate. However, he didn't hurt himself any, unlike McCain or Giuliani.
The WSWS can't resist trashing the Democratic Party in the process:
All the Republican candidates, not merely Giuliani, seemed to be going through the motions rather than seriously contesting for the nomination. This in part reflects the current bourgeois political landscape, where decisive sections of big business have shifted their support to the Democratic Party and look to the Democrats to carry out the Republican program of war and reaction more effectively than the Bush-Cheney regime.
But a more fundamental process is at work. The Republican right has dominated official American politics for much of the last three decades, despite the fact that only a small fraction of the American public supports its semi-fascist political agenda. Public opinion is now shifting dramatically to the left—reflected, in however a limited fashion, in the 2006 congressional vote, and in polls showing majority support for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. The Republican Party itself may well become a casualty of the debacle facing the Bush administration.
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