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.
It shows no such thing,Mr McCain.
Say it ain’t so.
Anybody know what McCain’s finances are, right now? I’ll bet this travesty cost him big.
I also wonder just how many “independents’ got to take a Republican ballot.
John McCain will be the Republican nominee for President.
I will not vote for the co-author of the McCain-Kennedy immigration amnesty bill; for the man who voted to bestow U.S. citizenship on illegal-alien felons.
I will vote for some third party this year; which one remains to be seen.
update..
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.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was running third, and headed for the exits. Officials familiar with events said his aides were in discussions with McCain’s advisers on a possible endorsement later in the week.
Julie Ann and the Huckster will fall right in behind McVain. Romney needs to hang on until Super Tuesday to see if we have a shot at a brokered convention. Then Fred needs to come back. It is a long shot, but I will not vote for McCain.
It looks to me as if the Nelson Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party has been resurrected in the McQueeg-JulieAnnie ticket.
It’s looking more like third-party time.
But let’s see what happens on Super Tuesday.
Only Republican votes count.
Ditto....but it won't,of course,matter in my case.I live in Massachusetts.
Yeah. I'm so inspired.
Current delegate count after Florida:
Magic Number 1,191
McCain
97
Romney
74
Huckabee
29
Paul
6
Giuliani
2
Nor will I.
The rino’s, moderates, mexicans and independents can carry McCain across the finish line if they chose to. I will not be a part of it at any level.
Rudy needs a prescription of No Acitol pills because he’s lost his.
We could probably survive as a nation with McLame at the helm. I have serious doubts that we can with either Obama Hussein or Hitlery in that postition.
I’m done with this party and they will never get a dime from me again.
This is clearly and obviously not a conservative party. Huckabee is right...the Reagan revolution is dead.
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