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  • It's McCain vs. Romney - and Romney's wallet

    02/01/2008 9:13:51 AM PST · by meandog · 50 replies · 78+ views
    Kansas City.com (McClatchy Newspapers) ^ | 2.1.08 | By MATT STEARNS AND DAVID LIGHTMAN
    LONG BEACH, Calif. - It's momentum vs. money in a sprint to Super Tuesday that could determine the Republican presidential nominee. Arizona Sen. John McCain has the momentum, after back-to-back victories in the South Carolina and Florida primaries and a series of high-profile endorsements. He added California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Missouri Sen. Jack Danforth on Thursday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has the money, and is willing to spend more of his estimated $250 million fortune to keep his candidacy alive. He'd lent his campaign $17 million as of September. The battleground: 21 states...
  • McCain Triumphant! (Because Character Counts)

    01/30/2008 5:47:25 AM PST · by meandog · 202 replies · 210+ views
    HARACTER COUNTS; some- times it counts in the count. In Florida, Arizona Sen. John McCain yesterday won the Republican primary, overcoming big disadvantages favoring former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. What disadvantages? Let us, well, count. Mr. Romney built a huge campaign apparatus in Florida over the last year, while Mr. McCain, since his campaign nearly expired last summer, was able to do very little organizationally in the Sunshine State. Many Floridians voted early--before Mr. McCain picked up the endorsements of Florida U.S. Sen. Mel Marinez and the state's governor, John Crist (to say nothing of Sly Stallone). The number of...