Weekend Wrap-up (Part 2) ….

in a word ... WOW!!!
Regardless of who you may be supporting in the Presidential campaign (or if you’re still undecided) - after all the negative rhetoric and mud-slinging that went on during the past week in the run-up to the Democratic Primary in South Carolina on Saturday - winning by a two-to-one margin, combined with unprecedented voter turnout, isn’t something to take lightly.





The last cap in this section – with the map pretty much blanketed in royal blue to indicate that Obama won all but 2 counties in the entire state – sums up what John King stated could be considered – in technical terms – a ‘rout’.



Even so, I kept wanting someone to say (and I think that Jeff Toobin did in at least a roundabout way) that this was just one state and one contest - there's still a very, very long way to go before anything is decided.

We also learned during the evening that Florida Governor Charlie Crist (R) officially endorsed John McCain for President. Not much of a surprise. Endorsing Mitt Romney – now that would have been a surprise …

And talk about getting nasty – Mitt Romney is taking several jabs at John McCain – sans any form of restraint. They are both currently leading Rudy Giuliani in Florida, much to his dismay, to be sure.



We also learned that Caroline Kennedy wrote an inspirational op-ed piece for the Sunday New York Times – in which she endorses Barack Obama. I don’t recall that she’s made a public endorsement in any previous race – I suppose I just don’t recall that she did. But today (Sunday), it’s been disclosed that Senator Ted Kennedy will be joining Caroline tomorrow with an endorsement of Senator Obama. Both are scheduled to announce the endorsements in person with Obama on Monday.



And certainly not to detract from the significance of this victory, but prior to results being broadcast on Saturday evening, I checked out Jack Cafferty’s blog and came across this very interesting (granted, not new) proposition. What about Al Gore getting into the race? Yes, THAT Al Gore. Former Vice President. Environmental Crusader. Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Interesting that this is still a subject of discussion ...

Al Gore at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland(Photo courtesy of Getty Images)

Thanks for visiting - hope you had a terrific weekend!