Posted on 02/24/2008 4:41:29 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): McCain campaign manager Rick Davis; Govs. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Jon Corzine, D-N.J., and Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R); National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell; Robert Bennett, attorney for McCain; Govs. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan., and Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.; Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
Dwelling on ‘it might have beens’ is futile, but I do think Romney gave up too early. As soon as it became obvious that McCain was going to be the candidate, I believe a lot of people would have waked up and voted for Mitt.
However, I am now going to be as enthusiastic about McCain as I can possibly be.
Both the dems are running against George Bush (and even that lovable little fuzzball Karl Rove) so why shouldn’t McCain make his campaign about either Hillary or Obama.
They are excellent enemies to have.
Took a seldom traveled road over to DU this morning to see what the reaction to the Nader announcement is.
Those folks are hilarious!
They say:
The GOP paid him to run again, just like before.
The GOP paid NBC & Tim Russert to give Nader a platform.
NBC is disguising the fact that Russert & the network are right wing.
Karl Rove paid off the NYT to run a bogus story about McCain to boost campaign donations.
Cokey Roberts is a closet Republican.
What a trip! I learned a lot :>).
McCain is not my idea of the best Republican candidate for president. But, I’m not suicidal about it. He may be only 3/4 conservative, but he’s MY 3/4 conservative.
Obama and Hillary are Marxists.
Exactly. McCain has a conservative record in the 80’s... something like 86%
That compares well with the minus 8 the two dems have.
I must have missed it, but it sounds pretty funny. Shanklin has a download site here:
One has to question the motivation of McCain haters at this point (or at the very least, question their judgment).
The political realist accepts things as they are and works toward getting the best outcome possible ... now the best outcome possible is a McCain presidency — not, however, the election of America’s first black (Marxist) president.
But, rod, you’re using the word ‘install’ as if Republican voters were circumvented or were unwitting dupes. And nothing of the kind occurred.
If any of the other Republican candidates had run a strong campaign with a winning message, then they would have been the nominee, not McCain.
I was a Giuliani supporter, but he ran an awful campaign and was rejected by voters. I’ve come to terms with that loss and accept the will of Republican primary voters. I will support McCain as our nominee.
I suggest other do the same — unless the words “President Obama” are to your liking.
Her erstwhile husband, Steve, is in a closet, too, but it's a different closet.
In many ways a seriously flawed “moderate” McCain Presidency, with a Democrat controlled Congress might be far worse for the long term health and security of the USA then a ineffective neophyte radical Democrat President and a Democrat Congress.
Having a GOP President enthusiastically pushing a Democrat agenda in a period of economic down turn would be the worst of all worlds. Democrat polices, doing enormous long term damage to the US Economy for which the GOP would get the blame for decades to come from the voters.
In politics, as in war, winning, no matter the cost, can turn out to be a Pyhrric victory For example, that a GOP President named Hoover won the 1928 election turned out to be a total disaster for the GOP. They spent the next 20 years out of power because of Hoovers disastrous policy decision taken in response to the 1929 Stock Market collapse
Totally agree with your excellent summary.
You’re making too many assumptions. McCain “enthusiastically” pushing a democrat agenda? How does that square with McCain’s ACU rating of (approx) 70 percent and his NARAL rating of what, 0 percent?
Too many hyperbolic assumptions.
I think we will disagree on this one for a while.
I saw the Cuban leadership spin the entire Cuban voting machine (which votes in near lockstep)on a dime in less than 48 hours. I saw Crist become a rabid McCain supporter almost overnight. Can I prove what happened, no not yet, am I working on it yes.
This thing was put up job and I am hoping Rush or Mark will follow up on what happened so it does not happen again.
Even if what you say is true, that Crist was ‘bought’ in some way, that other state endorsements were somehow ethically challenged or that Cuban-American leadership was persuaded to endorse McCain for unknown reasons. That still doesn’t account for all the people who, in great numbers, walked into a voting booth and voted for McCain.
I know I didn’t base my vote on endorsements. It’s hard to believe that Republican primary voters in numbers sufficient to affect the outcome, changed (or made up) their minds to vote for McCain because of endorsements.
Seems too conspiratorial for my taste.
In TX, we have few ‘union’ teachers.
By then the whole nation may be hungry for a President who knows something about having a good economy. Right now we have two socialists and McCain who admits he knows little about it, government money spenders all.
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