Posted on 01/14/2008 7:20:19 AM PST by jdm
Fred has to win SC. if he can’t even win SC, there’s no way he can win anywhere else
I don’t think McCain’s support is any ‘stronger’ today than it was in 2000. Its driven by the MSM and ‘crossover votes’ just as it was eight years ago.
When the time comes in November, those votes simply won’t be there.
the polls were right about the republicans
and they would be there for Huck, Rudy, Romney and Fred?
Vote for Fred. First of all, the more support he gets, the more he gets noticed. Second, SC is sort of do-or-die for him - he's put a lot of time, money and effort into SC, and if he doesn't do well then a lot of people will write him off. This can only help McStain, as many of Fred's more national defense-oriented supporters will look to someone with strong credentials in that area.
Second, the fewer votes that Gomer Huckster gets in the deep South, the faster he'll implode. When he does, then a LOT of his voters will go to Fred.
McStain won't, IMHO, get the nomination - he's torched the base too many times. He's actually less of a danger than Huckster, simply because Huckster takes almost directly from Fred. Without Huckster, Fred would be far ahead of where he is right now.
Not true.
Giuliani does not do well in head-to-heads. Your liberal Mitt does horribly when matched against Democrats nationally or in state polls.
The fact is that McCain is relatively honest for a politician and he holds great appeal for independents, which makes him highly electable.
Romney is seen as a slimy used car salesman with his finger in the wind and his eyes on the polls, and thus is very strongly disliked by independents despite his stances favoring gun control and manmade global warming and universal health care. And thus Romney is highly UNELECTABLE. There's no way he can win with the middle hating him and the right (correctly) suspicious of him.
‘and they would be there for Huck, Rudy, Romney and Fred?’
They aren’t being propped up by crossover votes, so its a moot point.
Uh, Excuse Me! I have not yet voted.
Uh, THIRD.
More MSM and pollsters trying to influence our choice of a nominee. They keep beating the same drum, i.e., McCain is electable, therefore he should be our nominee. Forget that his nomination will destroy the GOP and his pro-amnesty policies along with the same position held by Obama and Clinton will end this country as we know it.
If all the people who said they want Thompson to win would actually vote for him and quit talking about “voting” or not “voting” for him to eliminate another candidate, he would win by a landslide.
At least by my bias FreeRepublic poll. I for one am definitely giving my vote to Thompson.
Romney is a cross between the “I’ll say whatever it takes to win the nomination” from hillary and the prettyboy “oh I messed my hair” aspect of John Edwards.
I want to vote for fred but not sure he’ll still be in the race by the time I get to vote in the NY primary.
Huck might. because we will really lose if he’s our guy
282 is probably the total number of Republicans working for CBS and the New York Times.
I’m in Ohio......so I’m waiting till March and praying for his name to still be on the ballot.
I’m in Ohio......so I’m waiting till March and praying for his name to still be on the ballot.
Not me, I will NEVER vote for McCain
Let’s put Hillary and Obama in a tank.
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