Posted on 01/29/2008 6:20:11 PM PST by NormsRevenge
MIAMI - Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday night, edging past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and seizing precious campaign momentum for next week's string of contests across 21 states.
"It shows one thing: I'm the conservative leader who can unite the party," the Arizona senator said in a brief interview with The Associated Press. "It's a very significant boost, but I think we've got a tough week ahead and a lot of states to come."
The victory was worth 57 national convention delegates for McCain, a winner-take-all's haul and the largest single prize to date in the race.
Rudy Giuliani was in third place, his best showing of the campaign but possibly not good enough to warrant continuing.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee trailed but told supporters he would forge on.
I hope Romney just explodes on McCain in the debate tomorrow night. Huckabee is also to blame for this mess. He screwed up Iowa and allowed McCain back in this.
I am a McCain supporter. I believe we need a wartime president, and all other issues, qualifications, and past sins are secondary. I recently ran across this paragraph in a book that I think fairly well describes Sen. McCain:
“The Liberals’ hold on power reinforced assumptions that (he) had changed sides to further his ambitions ... He was reviled as a turncoat and traitor to his class ... he was detested by most of the Conservative rank and file.”
This is from a biography but as I’m sure you know, it’s not about McCain. Here’s the book, opened to the page quoted above:
http://books.google.com/books?id=aj-OsZeMDW0C&printsec=frontcover#PPA28,M1
Iraq is a training exercise for what’s to come. We need McCain.
Indeed it is time....
The Crist endorsement put him over the top and I think it was pretty icky to do that at the last minute, since Crist was formerly a Rudy supporter.
What a creep.
RINOS win, we lose.
“How can he be trusted?”
I trust him to protect our country and for me that’s a threshold question.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/8091.html
“Working as head of the Republican Governors Association, Romney delivered a $1 million check to Crist, who was running for governor [in 2006] that same year. “
So much for buying an endorsement...
Where IS this love for McCain coming from? It’s the biggest fairy tail I’ve ever seen...
it’s looking more like Pawlenty will be his VP all the time.
Look what T-paw did here in 2006 in my blue hell state of MN.
that way, the GOP strategerists can appear to ‘balance’ the ticket.
My understanding is that it is neck and neck McCain and Romney, but after Florida who knows.
What I think is hysterical is the media are saying MR is vowing to keep going, as though he is losing big time.
Wait, he is only a few delegates behind JM, why would he or anyone drop out before next Tuesday.
My big deal against McCain is his anti-waterboarding stance.
Hopefully Romney can pull something out but it will be tough with big states like Kalifornia and NY going for McCain. If McCain wins the nomination, I won’t be supporting him. I’m tired of him twisting the proverbial knife in my back. At least the country club wing is happy tonight.
I blame Crist for this McCain mess. If he would have stayed out of this, McCain would have lost. I cant stand McCain, and I cant believe people out in Florida thought McCain was the best to deal with the economy. What was with that?
How the hell did McPain manage to win FL? Are people mad?
“In your dreams maybe.”
No, in my dreams I’m a relief pitcher for the Phillies.
Now I understand what Rush Limbaugh said.
Hear, Hear. McCain is my Senator. I don't like him and won't vote for him in the primary. However, if he wins the nomination I will have no choice.
All of you saying you'd stay home and let an out-and-out socialist like Hillary waltz into the Oval office must be out of your minds. Thank God you are a miniscule minority even among Republicans. Your perception of reality has been warped by the echo chamber that is FR.
-ccm
Except, this year, for the first time, "they" let "Independents" register as Republicans -- at the polling place -- a move the Clintonistas would certainly approve.
Most of those saying “I will not..” or “I won’t ever...” are relatively new to FR or must be too hot headed. Concentrating on what they don’t want will assure it.
Working towards what you do want will probably assure that too.. or at least something better than what they do NOT WANT.
97 of 1191 delegates is certainly not a death sentence electorally. Unless they do not WORK towards another direction.
This is a call to work towards a different candidate. Reagan's speeches are loaded with more "towards" words than "against" words.
He did not say "Mr. Gorbachev don't build another wall". He called on Gorby to "tear down this wall".
And so it was.
I agree.
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