At least if Hillary wins in 2008, we’ll be able to move to France.
Ten Republican presidential candidates appeared onstage at the Reagan Library so that they could be hectored, bullied, and asked inane questions by Chris Matthews and John Harris. None of the candidates knocked any of the questions out of the park, but the most impressive performer was Mitt Romney. All of the candidates save Ron Paul believe that we can still win in Iraq, and should try. All of the candidates are anti-abortion save Rudolph Giuliani, who does not seem yet to have hit on the precise position he will pretend to believe. All of them want to cut taxes, although they have no serious tax plans; all of them want to cut spending, although they would not identify a program they would reduce. Maybe the candidates will have a better night when they operate under a different format. If they can’t do better, it is going to be a long election cycle.
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