A landslide for the Lizard Queen

I fully expect Hillary Clinton to be the next president of the United States of America. Check that, I expect Hillary Rodham to be the next president of the United States of America; she's already dropped the Rodham for the campaign, as I expected, and she'll surely bring it back sometime between the election and the inauguration. Assuming, of course, that she wins.

And win she should. Last week's Republican debate demonstrated the massive problem facing Republicans in 2008, as Ron Paul was the only candidate with the constitutional fortitude to face up to the fact that the Iraq war is an electoral disaster waiting to happen. It's absolutely bizarre, as getting eviscerated in last year's congressional elections should have been more enough to convince the Republican Party that building Islamic democracies is not on the short list of the American people's most heartfelt wishes, but it's now clear that most of the Republican candidates are more committed to nation-building in Iraq than to the Constitution or preserving our own nation.

Vox Day

Vox sees a possible out for the pubbies:

The idea that a Midwesterner, much less a Southron looking forward to an eventual Round Two, would support Giuliani on this basis was always cretinous and Republicans are fortunate that the myth is dissipating while there is still time to anoint a different frontrunner, preferably one who actually appeals to Republican voters.

I'm not so sure. Republican True Believers are nothing if not tenacious (and stubborn). I still see an awful lot of discussion online asserting that Rudy is the only choice because he Can Win®. I also hear a lot of uninformed, occasional voters saying, "I like Giuliani." Then again, I expect massive disinterest in the elections next year, so most of these folks will probably be doing anything but visiting polling places on that November Tuesday.