THE AGONY OF DEFEAT

In yet another tell-tale sign that the tandem was succeeding, The Amoeba, Romney, has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina, where he was hoping to take on Huckaboom and Lazarus, John McCain, and from Florida, where Rudy Giuliani has been spending time and money. "We feel the best strategy is to focus our paid messaging in Michigan," Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said Wednesday as the campaign launched its "National Call Day" fundraising effort.

This tough decision comes on the heels of back-to-back losses in Iowa and New Hampshire for the Mormon. The Amoeba, a multimillionaire who had used a lot of his own cash, had invested heavily in both states, counting on the two to give him the momentum toward the nomination

Earlier on Wednesday, The Amoeba spend his time deceiving his top financial backers that he would win the upcoming Michigan primary, as he and his staff worked to soothe supporters unsettled by his losses in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

"It's just getting started," The Amoeba, told supporters gathered at a convention center for a follow-up to his campaign's "National Call Day," which raised an unprecedented $6.5 million a year ago. He promised to carry on to Michigan, which votes Jan. 15, as well as Nevada and South Carolina, which vote Jan. 19.

The public spectacle, a rarity for the normally tightly controlled Romney political operation, included appeals for calm from a top financial backer, eBay CEO Meg Whitman, and a top political supporter, former Sen. Jim Talent of Missouri.
"To a person, we remain incredibly optimistic that we still have a chance to win this thing," Whitman told the crowd, which included everyone from Fortune 500 executives to entrepreneurs.

This is welcome news to both the Huckaboom and Lazarus camps given that they both worked tirelessly in tandem to dislodge the Mormon. As the process moves mid-west to Michigan and on to Nevada and South Carolina, we pray and hope that the core remains true and Huckabee prevails. Rudy is his own enemy and his antics speak for themselves.

At what point the tentative alliance will break is unknown however, I wouldn’t put it past the two to work together to win the Whitehouse. A Huckabee-McCain ticket is a sure winner, especially against Hillary. A resurgent Barack Obama might pose a real challenge.