Split Endorsements

Athens & Jerusalem now offers you an inside look into the mixed Republican psyche. That is, a very important dynamic in the next week will be among those Florida Republicans torn between Giuliani and McCain. The McCain supporters will be whispering to the Giuliani supporters, "It's McCain or Mitt--vote for Giuliani, and you risk Mr. Plastic getting the nomination! And don't you like McCain more than Romney?" To which the Giuliani supporters (I presume) say, "Rudy still has a chance, and I'd like to give him a chance. Besides, I'm not as into McCain as you are, and I'm not as opposed to Romney. Mm, lemme think about this a bit."

Another way to put it is that the Alpheus Republicans--those still endorsing Rudy--have now approached their Moment of Destiny. How precisely they vote in Florida will have very large consequences.

Elsewhere, I'm reading Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism. I confess it isn't very good, and I've bogged down. I have a long review planned for this blog, but it may be later and shorter than I intended. The short version is, he plays loose with definitions, and the polemic mars the history.