The Occasional Observer

For those of you looking for a live video feed to watch at work, CSpan 3 will have a 30 min speech followed by a 30 min Q&A of Mitt Romney discussing foreign policy.

In case those of you with a life didn't catch it, Mitt was on Meet the Press this past Sunday. He did a nice job, and neatly parried Gregory's attempt to tie the whole party to Mark Sanford. More noteworthy was the presence of Lindsey Graham alongside Mitt. You'd think the two would be on the same team, but apparently Lindsey's a sore winner. Must still hold a grudge that Mitt ran a tough campaign against his sugar Papa in '08. When asked if Mitt was a leader in the GOP, Lindsey replied, "Um, sure, and so is John McCain, who is still the most recognized republican with the highest favorables out there. Mike Huckabee is leader. I am too." OK, I'm paraphrasing, but it was pretty close to that anyway.

At this early stage I'm calling a three way race:

choice 1: Mitt
choice 2: Huck or Palin, one will have to box the other out quickly to become the Mitt alternative
choice 3: The Dark Horse. Someone else will make it to, and perhpas beyond, South Carolina.