republican nominee: john "i'm still pretty po'd" mccain

Every primary that Giuliani loses is a like a kiss from the baby jesus.

a mccain/huckabee ticket placates the socons, the moderates and the security minded but will infuriate the neo-cons and the small government folk.

is mccain's appeal along with huckster's zeal a winning combination?

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gonna be Romney, not McAngry McCain

I could see Romney getting a surprise nomination over McCain... however McCain, I think, has much more name recognition than Romney does... and lord knows this media-driven election will not be won solely based on the candidates' political ideologies.

"To those saying Romney, how is it you see him getting back in it?"

Wha? He's leading the delegate count. He stomped McCain in Nevada today.

Updated On: 1/19/08 at 11:59 PM

He won Nevada, that the other Republicans didn't even compete in.
He won Wyoming that no one competed in.
He won Michigan, that was semi-contested and he was on his "home-turf".
The delegate count at this point is still negligible.

My point is, what states do you see him winning moving forward?
Certainly Romney COULD still win, but at this point the best he could get is even money with McCain.

Florida is a total toss-up, if Romney wins there I think he wins New York and California, in any other case I think McCain wins those.
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona are all definite losers on Feb 5 for Romney.

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Updated On: 1/20/08 at 12:22 AM

no, i'm pretty sure they hate each other and romney brings nothing johnny ain't already got. huck bring southern appeal and the evangelicals.

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The party power structure will not have McCain and they will not Have Huckabee.

The ticket will be: ROMNEY/BUSH '08.

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i can never tell if you're serious anymore with how surreal this campaign has already gotten, but i'll bet you a drink that it's not romney/bush. we on?

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if it's mccain/huckabee i'll take the same. if they win in november, ditto.

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Conservative radio-talk-show host (and bestselling author) Mark Levin on McCain:

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

This Race [Mark R. Levin]

The problem for the Republicans in this race is that none of them have received a majority of the vote. The winner gets about one-third of the vote, and is declared the big winner (usually said to have momentum, or what have you). Yes, he wins a plurality. But none of them have won the hearts and minds of the GOP. And in some cases, they are relying on Democrats and independents for their relatively meager vote tallies. McCain still is not winning conservatives. Huckabee is not as big an Evangelical vote-getter as thought.

It will come down to delegates, as it must. The problem for McCain is his record (which some of his supporters want us to downplay, or to limit to certain issues most important to them, or claim what matters is that he can beat the Democrat, or whatever). That's not going to work right now. Even if this website were to close down tonight and never reappear, McCain's positions on some major issues simply won't go down with a lot of conservatives.

And this isn't about wishing for the return of Ronald Reagan. This is about looking at the votes and opinion polls. I think most Republicans and conservatives can accept an imperfect candidate, as they always have. But, speaking for myself, I am as frustrated as I believe so many others are. It is hard to see how some of these candidates can draw the movement together, especially McCain, has spent a decade undermining major parts of it.

I am also convinced that Huckabee is now running for the second spot on the ticket. And he is likely to hold out to the bitter end, hoping his delegates will make him a player in the end. He has been extremely generous in his praise to McCain throughout the process. That's where he's putting his money. I was convinced a few weeks ago that McCain and Huckabee were teaming up against Romney. Time will tell.
National Review Online

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Did I actually suggest McCain/Romney last night? okay, no more political threads for me after eleven, that made no sense.

I would like to say "Well Huckabee would be harmless enough as VP" but, thanks to Cheney, we've seen how false that would be.

Honestly, I just don't see Romney being electable in a general election. I'm not sure that Huckabee would be electable in a general election either, but I've also greatly underestimated the fundamentalist vote in the past, so I could be wrong. McCain/Huckabee does, to an extent, make sense, though it certainly wouldn't be my ideal. Then again, any combination of these candidates being inaugurated in a year is not my ideal, so there you go.

And Fromage, political parties are necessary in a lot of ways to balance the divide of opinions in our country. No matter how nice of an image it may be, Americans are never going to hold hands and sing and get along and "unite!" for the greater good, there's just too much of a leap in philosophy there.

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