Mitt Romney Drops Out

[Bill_Thompson]

2/7/2008 should be remembered as the day something good actually happened.

[Lance]

Less competition for Hillary?

[Dragon Star]

Less competition for Hillary?

Hurah!!!

[Arneb]

Regarding the fact that everybody seems to be on first names terms with Sen. Clinton, I invite everyone here to read this guest poston someone's blog I occasionally read. I think it hits the nail squarely on the head.

Mitt Romney has shown a lot more intelligence and character then the other losing Republican candidate (The one BT announced as your next President) saying that he knows when a race is lost and that he will step aside for the good of the party. Huckabee (or should I say: "Mike") probably still thinks God will retrieve him from the pit and hand him the candidacy when every McCain (sorry: John) delegate on the party coinvention will start to speak in tongues, receive an Invocation from the Holy Spirit and cast his vote for Mike the Baptist.

[troubleagain]

Regarding the fact that everybody seems to be on first names terms with Sen. Clinton, I invite everyone here to read this guest poston someone's blog I occasionally read. I think it hits the nail squarely on the head.

Lovely essay, but in my case, I don't think it's because "she's a woman" as much as it is that we all got in the habit of calling her "Hillary" when she was the First Lady. I don't know why we did, we certainly don't go around calling Laura Bush by just her first name, but we did (maybe because "Hillary" is a less common name than "Laura"?) And I think she's stuck with it. Just like George Bush is stuck with "Dubya."

[Arneb]

I entirely believe you. On the other hand, I am quite sure most commentators and at least one poster on this board use the first name deliberately in a demeaning fashion.

[Мастер]

maybe because "Hillary" is a less common name than "Laura"?

I suspect that's a lot of it. In one Irish presidential election, talking about "Mary" would have been completely non-informative.

[troubleagain]

I entirely believe you. On the other hand, I am quite sure most commentators and at least one poster on this board use the first name deliberately in a demeaning fashion.

I'm not discounting that. I just don't think it's everyone who calls her "Hillary".

[Enzo]

Outside of Limbaugh/Hannity and Fox News, who I have no doubt consciously try to be disrespectful, I tend to think the Hillary thing is about the fact there is another CLinton still on the scene. Just as we say Dubya or W to indicate the younger Bush, we sometimes want to be clear who we are referring to. After a couple times doing that, the name sticks. The first George Bush was always just that, but now he is almost always referred to as the elder Bush.

Not saying 100%, but I think that is where it comes from, not because she is a woman.

[Мастер]

A few years ago, Hillary Clinton did try taking the because-I'm-a-woman-I-should-be-exempt-from-all-criticism approach, although if she really thinks no one ever criticizes male politicians, she needs to talk to her husband more often. She seems to have grown out of that though...

[Мастер]

Outside of Limbaugh/Hannity and Fox News, who I have no doubt consciously try to be disrespectful,

Now that it seems McCain is a shoo-in for his party's nomination, these guys are equal opportunity :)

[Enzo]

Yes, they take the same behavior and add one from their side to the hit list, so they disrespect their own now too.

[Blue Monster 65]

Kids, it has less to do with politics than entertainment.

Woof! - Scott

[Bill_Thompson]

Less competition for Hillary?

That is right, Lance. Hillary might make it if everyone else either drops out or drops dead, including Obama.