Bunuel offers no explanation for the paralysis that afflicts his characters. The explanation for the “Exterminating Angel” Republicans is partly ideological, that the party as a whole would want a more faithfully conservative nominee than it’s likely to get.
And it’s partly due to the law of unintended consequences. Legislation passed in 2002 to reform “campaign finance” so weakened the national parties that they lost control of the primary process and the power to impose a certain discipline and order on recalcitrant and trouble-making candidacies without a prayer of winning.
A Romney triumph Tuesday would put enormous pressure on Santorum and Gingrich to surrender to reality and leave the race.
Our chances for blissful escape from the Exterminating Angel are in the hands of Ohioans and Tennesseans. Let us out, dear Buckeyes. Liberate us, glorious Volunteers. Please.
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