John McCain Wins NH Republican Primary

[jern]

per fox news

[gondramB]

>>We will NOT have a conservative as our candidate this year, so people better come to terms with that and elect the guy who comes closest.<<

I don’t think we are quite there- but its getting close. If doesn’t do something exciting in South Carolina so he can raise enough money to make February 5 competitive, it will be over.

[Caipirabob]

Like it or not, nominate McCain = win the White House.

"Arrr! McQueeg be your man, matey. Thankee for the support! And I be stayin' away from the red button as a promise tuyee...the shiney, candy-like button...it calls to me...arrrr!"

Ok, now that I've gotten that out of my system:

In all seriousness, McCain has engendered far too much distrust for me to ever support him. His character was fully on display during the 2K election and his antics following that. His attacks on Christians at the time turned me off forever (not confined to the single article.) I can't support the man.

[ari-freedom]

looks like a lot of warming and emissions coming out of his face

[Forgiven_Sinner]

>With all of Romney’s personal wealth, two straight losses.

Um, no. Sandwiched in between Iowa and NH is Wyoming, which Romney won.

I’m rooting for Fred too, but facts are facts.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

McCain, like Rudy, might be strong on national defense...or he might not. We’ll never know because he’ll lose on charm. He will also lose on amnesty, McCain-Feingold, integrity, Keating 5, marital infidelity and the way he flicked the First Amendment off his sleeve. (”I would rather have a clean government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected, that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I’d rather have the clean government.”)

[MARTIAL MONK]

I guess you were not listening to Duncan Hunter's vocal admonitions on the surge. He had a boy right in the middle of some of it.

I get a kick out of how one's political preferences often bring on a recalcitrant form of otherwise absent myopia!

Where do you think McCain's son has been?

[Ulysse]

ABORTION should not be the main issue and some christians should better have an humanist approach,really christian,of the good necessary pro-life struggle.
The root of the main threats we have to face and their possible solutions is a spiritual/intellectual choice of civilization.
ABORTION becoming more and more a common place is a straight consequence of a new way of life and behaviour which is based on a loss of faith,hope and culture.
The liberal fairy song always repeat “do what you want”,”be yourself”,”be happy” with a soft voice...and many are falling in the trap.
THAT IS WHERE RELIES THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONS.
Do we believe in the future?Do we want children in loving families?
Sensible christians should behave as the true humanists defending not only an abstract “life” but also real people children, women and men...

True sensible christians then should not,to my mind,make their choice on the only abortion issue.
Foreign issues,the shock of civilizations with the islamic world depends also of OUR CHOICE OF CIVILIZATION(do we assume our judeo-christian legacy or not whatever can be our actual faith?).....

I am a french doctor and consider myself as a conservative christian.I am upset by many catholic bishops in France who are straight anti-abortion but regularly take a socialist/liberal stance on immigration which is overwhelmingly a muslim immigration.

Cheers to a bright conservative USA leading the free world!

[catfish1957]

Fred and Duncan were at 1%, because NE U.S conservatives are rare as hens teeth. Just wait until some of the southern primaires, and see how well FDT does

[catfish1957]

bump for new tagline

[omega4179]

All of them must be stopped except Duncan or Fred. That’s our problem!

[kevkrom]

You mean the guy who will lead in the delegate count after tonight? It’s all about delegates. Coming in #2 in 10 states is better than one in two, three in five, and four in three. But it’s funny to watch people get all worked up about what they think is a Romney loss.

You as much as anyone knows that this stage of the primaries is an expectations game. Romney invested a lot of time, effort, and money (including over $17M of campaign debt backed by his personal wealth -- and that's just through September) into Iowa and New Hampshire, hoping to build momentum from there. 2nd place in Iowa hurt, but not as much as failing to win New Hampshire, which is in his own back yard.

Now, despite the delegate count (which is pretty inconsequential compared to the number of delegates needed to win) that has Romney, he's badly lost that expectations game. How does it impact his fundraising? How much more of his own money has he already pumped into his campaign and how much more will he need to to keep going?

Honestly, he's lucky that there's still several primaries ahead of the Jan 31 FEC filing date, because without a win or two under his belt, I imagine his Q4 report would only make matters worse.

[Candor7]

Where do you think McCain's son has been?>>>>>>>>>>

On Dec. 8th 2006, Jimmy McCain graduated from basic training at Marine Base Quantico. He deployed to Iraq in mid 2007, We thank him for his service.

What is your point?

My response was to a post that Senator Mccain was a solitary voice in support of the surge. This was not true. Duncan Hunter not only vocally supported the surge, he helped design it. Duncan's son redeployed with the surge after having served in Afghanistan.

I would hardly say that constitutes a "solitary voice in support of the surge", as the original poster intended to fabricate.

What are you trying to fabricate?

It seems McCain supporters feel a need to fabricate.

I wonder why that is?

Could it be Mr. Mccain has a RINO record to overcome, say on amnesty for illegals, McCain/Feingold, and Gang of 14 activities in the Senate?

If Mr. McCain wins the Republican nomination, it will be without my vote, good luck to him. He'll need it with the record he has.

[napscoordinator]

With all of Romney’s personal wealth, two straight losses.

Very untrue. He actually won Wyoming in between and why people don’t give him those kudos I don’t understand.

[napscoordinator]

They called Katherine Harris’ lost about 15 minutes after polling began. It was the funniest thing I ever saw. It was tragic too, but could not believe that they called it so fast.

[tortdog]

>It looks like Clinton is pulling it out which means most of the independents are breaking for McCain.

The WSJ analysis is that most independents voted Democrat.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119985635670677601.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Obama went down DESPITE independents flocking to the Democratic ticket on his side. I guess that means that Democrats overwhelmingly favor Clinton (since independents seem to have favored Obama).

[tortdog]

>Obviously, Romney impresses you. Romney has spent million of dollars, of which roughly $20 million was his own money. And what does he have to show for it? NOTHING!

Well, he does have the most delegates so far. That will mean nothing IF he fares poorly in the next states.

[Reagan Man]

Its all about Iowa and New Hampshire. Its not about Wyoming.

>>>>>... why people don’t give ... [Romney] ... those kudos I don’t understand.

For the same reason conservatives don't give kudos to Hillary or Obama. They're all liberals.

[tortdog]

I think McCain takes Michigan now. With no Obama to pull their votes, they will flock to McCain over Romney.

[Nextrush]

McCain is high on “climate change,” too.

[napscoordinator]

It must make you so mad that Romney is in first place in the delegates game which is the most important part of the entire thing. At least Romney won a state more than I can say for your candidate Guiliani.