Mac is back?...and trends?

Of all the Repos I've feared in the 2008 Presidential election, it was McCain. I feared him running an insurgent 3rd party independent campaign back in 2004, which in retrospect, I wish he would have.

However, I always felt comfort that the Repos for some reason dislike McCain, and wouldn't put him in the spot for the nomination. Perhaps, they have seen the light?

On one hand, I like McCain and I am pulled for him because of the well-reported hatchet-job he took in S. Carolina back in 2000 by the Bush asshats. But, on the other, he's a well-liked pol amongst the body politic in America, and he is the singular candidate on that side who does well and even beats most any Democrat nominee.

During his acceptance speech tonight, he unsurprisingly noted that no Repo has won the Presidency without winning the S. Carolina primary. I happen to believe that's less a function of the good barometer S. Carolina's backwater bullshit of a state is, and more so of the springboard effect that winning S. Carolina does for the candidate when coming up on Super Tuesday. It builds an inevitability, and name branding, in the forefront of the first national primary day, where each candidate can't make visits in each state.

Yet, another trend to look at, however...no Senator has won the Presidency since who knows when. If this race comes down to Obama, or Hill versus McCain, that trend will be broken. So, perhaps Mitt has a chance yet. Super Tuesday will be interesting fo sho.