Turtles all the way down

I meant to post this two days ago, but time flies.

So McCain takes a big win, largely because Romney and Huckabee split the hardcore conservative vote. This begs the question of how much does getting elected president rely on two of your opponents stealing votes from one another?

Perot helped Clinton in 1992 and 1996 by taking votes from Bush Sr. and Dole, respectively. Bush Jr. won in 2000 probably because Nader took a few percentage points away from Gore.

Maybe it happens all the time.

Now that Romney’s out I expect Huckabee’s campaign to surge, but he may be effectively eliminated mathematically at this point. I also expect McCain, to head right in a major way over the next few months possibly picking up Huckabee as a running mate.