Tomorrow’s a big day for the presidential hopefuls, probably the biggest until Feb. 5, which is actually only a few weeks away. This fraught excitement will be maintained, at least around these parts, for the next 11 months.
Tomorrow both the Democratic and Republican mantles will be left in the hands of Nevadans. Gamblers, thieves and Mormons, no doubt. Just kidding, Nevada. Except Vegas is for real pretty trashy.
We’ll see tomorrow just how far the Nevada Culinary Workers’ endorsement will get Obama, and whether Edwards, who’s been polling well, is really in play. Tomorrow’s result will also determine, accurately or not, whether it was Iowa or New Hampshire that was the fluke. I have to work for most of the day tomorrow but I’ll be covertly yet steadily checking the intrawebs.
South Carolina will also hold its Republican primary tomorrow, where the Romney-Huckabee-McCain-Giuliani-Thompson scramble just might find some minor resolution. How funny would it be if Duncan Hunter came out on top? I’m seeing McCain and Huckabee as the winners, but if Romney does well, that will be quite telling about his national possibilities. So far we know that his home turf of Michigan likes him, but it’s yet to be determined everywhere else (clearly, no one counts Wyoming). I’d go check what Zogby et. al have to say about his chances, but what’s the point?
Meanwhile, Bush’s proposed economic stimulus package reminded me today that we already have a president in office. It’s easy, and oh so consoling, to forget. But for the first time in nearly eight years, I LOVE Bush’s reasoning. His idea for fixing the oncoming recession is to send out tax rebate checks of $600-$800 to all Americans making less than $85,000 annually. Fuck, I’m stimulated already. I don’t know much more about it than what the headlines and CNN teasers imply, but so far, I likey. I likey a lot. Ginormous deficit be damned. Debt to China, suck a fat one. I can use me some cash money.
