[nmh]

It’s kind of pathetic the way the Huckster panders to folks ... yeah ... sure he cares about the waitress that slipped him $20.00 as a campaign contribution - LOL!

He’s a TAXER and a BIG GOVERNMENT guy.

The Huckster has NO respect for you or your money.

He’s aload of “religious” hot air for SELF SERVING reasons.

He needs to GET OUT!

He’s an embarrassment.

[deport]

The Hopester is technically correct that McCain doesn't have 1191 pledged delegates as of yet or maybe not even come convention time. But he's living in fantasy land if he thinks all the Romney delegates, the unpledged delegates made up of party wheels will all go to the convention and not support the overall winner via popular and delegate vote. I guess if you come from Hope that is part of ones make up .......

Republican Convention
Presidential Nominating Process
39th Republican National Convention: Monday 1 September - Thursday 4 September 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
		Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Alternative Soft Total*	Hard Total
McCain, John S.	5,832,790  39.35%	874  48.53%	33   5.70%	907  38.11%	1,012  40.22%	308  12.94%
Romney, Mitt	4,365,027  29.45%	124   6.89%	57   9.84%	181   7.61%	199   7.91%	57   2.39%
Huckabee, Mike	3,003,805  20.26%	210  11.66%	23   3.97%	233   9.79%	236   9.38%	101   4.24%
Paul, Ron	665,161   4.49%	5   0.28%	16   2.76%	21   0.88%	21   0.83%	5   0.21%
Giuliani, Rudolph W.	571,920   3.86%
Thompson, Fred Dalton	254,279   1.72%		11   1.90%	11   0.46%	11   0.44%
(others)	35,760   0.24%
Uncommitted	28,949   0.20%	40   2.22%	28   4.84%	68   2.86%	60   2.38%	83   3.49%
Hunter, Duncan	28,585   0.19%		1   0.17%	1   0.04%	1   0.04%
Keyes, Alan L.	23,088   0.16%
Tancredo, Thomas Gerald "Tom"	8,231   0.06%
Cox, John H.	3,097   0.02%
Brownback, Samuel Dale	2,664   0.02%
Uninstructed	849   0.01%
(available)		548  30.43%	410  70.81%	958  40.25%	976  38.79%	1,826  76.72%
Total	14,824,205 100.00%	1,801 100.00%	579 100.00%	2,380 100.00%	2,516 100.00%	2,380 100.00%

2,380 total delegates
(before penalties: 2,516 total delegates - 560 base at-large / 1,305 re: 435 congressional districts / 168 party / 483 bonus)
 
*The Alternative Soft Total assumes that delegates not currently listed in the Soft Total and/or Hard Total will actually be seated and, thereby, eligible to vote during the Roll Call re: the Presidential Nomination at the National Convention.