Another day and three more states

So today we have Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. Strangely, the media seems to be downplaying these contests. After incredible hoopla about Florida and South Carolina and then even more with regard to Iowa and New Hampshire, there was a fall off with regard to Nevada. Now the coverage level is falling futher. We heard how the race was almost over after NEw Hampshire and again after Florida. Nevada cemented it according to the pundits. But here we are today with three more states to be added to the five that have already voted. The polls make clear that all three are up for grabs with no candidate pulling away. The results make shake the race up again. How can that be after we have heard for the last few days that the race was over?

The truth is that the voters are not listening to the pundits. The electorate is choosing the nominee for the GOP, not the "experts". None of these candidates has to get out of the race. None of these candidates need to listen to the nonsense that flows on many channels. Here is an example: more than once in the last few days, I have happened upon John King on CNN explaining why Romney had the race sewed up. King uses an electronic map on which he assigned states to either Romney or Gingrich and came up with the conclusion that Romney had won. Now comes the first actual election and it seems that Santorum may actually win one or maybe two of these sure Romney states. It took two days for John King's analysis to fall apart. Sure, maybe Romney will sweep all three states; I certainly do not know the outcome. The point, however, is that the sophomoric analysis that passes for news on a network like CNN is a disgrace. Instead of rushing to annoint one candidate or another as the winner, maybe they could actually cover the race instead. Maybe they could report on the issues rather than the horse race. I know it is unlikely, but maybe just once they could stick to the news itself.