Posted on 02/18/2008 7:13:12 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Recent polls show that John McCain is in for a struggle in the Republican primary contest in Texas. Despite a recent endorsement from former candidate Mitt Romney and a declaration by much of the American press that McCain is the Republican Nominee, McCain has been forced to stay on the campaign trail and fight for the final delegates needed to win the nomination.
If we have learned anything from this election cycle it is that the polls are not to be trusted. So a 4 point lead in Texas is negligible at this point for McCain. McCain could be further ahead or it could mean a virtual dead heat. A loss or even a close call in Texas would expose McCain as extremely vulnerable in the general election and would not encourage Republicans to consolidate behind a candidate who is not able to carry Bush’s home state even with the President’s stamp of approval.
McCain not being able to crack 50% in his own party after Mitt Romney and the Republican establishment is beginning to line up behind him spells big trouble in November for the GOP.
McCain’s two remaining competitors, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, are showing no signs of dropping out and in Ron Paul’s case; he has stated that he will remain in the race at least until the Republican convention.
How did it get to this point? Well the Christian right refused to put Romney over the top or give Ron Paul, who reflects their values, a closer look. Instead they tried to push Huckabee from the back of the pack to the frontrunner with their support alone, and it just wasn’t going to happen.
It is increasingly looking as if many Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul supporters will never fall in line with McCain. Those that don’t write in or go third party will likely sit this election out, making a Republican win in November highly unlikely. This exposes the fatal flaw of the two party system; it ostracizes well meaning citizens from being able to participate in the process with out holding their nose or feeling their vote is being wasted.
Looking ahead, this year’s election cycle could very well have an effect on the Republican Party for years to come. Romney’s early exit tells us that he hopes to have a future in the Republican Party, possibly to run for President again in the near future.
If McCain goes on to lose in the general election and Romney runs again in four years, it could very well mean the permanent fracturing of the Republican Party, with the Christian Right only supporting the mainstream candidate when he is one of their own. Romney was flatly denied the nomination by the Christian Right and by not taking no for an answer and receiving similar percentages in four years, he would be paving the way again for a centrist Republican candidate who is able to do well in the delegate rich states as McCain has done, but would likely lose to a Democratic incumbent.
Romney was denied the nomination because, quite frankly he sucks.
He tried to portray himself as a conservative after spending his political career as a moderate/liberal. This is the idiot whos incompetence led us to Gay Marriage trying to claim he’s the heir to Reagan?
Get Bent. Romney came across as a completely phoney, which he was... his religion had nothing to do with it.
You assume a far greater degree of competency than we've seen anyone exhibit so far!
“Bush elder headed up the cia. the cia is a liberal agency that follows the money. big money wants the worlds countries united under one big UN umbrella. They can’t do it directly so they’ll do it by grouping states together. In the new world it will be the NAU and some latin american federation. But that will be followed by a new world superstate.”
You assume a far greater degree of competency than we’ve seen anyone exhibit so far!
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This is the stuff that’s bandied about at davos and liberal internationalist rags like international affairs
Look, Triple E. I am not happy with McCain as the nominee. Not at all. But we need to realize that, given the results in Wisconsin tonight, we are very very likely to face the possibility of a man named HUSSEIN becoming our President.
No, the name isn’t important. But what it symbolizes does matter: a socialist, liberal world view where your children and mine will be subject to the whims of the United Nations. A world where prosperity and productivity will be looked at with disdain. A world where hatred for America will be met with “compromise” by national security playing second fiddle to our enemies’ desires. A world where tax increases will be the rule, not the exception. A world where a kid who was dodging questions about state legislation just four years ago will be the leader of the free world.
I cannot stand by and let the greatest nation on earth have as its face a man whose only talent is wooing a crowd with plagiarized lines. He isn’t a leader: he is a pied piper.
No, McCain isn’t the best we had. He stands head and shoulders above Hussein Obama, though.
Please, if you can, consider the consequences of a Hussein presidency. Is it worth it?
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