Well, by this time the voting in 'Tsunami Tuesday' states is wrapping up, and we'll soon find out who the real front runner is for the Republican nomination.  While I was listening to Bill Lumaye on WPTF during the ride home, a thought came to mind.

First let's set the scene.  Bill was talking politics, and Rick Martinez jumped in with some words for the conservative side of the big tent.  Basically, he thinks conservatives need to grow up and quit being 'cry babies' about McCain's candidacy.  I think most of this stems from Ann Coulter's statements that if McCain gets the nomination she's voting for Hillary.  Plus, a lot of talk show hosts have recently started talking up Romney as the next great conservative while bashing McCain, like Rush, Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Hugh Hewitt (but he's always been a Romney guy).  Rick seems to think that there's too much whining going on, and not enough action.

I don't necessarily agree with this.  I think that what we are seeing is a sudden coalescing of the conservatives behind the right most of the remaining candidates.  Before Florida, there were still a lot of conservative options, like Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter, and Tom Tancredo.  Since Florida, they have all gone away.  That leaves Romney.  Remember that Florida was only a week ago in this accelerated primary season, so I don't think it's unusual that they have come out for Romney, and come out forcefully.  And coming out in the way they know best and the way they can have the most impact.  They had to if they were going to make any impact on 'Tsunami Tuesday'.  Also, the complaints against McCain have always been there, they were simply overcome by a lot of other talk about a lot of other candidates.

So, are conservatives a bunch of cry babies?  I don't think so.  Ann Coulter probably went too far, but she made her point.  If the nomination is still up for grabs when the primary comes to North Carolina, you better believe I will be there making my voice heard.  And so will a lot of other conservatives.

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