There is no question that McCain is certainly the candidate to beat following his win in Florida (as much as it pains me to say it). And tonight his attitude was certainly that of the cocky high school quarterback asking out the captain of the cheerleading team. Of course, who could blame him: three major primary victories, the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, the expected endorsement of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his long-standing lead in the national polls. At the same time, the maverick isn't in the clear yet. As I mentioned in a previous post, the competition between he and Mitt Romney is still close enough for an upset finish on Tuesday... an overly confident Senator from Arizona would only play to Mitt's advantage.
In addition to his cocky demeanor, McCain has also taken to outright lying about Romney's record on the war in Iraq. If he wasn't criticizing the Governor from Massachusetts for his alleged support of a troop withdrawal, he was criticizing him for his negative attacks. Oh the irony. So much for straight talk, huh?
While we're on the subject of the debate, allow me to point out that Mike Huckabee has already taken his spot as the third wheel. During tonight's debate he reminded Anderson Cooper several times that there was a third person in the race (unfortunately, there is a fourth too... poor Ron Paul). Has Mr. Edwards already taken my advice and called Mr. Huckabee's campaign?
Every political commentator in the country said that Mr. Romney would have to pull some pretty big punches in order to come off as successful in tonight's debate. While I'm not quite sure Mitt lived up to his end of the deal, Mr. McCain did the dirty work for him.
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