If that happens, the Democrats are going to have all summer to pick the Republican Party apart. Without a nominee until the convention in September, the nominee will turn this into a referendum on a third Bush term, a referendum that, quite frankly, the Republicans would lose.
Obama would most benefit if this were a brokered convention. His vague but optimistic image will win over voters unless he is challenged, and there won’t be anyone there to challenge his positions (or lack thereof) because the Republican nominees are still angling for delegate votes.
Howie Kurtz just had a conversation with Charlie Gibson, who called in, about last night’s debate. Very interesting discussion. At the end Charlie mentioned that he did not know that CNN was going to rerun the whole ABC four hours tonight.
Now Howie is talking to Jon Klein, Pres of CNN about this decision to air programming against Foxnews tonight.
I think brokered convention for the GOP is possible. Due to the superdelegate process I would not be surprised to see a McCain/Huck ticket.
I think the best ticket is Mitt/Fred or vice versa.