Huckabee is NOT down 683-632. Huckabee is down something like 723 to 217...thus my 72 to 21 analogy.
You're grasping at straws. You cannnot take the scores from other games or other teams and simply add them to your side.
In this game, they are just as likely, and at this point are far more likely, to go to the other side. You'd be better to just leave them laying on the field at this point in the comparison.
>> You’re grasping at straws. You cannnot take the scores from other games or other teams and simply add them to your side. <<
>> thus my 72 to 21 analogy. <<
And if you got seven points for a primary and three for a caucus, you’re analogy would be perfect. The only problem is that McCain doesn’t need to outscore Huckabee to win the primary. He needs to outscore EVERYBODY. If he doesn’t, the party’s gonna start calling on SOMEONE to concede defeat, or else we go to a brokered convention.
Now, suppose you’re a party official. Now, suppose Huckabee wins Virginia. And I’ll grant that’s a big if. But if he does, he’ll be a favorite in Texas. And North Carolina. And Indiana. And so on and so on, ad Deanscreameum. You’re looking at one candidate who has more delegates, but could barely top 40% anywhere, and has heartily been rejected by the grass roots. Are you going to hand him the nomination, or are you going to look at the guy with the winning streak?
Of course, Huck does have to start working on a winning streak... but Kansas, Louisiana and Virginia would be a nice start. And no, McCain hasn’t won Washington state, yet. And I’m not just talking about getting a recount. He just won 23% of the invitations to the state convention, that’s all. And I’m guessing the grasstop activists going to that convention are going to do to him exactly what happened in Louisiana in a similar race.