This is not an article but an administrative post. As the number of hyperlinks in the blog’s right panel slowly grows, I have found it convenient to divide the links into a larger number of smaller categories. A problem however arises in naming the new “Far Right” category. (more…)
In his blog, Steve Sailer admits, “I guess I’m supposed to provide some primary punditry … hmmhmhh….” That’s about right. Actually, I am as intensely interested in the primaries as you are, but suffer an aversion to the risk of commenting too soon.
Nevertheless, a comment or two:
An unnamed Seattle reader of The Economist succintly remarks,
Sir — A nation has a history, a culture, an identity. Britain is not France, Spain is not Germany, and none of these are Bangladesh or Morocco. Nor do their citizens want them to become so. People do not want to be overrun by foreigners of a strange religion, a different race, or exotic (and sometimes repulsive) customs, even if it means a 1% rise in economic growth. No amount of lecturing will change these attitudes.
[Update: Rasmussen, polling Tuesday through Friday nights, has McCain and Romney tied at 30 percent each, with Huckabee at 21 and Paul at 5. —HJH]
Yowza! Have you seen the latest Fox News poll? Fox telephoned 297 Republican registered voters Wednesday and Thursday nights, January 30 and 31, after Rudy Giuliani retired from the race (and at least partly after Wednesday evening’s televised debate). With a 6-point margin of error, Fox finds
Fox’s dramatic numbers suggest that Mitt Romney captures little if any of Mr. Giuliani’s support, which breaks strongly instead to John McCain. If Fox’s numbers are right, then Mr. McCain has seemingly already won the Republican presidential nomination.