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April 27th, 2008 at 02:21pm Pat Cunningham
Frank Rich TELLS US something the rest of the media failed to notice about last week’s Pennsylvania primary elections:
Twenty-seven percent of participants in the GOP primary — a whopping 220,000 people — voted against John McCain.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Menlo Bob | April 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Taking at face value the political wisdom of the Times theater critic has its own inherent risks. Mr. Rich ought to try out his act in New Haven before attempting to stage the production on Broadway.
McCain did get 72.8%. If I follow Rich’s logic that trumps Hillary and Obama’s percentages by a wide margin and creating problems for each in the general election. Any half-wit knows that the general election math works a bit differently. Thus Rich has risen to 1/4 wit status on this one.
2. Pat Cunningham | April 28th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Yeah, Bob, but McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee — and still, 27 percent of the voters in his party’s primary voted against him. His only competition was a couple of losers — Huckabee and Paul. Let’s also remember that this was a closed primary. Only registered Republicans could participate. Rich has got it right. This is not good for McCain. But then, he’s not likely to carry Pennsylvania in November anyway.
3. Menlo Bob | April 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Rich seems to believe that this dynamic will hold in the general election. But let’s analyze those 220,000 votes. More than half of them came from supporters of Ron Paul, certainly not the base. So does this mean all of the Paul supporters will support Obama in the general–that’s a stretch. The remainder went to Mike Huckabee, more than likely a base voter. Elections that have consequences sharpen the mind of the voter. Game theory might be a more useful tool than the results of inconsequential primary results.
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