Posted on 02/04/2008 4:03:39 PM PST by Checkers
Many in the media have decamped to sunny California, and for good reason: The state not only provides the biggest targets to campaigns on both sides looking to score their share of the hundreds of delegates available tomorrow, it also allows reporters to stay up late as results roll in. Going to bed at 1 a.m. after the rest of the country has reported is a lot easier than going to bed at 4 a.m.
For at least one candidate, though, California will not be the story. John McCain, once an afterthought, then the front-runner, is seeing his poll numbers in the Golden State sink again. After enjoying leads as high as 19 points, just days after his New Hampshire win, and 13 points, in a CNN/Politico/LA Times poll last week, McCain now owns just a 2-point lead in the latest RCP California Average.
The news may be worse than that. A tracking poll for C-SPAN and Reuters, taken by Zogby, shows distinct movement toward McCain's chief opponent in California, Mitt Romney. After taking the lead yesterday, Romney is now up by eight points. A victory by such a small margin would only give Romney a few extra delegates -- the state allocates most of their Republican delegates in a winner-take-all by Congressional District fashion.
In anticipation of such a result, McCain's team has started downplaying expectations and California's relative importance. "We're going to do very well in the winner-take-all states in the Northeast," spokesman Brian Rogers told Politics Nation today. "California is a toss-up that, at the end of the day, won't be the big story [as long as] we pick up some delegates."
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Plus, I have been hearing that is won’t be over Tuesday because no one will have enough delegates. It will be interesting to see how Huckabee continues to justify staying in a race when he has no chance. How does he square this with his Christianity where he is supposed to be honest? He’s not fooling anyone.
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Cheers!
What do you bet Arnold’s endorsement cost McJudas five points?
Fear not. He will never be POTUS. If he wins the nomination I will consider myself an Independent and watch the fiasco with glee.
I got the letter too. If he gets anything tomorrow night, I will strain my budget to help him.
And I will do the same.
~”If he gets anything tomorrow night, I will strain my budget to help him.”~
Right there with ya. Already figuring out how I can wring out a couple grand this quarter. The budget numbers are looking good, and I won’t even have to deficit-spend! Thank you, Bush tax cuts!
I’m with ya!
I passed the one from McCain to my DH so he could laugh too.
Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds up his grandson Nathan Romney during a campaign stop in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
I -love- that first picture.
The cynic will say that Romney is shamelessly leveraging the child to get votes. Except that this was a rally - Romney was preaching to the choir. There were no votes to earn here, just motivation.
I see it as a display of real manhood at its best.
If you don’t mind, I’m going to steal it and post it around.
What would have been even better is if little Nathan had spit up on him. :-)
Who in the hell do you think you are? THOSE WHO DON'T SUPPORT McCAIN ARE THE PARTY!!!
But I'll tell you this, if McCain wins the nomination he''l pull the party to the left and conservatives will leave the party in droves and it will be the end of the GOP as a meaningful player in national politics.
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