Posted on 02/07/2008 5:30:10 AM PST by NCDragon
WASHINGTON — The continuing drama of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination should not diminish what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side of this campaign.
The senator from Arizona still has to finish off the challenges from Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, but after Tuesday's victories in such key states as California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Missouri, and a commanding lead in delegates, the question is when, not if, he will secure the nomination.
What is more, he has emerged — despite all the negatives of the George Bush legacy — as a serious possibility to win the presidency in November.
On Super Tuesday, I placed calls to knowledgeable Republicans, Democrats and neutral observers to check their appraisals of McCain as a general-election candidate.
Arizona's Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, who sees her home-state senator at close range, said, "He is not to be underestimated." An Obama supporter, Napolitano said McCain is "a gifted campaigner with a great life story. When everything seemed to go wrong for him last year, I told people, 'Never write John McCain off.' "
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
And the more conservatives are known to hate McCain, the more those libs might think it would be an ok move.
Maybe he has inside info? LOL
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a serial groper and he was elected there. White business women and Hispanics and Asians and old people who have supported Hillary will be quite inclined to support McCain over Obama. Obama is a superstar and if these voters vote against him in that kind of environment, they will vote against him in the general when his inadequacies are more of an issue.
I think there is an element of truth in that. He represents a legitimate alternative to those in the muddled middle.
“I hear the constant refrain that RINOs are killing the Republican Party but, IMO, it is conservatives who are to blame”
If you dislike Conservatives so much, why do you post on a conservative website?
She will raise taxes, he will not
She is pro abortion, he is not
She is for cut and run in Iraq, he is not
She wants to socialize medicine, he does not
She wants to add hundreds and hundreds of billions in new spending, he will not,
She wants to "fix" social security by raising taxes, he wants personal accounts
She is for appeasement with Iran, he is not
She will appoint Ginsbergs and Stevens, he will at the very least appoint more Roberts.
Yeah, he'll leave another mess so big, we'll forget about the other ones. LOL!
Not saying he will definitely do these things, just that I don’t underestimate his nerve to do so based upon his past actions. He loves to stick it in the eye of conservatives.
are you a code pink and move on . org blogger?
“I don’t underestimate McCain. He’s got the nerve to have Lieberman as his running mate and make amnesty his first priority when elected.....”
Which is exactly what his corporate masters have planned for...
corporate masters?
I don’t underestimate him.
I think he could screw up any presidential election he’s involved with.
The big guns are turning on him now getting ready for when he’s the Nom.
Man that is a target rich environment!
“A day earlier, in Milwaukee, in front of an audience of more sympathetic businessmen, McCain had been asked how debate over the immigration bill was playing politically. “In the short term, it probably galvanizes our base,” he said. “In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics, you’ll pay a heavy price.” Then he added, unable to help himself, “By the way, I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/03/mccain-grumbles-about-having-to-build-the-goddamned-fence/
This is a plae for unacceptable compromise. I go for a write-in.
That map it the reality of the election. The GOP has tried to cut out the conservatives and go back to a liberal party. They picked a fight.
"Bipartisanship" Is A Dirty Word; and RUSH: "We want to defeat them"
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