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.
He even combined with Kerry to shred evidences of other POWS in Vietnam. This is not a nice guy.
He’s the only Republican who has a shot this year and frankly if he’s running against Hillary he’ll start out with 45% and can work up from there. Dole NEVER lead Clinton in any national poll in 1996, McCain has been even or ahead of Hillary.
Suddenly, general Clinton finds herself on the wrong side of the Iraq war.
The point that I making is that Bush was a backer of this stinker of a bill too, and I wanted to know if they voted him.
“Sorry but I will never vote for John McCain. The GOP is a total disaster.”
Right, as opposed to that orderly affair over on the Democrats side.
I’m voting for Fred when this ridiculous mess finally makes it to Pennsylvania!
Disproving anyone who thought he was still sane.
The Kennedy wing of the Republican party just took a big gain today.
Future - hate crimes laws - thought police - more leftoids on SCOTUS - TAXES - TAXES - FEES - REGULATIONS - AND TAXES - new ways to silence conservatives - super duper inflation - spending increases ..........and a need for a new real conservative party.
“When will all non-Hispanics realize this and start voting as a block as well?”
It’s complicated when you have so many candidates fighting for the same conservative vote. And then you add the once illegals who are now legals and the Gov wanting to make even more legal, which means more pro illegal voters and you have a future disaster in the making for conservatives all across the country.
One needs to look no futher than Calif. There are still a lot of conservatives, but they are now the minority. Hispanics are the majority. With majority, comes majority votes. With majority votes come MORE pro-illegal laws... and on it goes.
In the near future, Big Business which profited from this cheap labor source for decades, will then have to pay the piper. These hispanic majorities will control the process and enact laws that will come back and bite the very same big businesses that profited off their cheap labor from the constant and evergrowing hispanic population.
Here’s what they did, just heard on CNN: Taped phone calls IN SPANISH by Sen Mel Martinez. Robocalls about Mitt Romney accusing him of supporting taxpayer funded abortions and other smears.
McCain was spending a ton of money and has plenty of K street lobbyists giving him what he needs for Feb 5.
It’s a two way race - Romney vs McCain, and the better of the candidates is Romney, especially for conservatives.
I completely agree -- which is why I resubmitted your entire post. And, with the GOP (and the Democrat/MSM, for that matter) establishment being pro-McCain, it's going to be a long slog.
Huckabee’s continued spiteful slog will also take votes away from Romney.
Frankly, I’m amazed that someone like McCain is able to pull this off but, then, I was amazed that people like Carter and Clinton were able to do what they did. The common denominator in my amazement is the usual ineptness of republicans in 1) Clearly conveying their political message and 2) Maintaining a consistent posture according to their foundations when actually getting into office.
IMO this is 1976 and 1992 all over again.
Perhaps you could ask if they would have voted for him if he said during his Presidential campaign that he would sign this legislation.
California’s swing to the Democrats has been one of the most unfortunate political events of my lifetime. I have a plan for her recovery, but it would take a national movement.
It looks like the fix is in. I don’t know anybody who supports McCain.
a cuban cannot be an illegal alien. they are legally allowed to come here on rafts via some sort of “refugee” law
Well, you would think that both of them would re-evaluate their positions post 911, of which they did not. I do not like having to fight my own party by calling into the Capitol phone lines.
I already have looked at a sampling. It is as I thought.
My time is worth more, that is why I used (wonders of technology) the “search” feature and went to your “about me” page and clicked on “in forum”.
One can easily see what direction another is coming from.
You are right, I was wrong. 97 of 1191 is only less than 1%! The world and the election is not over by a long shot.
Or he'll start at 45% and go down to 44%. Or Bloomberg will enter the race and he'll end up at 38%. To state unequivocally that he's the only one "who has a shot" at this point is a throwaway line, a meaningless quotation. Giuliani was ahead of Clinton in head-to-head polls in June of last year. That's worked out well. Reading the tea leaves of November based upon the polls of January is foolhardy.
This election is about the 4 to 5 Supremes who will probably step down.
This election is about DECADES not 4 or 8 years. Too soon to throw in the towel.
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