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To: Antonello
"he actually does appeal to a very large number of Americans"

where are they? They certainly didn't show up to vote in Republican primaries. even though, in many, RATS and "independents" could. The numbers in the GOP primary turnout were pathetic. If he can't even energize his own party, he's going nowhere.

48 posted on 03/06/2008 9:56:58 PM PST by isrul (n)
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To: isrul
where are they? They certainly didn't show up to vote in Republican primaries. even though, in many, RATS and "independents" could. The numbers in the GOP primary turnout were pathetic. If he can't even energize his own party, he's going nowhere.

Really?


More than 1.3 million Republicans voted in the GOP primary election for president which almost double the 2004 turnout and 200,000 more than in 2000, according to a Republican Party of Texas press released issued Wednesday.
~Source: Waco Tribune-Herald

In the last Florida GOP contest in 2000, 700,000 Republicans voted. This year, about 1.9 million did.
~Source: NPR


Alaska Republican turnout is expected to exceed 13,000. This Year's turnout equals the combined turnout in 1996 and 2000
~Source: Alaska Republicans


Voter turnout on Super Tuesday, and in earlier primaries, is on pace to break the record turnout seen during the 1972 presidential primaries....Voter turnout in Democratic primaries set records in 12 states across the country, including Alabama, Connecticut, New Jersey and Utah. Similarly, Republican turnout nearly equaled that number, setting records in 11 states, including Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York.(emphasis mine)
~Source: Newswise


Feel free to cite your sources of dismal turnouts.
56 posted on 03/06/2008 10:21:49 PM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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