McCain wins Fla.; donnybrook looms
January 29th, 2008 at 08:39pm Pat Cunningham
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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.
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1. Fearless Freep | January 30th, 2008 at 6:36 am
McCain’s momentum will give him a huge boost for next Tuesday. His numbers were already up in NY, CA and IL and this consolidates his lead. He will be the nominee.
I realize that the Democratic contest in Florida was a “moot point” and boycotted, etc. However, they still had the presidential beauty contest. Tell me, if Barack Obama is so wonderful and popular like everybody says, then why didn’t he win? After all, Floridians watch national news like the rest of us. Wasn’t the Kennedy endorsement the day before supposed to work like magic? Ooops- guess not. Obama had his ass handed to him in Florida.
2. Pat Cunningham | January 30th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Regarding the Democrats in Florida, you’re ignoring two important factors: 1) One-third or more of the state’s electorate voted BEFORE Obama won the South Carolina primary and BEFORE the flap over the Clintons’ campaign tactics. 2) Obama didn’t campaign in Florida. Hillary’s “victory” in Florida is virtually meaningless, which is why the media are paying it so little attention. As for McCain, you might be right that he’ll get the nomination, but the GOP’s die-hard conservatives aren’t giving up yet. They hate party mavericks, which is the label McCain wears.
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