Presidential Politics: Republicans Down But Not Out

John Mark Reynolds pens an insightful post on the state of the three-way race for the White House. Its entitled, "The Democrats are Blowing It: Three Reasons the Republican Party Might Survive November." In this lengthy post, Reynolds makes several excellent points. In short: odds favor a Democratic victory in November, but the negativity in the Democratic primary will leave their winner crippled, and a short two-way race diminishes the Dems' financial advantage. Furthermore, McCain currently leads both Clinton and Obama in most polls, and his competitiveness will increase his ability to raise money.

Along the way, Reynolds makes a number of astute observations about all three candidates. I agree with him that Obama has by no means wrapped up his party's nomination.