It's the box office, baby
An AP story begins: Dig beneath the surface of the raucous Republican presidential race and you will find even deeper turmoil: Four in 10 GOP voters have switched candidates in the past month alone, and nearly two-thirds say they may change their minds again.
Well, folks, that's all about the change. Every Monday morning, I read the little article on page 2 of the Birmingham News about the "winners" of the weekend box office grosses for movies. Sometimes I have seen one of those movies, many time not. But even if it came in on top of the charts, I am not going to see "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem." On the other hand, if I a movie I want to see is not doing well, I may never get to see it. I recently have had to go far afield to the one theater in the area showing a particular movie. It might be gone within a week or two.
The same goes for the primary field. You can read pundit after pundit telling you that if Candidate X does not do well in the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary, Candidate X's campaign will be toast. Before I get to vote in the Alabama primary on 5 February, the "box office" in faraway Iowa or New Hampshire may have decided that show won't open in Alabama.
As the new movie title (I have not seen the movie yet) says, "There will be blood."