Brief Break
I'm off for the MLK holiday on Monday, so expect little to no bloggage. My friend Sudeep is in town to visit, and as we wander around Austin, the business journalist in him is telling me all about how economic indicators point to a serious recession (employment numbers are no good already, and they're on the decline. Yikes.) If you want to read about it, Sudeep and his colleague Greg blog all about what a recession could mean to you, right here.
And quickly, re: Saturday's votes:
Huckabee's South Carolina's loss likely stings, and makes McCain more of a clear frontrunner in the way that he wasn't before Saturday. Weather sounds like a factor; it was cold, sometimes snowy and downright dreary on election day. But Thompson probably did more damage to Huckabee's chances than the weather could ever do, by splitting the Southern evangelical vote.
As for Nevada, it's interesting -- I mean, no one really knew how Nevada would "play" in the presidential nomination process, as this is the first time their caucus has come so early and the polling was so unreliable. Now Clinton can claim victory and given the delegate count, Obama doesn't claim defeat. But, I see it kind of like a football game where the losing team racks up a bunch of excellent stats but not the win. I'm sure you want your quarterback rating to stay up there and all, but isn't winning the game what people will remember?
