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McCain Plays Down CA
realclearpolitics.com ^ | 02/04/2008 | Reid Wilson

Posted on 02/04/2008 4:03:39 PM PST by Checkers

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To: Count of Monte Logan

“How about some fairness? Any defense of McCain on this or any other thread?

Those who don’t support McCain (the nominee) are welcome to leave the party. This is really sad the way you are attacking a guy like McCain.”

Typical McCain supporter.

“Support McCain or get the hell out of the party” - nice.


61 posted on 02/04/2008 6:31:58 PM PST by Checkers (I'd say John McCain is a Dick Nixon, but Nixon didn't hate Republicans.)
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To: Checkers; GOP_Lady; Reaganesque

Was just watching a Luntz focus group on Hannity and they picked Mitt’s add about how Hilliary has never run anything as the most effective republican add. The numbers were off the charts! Pretty cool!


62 posted on 02/04/2008 6:32:30 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Inyo-Mono

That’s what struck me. The Red/Blue just showed the results of a presidential vote, whereas our Republic is much more diverse than the bipolar red/blue view.


63 posted on 02/04/2008 6:33:00 PM PST by TeleStraightShooter (The Right To Take Life is NOT a Constitutional "Liberty" protected by the 14th Amendment)
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To: ThePythonicCow

Thanks!


64 posted on 02/04/2008 6:35:42 PM PST by TeleStraightShooter (The Right To Take Life is NOT a Constitutional "Liberty" protected by the 14th Amendment)
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To: Main Street

Just pitiful.

Go Mitt! Keep the momentum going.


65 posted on 02/04/2008 6:40:28 PM PST by Shortstop7
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To: GOP_Lady
John McCain said again at his rally that he would work with Democrats. I don’t mind working with the other side to come together with things that we all agree on, but I fear John McCain will comprise too much, as his record indicates.
Indeed. We all know what types of legislation results when McCain says he would work with Democrats, legislation like The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (aka McCain-Feingold), The McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill, and The Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act. No thanks. If McCain is the nominee I'll vote Democrat because it would be easier for the Republican senators to resist a Democrat president than a victorious McCain presidency.
66 posted on 02/04/2008 6:44:51 PM PST by Quicksilver
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To: Checkers

It’s amazing to me that the GOP would nominate someone who can’t even win California. It’s the biggest state in the country and he’s about to get whupped. Do they really expect him to win the general when the only states he’s racking up are those where liberals and independents are voting for him?


67 posted on 02/04/2008 6:45:20 PM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Checkers

If Mitt Romney truly does win California, will it, along with everything else that happens on Super Tuesday, be enough to truly keep Mitt running for POTUS beyond Super Tuesday?


68 posted on 02/04/2008 6:48:31 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: Count of Monte Logan

~”How about some fairness? Any defense of McCain on this or any other thread?”~

Knock yourself out.

~”Those who don’t support McCain (the nominee) are welcome to leave the party.”~

Oh, I plan to. I will be a write-in vote next November if McCain wins the nomination. I’d rather defeat Clinton in ‘12 than try to reelect John McCain. Don’t worry; I’m a Romney supporter, but this has nothing to do with Romney. I promised myself a year ago that I’d never vote for John McCain. The amnesty debacle only steeled my determination.

And I am far, far from the only one. John McCain cannot win the election without the very conservatives into whose face he has smashed the heel of his boot.

~”This is really sad the way you are attacking a guy like McCain.”~

A guy like McCain? A guy who has taken seeming delight in stabbing conservatism in the back for the last decade? A guy who has sold himself to the mainstream media for the proverbial forty pieces? A guy who has been instrumental in stonewalling so many conservative initiatives for the pathetic sake of his vaunted “bipartisanship?” A guy who has now resorted to smears and stalking horses to win? A guy who isn’t even -trying- to court conservatism in order to be elected?

That guy?

I await your “fairness.”


69 posted on 02/04/2008 6:51:40 PM PST by tantiboh
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To: tantiboh

How are you doing?


70 posted on 02/04/2008 6:57:24 PM PST by Checkers (I'd say John McCain is a Dick Nixon, but Nixon didn't hate Republicans.)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

Likely, yes.


71 posted on 02/04/2008 6:58:20 PM PST by Checkers (I'd say John McCain is a Dick Nixon, but Nixon didn't hate Republicans.)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

~”If Mitt Romney truly does win California, will it, along with everything else that happens on Super Tuesday, be enough to truly keep Mitt running for POTUS beyond Super Tuesday?”~

I think so. With the Northeast WTA troika, there’s no doubt that McCain will win more delegates tomorrow. That can’t be helped. The question is, what happens after? The calculus of the decision will be dependent on whether Romney has a reasonable chance of clinching the nomination by competing in the 20 or so remaining states. Though a CA victory would only net Romney maybe 30-50 delegates, it would be a massive psychological boost that would greatly enhance his chances of overcoming the inevitable deficit.

One thing’s for sure: Romney will continue to need our grassroots support (phone calls, etc.) and our donations if he’s to keep going. If he does well enough tomorrow, though, I think conservatives will come through.


72 posted on 02/04/2008 6:59:17 PM PST by tantiboh
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To: Checkers

Fine, thanks. Snowy here this evening. Good night for curling up with FR. :-)


73 posted on 02/04/2008 7:00:57 PM PST by tantiboh
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To: Truthsearcher

No I’m in CO. Romney has sure made an effort to make sure we get out tomorrow. McCain, I guess, is counting on NY.


74 posted on 02/04/2008 7:03:12 PM PST by keepitreal ( John McCain: Foot soldier of the Reagan Revolution who went AWOL)
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To: ruination

Oh, is this the Coppola lady? I can’t understand why they think we’d be swayed by some of these people.


75 posted on 02/04/2008 7:07:09 PM PST by pbear8 (The innocent cry out to God)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
I received a letter today from Mr. Romney today. He wants to raise $3.1 million over the next 45 days.
76 posted on 02/04/2008 7:12:50 PM PST by GOP_Lady (I'm a MITTen!)
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To: Checkers

Napoleon is having his grand diva/sally field moment: you like me, you really like me./Just Asking - seoul62........


77 posted on 02/04/2008 7:15:42 PM PST by seoul62
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To: Checkers

“We’re going to do very well in the winner-take-all states in the Northeast,” spokesman Brian Rogers told Politics Nation today. “

TRANSLATION: I will do quite well in liberal northeastern states which agree with my political ideology and do not vote Republican in the General Elections.


78 posted on 02/04/2008 7:16:31 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: claudiustg
The message is very clear. McCain can be beaten. Go Mitt!

Please....vote for Mitt on Tuesday so I have the chance to vote for him on the 12th!

Thanks. (I'm RIV and I approved this message.)

79 posted on 02/04/2008 8:03:44 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: pbear8
Everyone seems to be worried about Cali. I just got two calls from Hillary

They're keeping the robo callers pretty busy here in Missouri, too. We've gotten FIVE for McCain in the past two days.

80 posted on 02/04/2008 8:08:39 PM PST by ShowMeMom (America: The home of the FREE because of the BRAVE.)
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