February is not November

So Romney is out and McCain is now struggling to shore up his conservative credentials. Clinton and Obama are neck and neck, with the party machine still behind Clinton. This is turning out rather more interesting than many pundits predicted, not the least because voters are so darned unpredictable! 

So it is worth reminding ourselves that November is a long way from now and lot can happen, especially once the press, and now bloggers, start to really dig into the candidates. If you think you've seen dirt thrown around up to now, you ain't seen nothing yet! 

So random thoughts:

Here is the best case I've seen so far for Republicans to back McCain. 

Romney gives his best speech of the campaign:  Video here.  I wonder what he'll do next. 

Obama, as left as he his, still seems more practical to me on health care reform and free trade than Hillary. . .but he's still the lesser of two evils. 

Republican's better keep focused on retaining at least 40 seats in the Senate, and on not slipping further in the House.