McCain's path to victory

MSNBC.COM ^ | April 9th, 2008 | Chuck Todd

[The_Republican]

I disagree with Mac having easiser path against Klinton. However, its an interesting point that NOT having an opponent for a while is actually going to hurt McCain. He would have less time to recover from Dems' eventual nominee bounce.

[jveritas]

McCain will have much more difficult time beating Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama. With the current economic situation, many morons will remember the good economic times of the 1990’s and think that it was Bill Clinton who made it for them so they will vote for Hillary Clinton. She will win Ohio and it is all over, she will become President.

[RockinRight]

McCain will win PA, rendering the whole point moot. Even if he loses Ohio, if he wins PA it’s over for Hitlery or The Magic Negro.

[Patrick1]

I agree that the MSM will do whatever they can to get this so called bounce but I just don’t think it is there. The American people have seen these two clowns for months now and they aren’t buying. I would imagine McCain never trails by more than five against either one in Rasmussen and if it is Hillary McCain wins by three or four points, Osama he beats by ten.

[bill1952]

Advice from MSNBC?? LOL!

McCain had better hope that Clinton is not on the ticket if he wants to win more than 20 states.

[boomop1]

McCain will be a one termer, he must pick a strong VP I love George Allen but I think the Mormon will be his choice which I also applaud, as if it matters what I think.

[jveritas]

McCain will win Pennsylvania against Obama but he will for sure lose it to Hillary Clinton.

[RockinRight]

She’s harder to beat than Obama at this point.

However, I think even she is beatable - if she has to use shenanigans to get the nod, which, mathematically, is the only way she gets the nomination now, a lot of Black Obama supporters will be pissed at her, and enough will be pissed to throw the election to McCain.

Just my $0.02.

[jveritas]

Pick a VP who was defeated in his Senate re-election like George Allen?

[NoGrayZone]

Mclame can kiss this “typical white girls” behind. He is still a lib in R clothing.

I’d rather see the knife coming towards me instead of in the back. At least I’d have a fighting chance.

[Kuksool]

Obama is inching ahead of McCain in the Gallup & Rasmussen tracking polls. The Dems activists and the media are rallying around Obama. They hope to kick Hillary to the curb by the May 6th primaries. I hope Hillary stays in the primary as long as possible to force Obama to burn up his vast campaign wealth. I’d rather Obama use his money to attack McCain than Hillary at this point. McCain enjoy a poll bounce in March while Hillary & Obama duked it out.

[jveritas]

You cannot guarantee that black voters will not vote for Hillary Clinton but it is a guarantee that a lot of democrat white racists will not vote for Obama.

[fightinJAG]

I think talking about bounces and such this way is pre-internet thinking.

The old rules don’t apply any more in the old ways.

“Bounces” were the product mostly of the effect of headlines. Today many more people get a lot more than headlines and a lot more people talk with other people and interact with the news online.

[bill1952]

McCain will win PA,

Nuts.
The only republican who could win Pa is Ronald Reagan, and he is dead.

In fact, that would be the last time that Pa actually voted GOP. - 1988
Count em. 20 years. 2 decades.

[fightinJAG]

I also like George Allen. If Obama’s the Rat nom, Allen would have all kinds of comebacks from the Wright vid archive with which to beat back any insinuations that he (Allen) is racist.

I’d also like to see Lynne Cheney as VP. Rice has what it takes, too.

[johnny7]

Spit-catcher for Chris Matthews...

[jveritas]

The Clintons boots will be kicking your butts again but at the same time they will destroy the country and surrender in the war on terror. Do you care about America? Or you hate McCain so much that you want America destroyed just so you can see him defeated.

[bill1952]

>I’d rather see the knife coming towards me instead of in the back...

Hear hear! Bears repaeating!
McCain has tried to stick something in our backside enough times for us not to know what is coming...

[Kuksool]

Correction: I’d rather Obama use his money to attack Hillary than McCain at this point. McCain enjoy a poll bounce in March while Hillary & Obama duked it out.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Advice from MSNBC?? LOL! - It's important to liberals that McCain loses but not by much - losing by a large margin would send a clear and concise message to the GOP that they must run a conservative to win, liberals don't want this.