Our port o’ call at Half Moon Cay (Bahamas) was cancelled due to strong winds and heavy swells (tenders are used to transport passengers to and from the island), so we spent the whole day at sea (with some strong swells, which seem to have died down in the last hour or so).
Two sessions today. The first had Jim Geraghty interviewing Scott Rasmussen and Ralph Reed — Jim’s opening question was, “What the hell happened?” Bottom line (as per Ralph Reed): “we cannot lose 80% of the minority vote and win a national election.” Rasmussen was quite blunt: “the Republican brand is damaged”; he also pointed out that the Republicaan primary slate turned off a lot of independent voters before the nominee was ever chosen.
The second session was on the state of the economy; Kevin Williamson moderated, with Kevin Hassett, Alan Reynolds, and Andrew Stuttaford. Bottom line: yeah, we’re in deep trouble, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
The best session is going on right now: Roman Genn, James Lileks, Peter Robinson, Jonah Goldberg, and Rob Long in the traditional Night Owl comedy session.