...we've got some quilting to do. (Thanks for reminding me of that piece of musical comic genius.)
And to respond to Nick's McCain/Thompson question:
Thompson went after Romney in NH I heard. In the SC debate he went after Huckabee. This makes sense seeing as these two were sort of the front runners in those states demographically. These are also the two men McCain needed to be taken down. I watched some of Stephanopolous yesterday, and there is a conspiracy theory thriving in the media that Thompson is McCain's hitman. They are friends, and there was the rumour that Fred was going to drop out and endorse McCain. I was glad to see Fred step up in SC. I think he is running a more serious campaign now (acting like he wants to be president--he was already running a substantively serious campaign). I hope he gets a win in SC and some other states, and sticks it out although it looks unlikely.
I'm not sure about McCain. Part of me really respects him and thinks he would be a pretty good president, but the conservative in me is not so sure. I'm afraid of some cult of personality/"I'm a Senator (the president) it doesn't matter what the constitution says, this is good for the country" approach a la campaign finance. Perhaps his presidency would be one that put politics on the back burner since he is not such a controversial figure. In that sense he might be good for the country, and I think he has the potential to be a pretty good statesman foreign policy-wise. Right now, though, I can't vote for him in the primary while at least Fred is still a candidate. I think I would put a couple of the other candidates in front as well if I had to vote today.
