Nomination Contests Are Not Like Free Trade

From the generally astute First Read:

Did anyone else notice Huckabee disappearing a bit on stage? His normally well-received schtick didn’t seem the right pitch for an economic debate, and Thompson definitely seemed to overshadow him. McCain had a couple of good moments, but he also didn’t seem to be as involved in this debate as he was in previous ones. By the way, when will the front-running candidates begin banding together and ask debate organizers to shrink the field. All of them would likely benefit.[emphasis added]

All of them would likely benefit? I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought of the nomination contest as a zero-sum game.

By the way, if Ron Paul was excluded, how would Rudy insert those self-righteous history lessons of his?

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