Posted on 02/05/2008 12:58:25 PM PST by sdnet
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee enjoys the first victory on Super Tuesday for the Republicans as he takes all 18 delegates in the state of West Virginia, winning 52% of the vote, although rumors abound regarding the McCain campaign's possible instruction to their delegates to switch to his side.
Mitt Romney finished second with 47% of the vote, followed by McCain at 1%.
Rumors are circulating that the McCain campaign instructed their delegates to defect over to Mike Huckabee's side as to avoid a Romney victory. Nationally, McCain is significantly ahead of Huckabee and can afford giving the state's 18 delegates to Huckabee, but certainly not to Romney, who was originally in the lead when polling began in West Virginia by a wide margin and trails McCain nationally by only 17 delegates.
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That actually sounds like John McCain's positions to me.
For weeks? Is that supposed to negate what he agreed with for a decade before? Get real. Are you saying his support for the Mexican Consulate at the "friend price" of $1 is anti-amnesty. Or his support for instate tuition for illegals?
He signed the first no-amnesty pledge a day before the SC Primary and another in just the last week. That's pandering. Romney's changed positions BEFORE the primary season but not since. He didn't create any sanctuary cities - he inherited them.
Just instincts I guess...lol
It is really a sad day for conservatives in this country.I once said in this forum that I would vote for whoever we nominated, but now I am not so sure. I detest McCain. It would be funny(although I detest Huckleberry as well) if this ploy backfired on McCain and Huckleberry got the nod....LOL
In his book faith of my fathers there was one man out of all of them who wasnt like that. he is the one
I’d rather follow them off the cliff than you. At least they’re intelligent.
1. revealing of what the Huckabee campaign is about; and
2. corrupt in that they did not let the normal voting procedure play out. If it had gone to the 4th ballot and Huck had eventually won out then no one would be complaining.
Right on!
In McCains Book Faith Of MY fathers he talked about the one man who treated pows like they were humans and that is that man.
Ah, the logic of Newt. Another Beltway deep thinker. Because that's how things work, it can't be dirty.
May cooler, constructive, intellectually honest thought prevail in the months to come.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath and first find out where all the chips fall before we kill each other.
Actually, that would be a great strategy—for everyone to vote for Huck from here on out. I’m sure that’s not in the plans.
Thank you for your considered, rational insult.
Now go infibulate yourself.
So true. It is going to be fascinating to see what happens tonight and subsequently what happens at CPAC on Thursday.
I agree...I never supported Fred
While I don’t see the commection, the counter argument might be that, in the big picture, Romney realizes he can use this as evidence that Huckabee is in the tank for McCain from now on and really undermine Huck’s support.
How many people will continue to vote for Huck if they think it’s a proxy vote for McCain?
Bingo again. Not to mention old names like...oh...Charles Keating.
My point is vestiges of his past trauma are apparently now coming to the fore and to him now it’s conservatives who are the Viet Cong and it’s the Marxists Dem-Rats who are his friends.
“I’m sure that’s not in the plans.”
It is sure not in my plans...lol. I will be voting for Romney when the primary is held in this state. He wasn’t my first choice, but at this point, he is my only choice.
Three Republicans voted no, and I am almost certain one was Helms. Your point is spot on. However, nothing forced McCain or Dole to vote for this completely obvious leftist ACLU judge.
The rats fight tooth and nail to keep constitutionalist judges OFF the bench. The Republicans in the Senate need to stop going along for the ride and grow a spine like the rats do.
McCain will NOT give us constitutional judges, not a chance.
This is the one reason why I still support president Bush through everything (except Meirs), as he delivered on his campaign promise to appoint constitutionalist judges. No Republican president in my lifetime even comes close to Bush on this matter, not Reagan, not GHW Bush, nor Ford.
If it wasn't blizzarding out, I'd join you there.
If this is the best the GOP can produce, the GOP should and will die.
This is no better than throwing a baseball game or taking a dive in a boxing match. No different at all.
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