McCain wins Fla.; donnybrook looms

2 comments January 29th, 2008

 

For John McCain, the Republican presidential primary in Florida was a do-or-die situation, and HE DID IT, defeating Mitt Romney and the rest of the field by a respectable margin.

The victory makes McCain the front-runner for the nomination, but much of the party’s conservative base still despises him and likely will redouble efforts to stop him.

That end would be well-served if Mike Huckabee got out of the race, but he said tonight that he’s in for the long haul, even though he, too, dislikes McCain.

Huckabee’s candidacy is a lost cause, to be sure, but the votes he  garnered in Florida apparently helped McCain stave off Romney.

Rudy Giuliani, who predictably finished a distant third in Florida,  likely will drop out soon and endorse McCain.

The Republican race remains, if not wide open, still competitive as the campaign moves forward to Feb. 5. It’s going to be fun to watch the fur fly.

I did my duty; do yours

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Early voting here in Illinois ends Thursday, so I did mine today.

When will you do yours?

Beware this woman!

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If you’re a male who supports Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, you run the risk of this woman accusing you, at least metaphorically, of “gang rape.”

Her name is Marcia Pappas, and she’s the New York state president of the National Organization for Women. When Teddy Kennedy dared to endorse Obama, Pappas likened his choice to the RAPE OF HILLARY CLINTON.

Pappas is a real asset to the feminist cause, isn’t she?

A Bush betrayal of family values?

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Fox News, the fearless defender of all that is good and decent in American society, has CAUGHT PRESIDENT BUSH shamelessly — even affectionately — hugging a gay man.

Oh, the disgrace of it all! 

Why won’t McCain tell Bush how to catch bin Laden?

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John McCain SAYS he knows how to capture Osama bin Laden, but he won’t share the secret with his otherwise good buddy President Bush.

Is there even one voter out there gullible enough to fall for this nonsense? (Don’t answer that question.  It’s too depressing.)

Florida prediction

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Today’s Republican presidential primary in Florida is fraught with suspense and implications.

The winner will become the clear front-runner for the nomination, and Rudy Giuliani will have to do well or fold his tent.

I’m not terribly confident of this prediction, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitt Romney  prevails over John McCain by 4 or 5 percentage points.

Romney’s momentum going into Feb. 5 will be greater than McCain would enjoy if he were the winner in Florida.  Understand, McCain still has a big problem with the party’s right-wing establishment, and he’s constantly demonized  on talk radio.

This crowd sees Romney as the only guy who can stop McCain.  Yes, some of them would have preferred Fred Thompson, but he’s out of the race. Can’t Huckabee do it?  He’s out of the question because he scares the hell out of the party’s economic and foreign policy conservatives. And the even the social conservatives are a little nervous about his bleeding-heart populism.

So, if Mitt wins today, he’ll be the presumptive nominee, with McCain demoted to long-shot status.

And Rudy will be gone before the weekend.

It’s been a fun month, hasn’t it?  All this winnowing in both parties.  All these sudden swings from week to week. The record turnouts of voters.  No wonder the cable TV ratings for political news are soaring.