On Wisconsin!: Obama should keep up the pace but I still hope McCain loses

The Clinton News Network may call it a "dead heat" but I call it "Obama in heat" and "Clinton near dead."

She still has the superdelegate firewall and a good chance at Ohio and less chance in Texas on March 4th. Pennsylvania is a sure win for her.

Today the Milwaukee and Madison lefties should roll Obama over the top in Wisconsin and Hawaii should be on Obama's side.

But its all in the long run and Obama will have some rough waters in states ahead with Pennsylvania (my state) being the toughest nut to crack.

Our older whiter population with New York Democrats moving into NE Pennsylvania gives Hillary a good base.

Based on my recent street political activity here I can tell you the GOP is losing people upset with McCain and people who love Obama. The anti-McCain people will drift with some going independent and the Obama lovers are registering as Dems.

Obama draws his party switchers from the ranks of GOP "evangelical voters" who are consummed with the racial guilt that first surfaced during the Promise Keepers movement in the 1990's. They are also thinking more like liberals now with issues like "climate change" being something they "pray about."

Well back to today and Wisconsin where I hope the anti-McCain vote continues to gel around Mike Huckabee.

Huck is only viable alternative and his win won't destroy the McCain Express, just remind it about conservative power.

Regarding McCain, his movement into Arlen Specter territory with his most recent ACU rating of 65 percent, makes him very "electable."

And I should add very "electable" without conservative support, just like Arlen. A lot of us could skip this election and McCain would still win because he has gone so far over to the left.

Why did McCain come out and work with Dems on amnesty, take an Al Gore view of global warming distancing himself from the president, attack the president on Guantanamo and waterboarding, etc, etc?

Or because he lied about these more left-leaning positions to make himself more liberal and "electable."

Disappointing either way and like I said before he may not even need our votes to win this election because he's gone so far left.

If, after all Hillary’s “close race” hype, Obama pulls away with a decent margin of victory in Wisconsin, I can see that her leads in Texas (slim if existent), and Ohio (large) and Pennsylvania (large) falling to the wayside. Voters, for some reason, tend to switch votes if it appears that their candidate is going to lose, or has lost all momentum. The momentum hype is media driven, but there comes a point where even CNN cannot deny that Obama has the big MO if he pulls off a decent victory in Wisconsin. The media created this sense of momentum around Johnny Mac that pushed him to victory, and they’re trying to do it to Hillary, but the facts keep getting in their way. At least with McCain, he could arguably make the case for his coronation (before Florida and Super Tuesday) because he had won a couple of states, and was about even with the other “Front Runners” in the field; whereas at this point, Obama has won way more states and has the lead in the popular vote, yet the media keeps pushing this subtle context of a Hillary comeback.

IMHO, I think that the whole primary situation needs to be restructured so that all states have an equal opportunity to have a say in what happens. I don’t know that a single primary day would work and I like the fact that SOME smaller states like Iowa get to take center stage, but those of us with late primary dates really become the wallflowers of this political tango. I have no idea what a reasonable and workable solution is, but I would like to think there is one where every state gets to contribute meaningfully to the primary process...instead of just sending more delegates to the winner already.

I have several close family members in the military. I would hate to have McCain as the commander in chief for many reasons - his lack of concern for the POW/MIA issues, his get-together with his former captors, his unraveling mental state, etc.

I also cannot forget the contempt the Clintons have shown to our military and Bill Clinton killing over 3,000 Serbs - mostly women and children.

I will be voting 3rd party unless a miracle happens and McCain will not get the nomination. He looks and sounds feeble and has been neglecting his Senate duties - perhaps has not the stamina for them.

Telling the truth that McCain is too liberal or lying is an honest analysis of the situation.

Telling the truth that he’s so liberal he could win without many of our votes is also true.

Arlen Specter has won without mine consistently in general elections because all the libs flock to him.

Honest. No bashing involved. Just telling it like it is.

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