The current GOP primary situation seems to this Republican to have become a war to the knife between Romney, representing the genteel defeat approach of Dole and Dewey, and Gingrich, representing the go-down-in-flames, take no prisoners Goldwater approach. Sigh. Haven't made up my mind, but we in Illinois don't vote until March. ~Bob.
+15: Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida
Excerpt: Mitt Romney may be on his way to a decisive victory in the Florida GOP primary Tuesday, according to a new NBC/Marist poll. Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 points, 42 percent to 27 percent in the crucial state. Rick Santorum is third with 16 percent, followed by Ron Paul with 11 percent. Just 4 percent said they were undecided.
Romney starts war in Republican Balkans by William A. Jacobson
Excerpt: I have been trying, as best I can, to sound the alarm about the damage being done by the scorched earth tactics of the Romney campaign and its supporters in the Republican political and media establishments. The effort long ago left the political realm and has devolved into a collective settling of decades-old communal scores. Romney very adroitly has exploited to his advantage some of the deepest intra-Republican personal and emotional grievances and grudges.