[jyl]

I am getting more and more pleased with this race.

The candidates I personally found unacceptable are gone or going. Guiliani (guessing he bows out and endorses McCain), Thompson (Fred who?), Huckabee (seems he will stay in long enough to sabotage Romney). Edwards and Paul will soldier on for awhile, but aren't really a factor (unless it becomes a delegate-trading convention, I guess).

As it stands, the next President will be Romney, McCain, Clinton or Obama. I would be okay with any of them, not to say I don't have a preference but none of them would give me nightmares of Bush redux.