The most significant thing I heard today on the news shows that I watched was republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman stating, not in a firey campaign speech, but in a quiet, thoughtful moment in a serious interview, that his fellow Mormon and favorite for the nomination, Mitt Romney, had electability problems because he had flipped-flopped so much on serious issues.

I thought that was significant because, while Huntsman is a candidate that is looking to sneak in and get the nomination by default at the last minute, he is considered a moderate republican, as Romney, and his branding Romney in that way could only hurt the part overall. However, if Romney is his obstacle to the possibility of his getting the nomination, then that kind of statement would serve to be a call to all those for Romney to back him, because he doesn't have the same flip-flop record.

The press has portrayed Huntsman as the (while sort of lost in the background without the name recognition of Romney and some of the other candidates) intelligent, cultured, flexible, moderate, and perhaps capable of forging a working relationship with democrats candidate. For him to seemingly sincerely state that he thinks Romney has an electability problems to me seems like a sort of bombshell. And the fact that he said on Meet the Press means that it will get a lot of distribution with some oomph behind it.

The rest of the news shows were predictable. Of course, Cain dominated the discussions in the show, but opinions were mixed on what degree this would hurt Cain. A lot of the reporters think that there is probably more to come out, and that it will over time take it's toll. It is still apparent that many of the top republican pundits and strategists don't consider Cain a serious candidate yet, even though he still leads in most polls.

Also, Greece was discussed in just about every show. It was disappointing that not more pundits stuck up for the referendum. Oh, how democracy is slipping. Floyd Norris in the New York Times did stick up for the referendum, kudos to him!

Tuesday is the Kentucky election. This was discussed on Comment on Kentucky. All of the polls agree that Beshear is going to win re-election. But you'd never know that from watching the TV ads. David Williams is pouring the money into ads - well, at least his father - in - law is. The guy just comes off as being a bit thugy. If Beshear doesn't win, or only wins by a whisker, that will be big news. We'll see, but I'll be surprised if that happens.