I guess the media was wrong all along when they called Ron Paul “the longest of long shots” and “quixotic” and a “fringe candidate.” Who really deserves that title? John Cox? Jim Gilmore? Sam Brownback? Tommy Thompson? Alan Keyes? Tom Tancredo? Duncan Hunter?

They all seem to be longer long shots than Ron Paul right now, don’t they? Heck, even Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson may drop out before Paul, since they’ve received fewer votes so far.

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Unfortunately Mr. Rittberg, you weren’t Mitt singing praises all last year. It was all Rudy and all WAR. As I said, six years ago you might have been right but Romney is nothing more than a political cameleon, whoring himself to whatever audience he’s in front of. (You know what a whore don’t you Eric?) In Michigan he promised to subsidize the auto industry the tune of $25 million and now he’s promising to do the same to the textile industry in Sotuh Carolina. Some libertarian.

Weld’s libertarian phase lasted half his first term, then he became a liberal Republican. Romney could have been that too, then he decided he wanted to run for President.

If you had been, you’d know that back in the 1990s there were essentially only three people in the entire United States of any stature or celebrity calling themselves “libertarians”.

One of them was Howard Stern.

Another one was PJ O’Rourke.

The third one was Massachusetts Governor William Weld. Weld essentially put the term “libertarian Republican” on the map. He was a groundbreaker. He established single-handidly that one could be both an Economic Conservative (Hayekian as he liked to call himself), and Socially Tolerant guy, as well.

Today, Weld is not only supporting Mitt Romney, but he’s actively campaigning for him around the United States.

Sir, ANY politician who is good enough for William Weld, is more than good enough for me.

Eric Dondero Rittberg supports:

1. Rudy Giuliani

2. Mitt Romney

3. Fred Thompson

4. Wayne Root

Beyond that, I’ll end up voting NOTA. (Maybe McCain – but only if he picks Sarah Palin or JC Watts as VP)

Ron Paul – NO, Huckabee – HELL NO! Hillary or Obama, not even if I was threatened with a Saddam Hussein style torture chamber.

Bloomberg? Yuck!

I’m a solid “Romna-Thomps-Iani” supporter. Always have been. Always will be.

Romney won basically because a majority of voters were 60 plus (which confirms my theory that the GOP is agining and dying) and they all remember his Dad. He also basically pledged to subsidize the auto industry. On top of his health care plan in Massachucetts and his opposition to gay marriage, please pray tell Mr. Rittberg what libertarian values there are in Mitt, (at least as of today because you never know when the man changes his mind)? You might of been right six years ago when he first elected for office but given all the flip-flops over the years, it’s hard to tell what Romney stands for or believes in.

But go right ahead and kiss his arse Eric. It didn’t take you long to ditch your “transgender” Guliani but at least you knew when to jump sinking ship. And if you’re a real good suck-up (and God knows you are) maybe Romney Administration will give you a job sweeping floors in the basement of the Library of Congress. How ‘bout that?

Besides, tomorrow you’ll be back supporting Wayne Allyn Root right?

Romney 42 45.16%
Huckabee 22 23.66
McCain 19 20.43
Thompson 6 6.45
Paul 2 2.15
Giuliani 1 1.07
Hunter 1 1.07

total delegates: 93
Source: CNN (as of 1-16-08)

Hmmmm…I wonder if any news organizations are going to leave Giuliani out of the debates now? Is their trailer too small to fit a distant sixth place finisher? Are they going to ask their focus groups if it was a mistake to have him on the stage? (I’m not saying do that, just pointing out the double standard).