Posted on 02/28/2008 7:45:17 PM PST by Kurt Evans
I know that the odds are against him, but what do you mean he has already lost? McCain needs to get around 70% of the remaining bounded delegates to clinch the nomination (I know the mainstream media, often considered McCain’s base, has spun the math in a bunch of different ways). It is most likely going to go into a brokered convention, and hey, Abraham Lincoln had gotten the nomination this way and I think at least another president or two. So why couldn’t it happen again?
Here are some numbers I saw on another post ...
Here are the bound and unbound totals as of 2/14/2008 .....McCain has 796 bound and 18 unbound delegates.
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Now let’s do some math:
McCain needs 395 bound delegates to reach 1191 of the remaining states:
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Texas - 137 bound and 3 unbound
Ohio - 88 UNBOUND
South Dakota - 24 bound and 3 unbound
Wisconsin - 37 bound and 3 unbound
Vermont - 17 bound
Idaho - 26 bound and 6 unbound
Hawaii - 20 bound
Pennsylvania - 74 UNBOUND
Oregon - 27 bound and 3 unbound
Puerto Rico - 20 bound and 3 unbound
North Carolina - 69 bound
Indiana - 27 bound and 30 UNBOUND
Kentucky - 45 bound
Mississippi - 36 bound and 3 unbound
Rhode Island - 17 bound and 3 unbound
Nebraska - 30 bound and 3 unbound
New Mexico - 29 bound and 3 unbound
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There are 561 bound delegates left of which Mr. McCain must win 71% of to reach 1191.....now when was the last time he won with 71% of the vote?
Now Huck will probably win Nebraska, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Dakota.......if this happens, then McCain would have to win just about every remaining delegate, and that is not likely to happen.
Basically, McCain would almost have to run the board of the other states to win......not likely.
THE MSM IS LUMPING BOTH BOUND AND UNBOUND IN THEIR TOTALS.......VERY MISLEADING
So, as you can see, Huck is still in the race. It is not over yet. The media is lying to you. Don’t buy into it. Furthermore, McCain has backed out of a debate with Huckabee that was scheduled for end of February because he is afraid to let the public see Huckabee in action. In addition, McCain is running into possible money problems to finance his campaign due to limitations on campaign financing introduced into law by his own doing! Won’t it be interesting to see how the “straight shooter” gets around this one?????
If any of you think that you can support Huck instead of McCain - then make your vote count. Do what you believe and don’t give up.
The man is so dumb he thinks he’s still running against Romney, whom he repeatedly continues to sneer at. He actually thinks this will convince Romney voters to get behind him. What a moron.
Are there any serious McCain positions he's opposed to? Huck acts like he's McCain plus 1%. Big deal. It's up to him to paint the differentiation. But he's too busy making snide remarks about Romney (still).
First, was sorta for Thompson,
Then I was sorta for Romney,
Now I'm sorta for McCain,
I thought about Huck, but he doesn't like me much. ---But then, neither does McCain.
This primary is FAR from over. Mike Huckabee can STILL win this thing. Actually....it's NOT about the primary at all. It's about making our voices heard. It's about the Constitutional right of every American to have a fresh squirrel in every American popcorn popper....
Wow. That makes him even dumber than I thought. Would you mind posting a link where an anti-Romney sneer is referenced?
Strange math is the kind of math that says he has no chance ... maybe a few people should crack open their old 6th grade math books for a refresher!
The sniff, sniff - is that the sound of more coke going up the nose?
>> He doesn’t know when to sit down and shut up...go home Mike. It’s so over..sniff, sniff.
The sniff, sniff - is that the sound of more coke going up the nose?
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>> Nice, real nice post...you idiot.
(spectre’s wife) Very intelligent response! I am sure spectre is a very lucky man ...
Hot head just like your candidate McCain!
Huckabees 15 minutes of fame are almost over.
Bite me.
>> Looks like we let anyone in FR these days
You read my mind...
It’s disappointing that some posters who can’t speak intelligently have to discuss or debate an issue with childish taunting (like sniff, sniff), or have to express themselves with “you idiot” or “bite me”. They lower the quality and standard of such websites as freerepublic.com. I guess free speech has to apply to everyone... Why don’t you post your address and maybe I can send you a dictionary for your birthday?
“Neither of them do, but they arrive sweaty & out of breath from hurrying to your threads to annoy & disrupt.”
Yes, and file abuse reports.
But it’s not me “counterpunch” hates. It’s Jesus.
“What the heck does it mean?”
It means real conservatives aren’t quitters.
“What a waste of money it is to run these commercials. What’s this idiot trying to prove?”
You seem to be trying to prove you’re an expert in campaign management.
>> It means real conservatives aren’t quitters.
Guess your boy Huckster wasn’t a real conservative, then, was he.
He quit.
(But then, we knew that.)
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