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John McCain Wins NH Republican Primary

Posted on 01/08/2008 5:12:41 PM PST by jern

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To: LS

Excellent points. Great post! : )


141 posted on 01/08/2008 5:52:59 PM PST by TAdams8591 ((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary and Obama!))
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To: LS

Oh yea he ruled in Wyoming, the most uncontested primary in history..

Fact is he cant win a contested primary while massively outspending his opponents, when he gets to the general and cant out spend the democrat....

I hope Mitt and Trudy drop because then I can vote for pretty much anyone left over..


142 posted on 01/08/2008 5:53:17 PM PST by N3WBI3 (Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
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To: qman

Are those Fox News numbers?

I think they are off.


143 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:09 PM PST by NeoCaveman (She's Ed Muskie in a pantsuit - Mike Murphy on Missus Clinton)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

It’s the anti-war right. The “force is strong with them.” These are the Brigadiers who still lament that Patsy Buchanan isn’t around to demagogue Israel.


144 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:09 PM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: Dagnabitt

AMEN


145 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:16 PM PST by bmwcyle (BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
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To: acsuc99
MITTBOTTS


146 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:27 PM PST by Leisler
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To: jan in Colorado

ditto’s


147 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:31 PM PST by vox_freedom
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To: Bahbah

Barnes has always been a McPain worshipper , it’s sickening ...


148 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:32 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Fred Thompson : The Only True Conservative in a Sea of RINO's....)
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To: umgud
If Romney loses Michigan and drops out, who gets his voters?

I bet Huckabee eventually gets quite a few from the social conservatives supporting Romney.

There is still a small hope that Fred Thompson could pick up some of the sort and become viable again.

149 posted on 01/08/2008 5:54:50 PM PST by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: elizabetty; Diogenesis
Three states have voted and if you total the votes Romney has the most. If you total the delegates, Romney has the most. Why would the man who won a state, has the most delegates and the most votes quit the race?

Well, I'm glad you cited "math issues" Elizabetty but that's not the only math involved. While it's true that Romney has deep personal pockets & therefore can stay in as long as he likes, there's 2 diminishing aspects to a losing campaign:

(1) The income ratio changes. If Romney was spending, say a $1 of his personal fortune for every $4 coming in elsewhere...that could change to him having to spend $3 for every $2 coming in elsewhere...especially with big media drain states like CA & NY coming up. At some point, Romney has to ask how much of his fortune is he willing to stake on this attempt to personally purchase the presidency.

(2) The business analysis side of Romney the investor has to kick in to a greater degree. Investors know there's a thing called a "return on investment." If you are pouring mucho more than all your competitors put together in an investment, & each wave you're not getting the best "return on investment," the "cost per vote" calculation eventually becomes obvious...it becomes "too expensive" to garner the number of voters you need to win the whole thing.

If your campaign is doing well, then you don't have problem #1. If your campaign isn't doing well, then problem #1 kicks in and exacerbates problem #2. Voter cost "inflation" makes winning the whole thing a HUGE gamble of a good chunk of your own personal fortune.

150 posted on 01/08/2008 5:55:15 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: AirForceGeorge

A couple of "mavericks" laughing about betraying fellow citizens (almost as fun as cheating on their wives).

151 posted on 01/08/2008 5:55:21 PM PST by Dagnabitt (McCain- bottom of class at USNA and still a moron)
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To: romanesq
There really is something disquieting about McShamnesty. When he’s talking in front of the cameras in front of a small group with his wife there, something is just not right. Can someone else explain that better.

I know what you mean and I think it's captured in the nickname "McQueeg". There's just a little bit of a paranoid quality, with just a hint of a snarl in the way he speaks. Sort of a cross between Captain Queeg and Bevis and Butthead. heh heh, heh heh.

152 posted on 01/08/2008 5:55:32 PM PST by JewishRighter (Why, oh Why can't it be Hunter???)
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To: henbane

Yeah, that picture somehow tells the story


153 posted on 01/08/2008 5:56:59 PM PST by JewishRighter (Why, oh Why can't it be Hunter???)
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To: LS
It’s the anti-war right. The “force is strong with them.” These are the Brigadiers who still lament that Patsy Buchanan isn’t around to demagogue Israel.

Yes I guess so. I don't get them.

154 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:00 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: romanesq

“Can someone else explain that better.”

Queen of Hearts.


155 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:35 PM PST by Harrius Magnus (Pucker up Mo, and your dhimmi Leftist freaks, here comes your Jizya!)
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To: N3WBI3
That is ludicrous. Why wasn't it "contested?" Because Fred won't campaign in a state he knows he'll lose in---which is fine. That's good strategy. But Mitt and Rudy have a different strat, which is to compete everywhere, because it's a LONG campaign, and winning IA, or NH won't do it. This is going to be a last man standing, and I'd even bet the guy who collects the most #2s will win more total delegates than some of the guys who win #1s. It's that kind of a race.

But as difficult as it is, people here better get used to this reality: the GOP nominee will be one of four guys---McCain, Romney, Huck, or Rudy.

Now, cue all the Freepers who will sing in unison, "Well, I ain't gonna vote then, blah, blah, blah."

156 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:36 PM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: LS
>>>>>I find it humorous that Freepers ... turn their bile on Mitt or Huck...

Come on. LOL You've been around FR longer than I have. The reason FReepers don't support Mitt or the Huckster, but do support Fred and Hunter should be crystal clear. Neither Romney or the Huckster are conservatives. Fred and Hunter are conservatives.

>>>>>So "all his money" has won Romney a helluva lot ...

It goes beyond money. It goes to trust and conservatism. Two aspects Huckabee and Romney seriously lack.

157 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:55 PM PST by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: VanDeKoik

Fox has turned left. It has been doing so more and more. It is no longer centrist.

LLS


158 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:59 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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To: Reagan Man
Those may not be losses. He consistently wins the 'Silver'. Getting second in two very different States is saying something ... and I don't mean loser. Both States 'basic philospphies'

I have never liked the news folks calling the winner before all the votes are in or a majority of them (like 80% maybe). To declare McCain the winner with 18% of the votes is premature. The Independent votes aren't even in yet.

I think if I remember the number from Iowa Caucus right and what the news/radio is saying about New Hampshire Primaries ... voters are coming out in record numbers. That in itself says a lot ... now in 2008 will this be maintained in other States? All remaining States? The General Election?
159 posted on 01/08/2008 5:57:59 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: greyfoxx39
re: Hissy-fit...

Be sure to read the readers' comments in the Deseret News tomorrow. The "sour grapes" comments from LDS folks & other Mittbots last Friday were especially fit for your "hissy-fit" graphic; I'm sure they'll be back to entertain tomorrow.

160 posted on 01/08/2008 5:58:51 PM PST by Colofornian
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