Hmm, both Giuliani and Edwards are now probably out–as are Dodd, Biden, Richardson, Kucinich, Fred Thompson, Hunter, and Tancredo. We’re left with:
Democrats: Clinton, Obama, (Gravel -I haven’t officially heard he’s out, not that it matters);
Republicans: McCain, Romney, Huckabee, Paul.
It looks to be a two person race for both parties–this is obvious for the Democrats; for the Republicans, Huckabee could win a few more states but I don’t think much more than that and Paul will continue to get his 5-15% (in fact he has gone below 5% in the last two states).
Now I have to decide who to vote for. It will be a Democrat, but which of the two (I like some of the positions of Gravel, who supports gay marriage and wants to decrease defense spending, but not in others, he wants a flat tax, and since he is a marginal candidate he’s out)? My primary is February 5, so I have to decide soon but there’s not much space between the two. I suppose I could still vote for my higher choices even though they’re out (Kucinich, Dodd)–I assume they’ll still be on the ballot. Hmmm, anyone in MA still planning on voting for a candidate that is officially out?
