The Pendragon's Hall

The news is out: for the remainder of the Democratic primary season it will be a tale of two Johns (which strikes me as quite amusing). With Howard Dean's long-overdue withdrawal, John Kerry can get down to mopping up. Truth be told, I had rather hoped Edwards would win Wisconsin, forcing Dean out but keeping Kerry on his toes. Still, my predictions are bearing out--despite some close scrapes, the frontrunner rolls on, crushing everyone in his path. It was never this easy for the Republicans in either '96 or 2000. I guess when you have no real convictions it is very easy to fall in line, as Howard Dean appears to be doing, behind whoever seems likely to win. Republicans generally have convictions they actually believe in, thus making it harder for them to admit defeat even when the voters demand otherwise. Hence, John McCain and Pat Buchanan. I had rather hoped Dean would choose Buchanan's road and run as an independent, thus splitting the loony vote three ways--if Ralph Nader decides to run as well. It could be quite fun. Ah well. I am still amused by Kerry's delusion that running strong among Democratic voters in various states means he's going to run well among all voters in the national election. Hard to believe someone could be in politics for this long and still be this naive.