Haha. Maybe you’re right, but the poll reflects the fact that McCain has a proven track record of scoring well with “independents” and moderates.
The real problem with polls showing a candidate losing to Hillary Clinton is that she is such a defined, well known candidate. People have had over a decade to learn not to like to her and her negatives remain alarmingly high to the general public.
For Romney (or any candidate for that matter) to being running as far behind her as he is means something in even in Feb.
Honestly, I would be surprised if he got much of the black vote at all. The GOP typically gets between 7%-10% of the black vote? I don’t think he will much appeal to African Americans and would be shocked if he could break the 10% mark going against Hillary or Barack.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Romney would make a bad president, but I he is a flip-flopper anyway you cut it. He has all the right positions now, just didn’t have any of them 4 years ago.
I don’t know how we can effectively defend Romney when we all tore Kerry apart for flip-flopping.
You’re right. VP’s typically don’t matter, but McCain is 71 and will be 72 when he takes office and has a history of skin cancer. It wouldn’t surprise me too much to see him bow out early second term, or see his VP take on considerably more responsibility.
If he were to pick someone like Thompson, or even Jeb Bush, (long shot, I realize) I do think it would excite some conservatives on the right.
I’ll be surprises to see the media destroy him as easily as you are making it out to be....maybe, but I’d still be surprised.
Sorry, it’s too late and in all honesty, there is no way Romney could win. He appeals to no constituencies besides conservatives and upper income white males. I’m not excited about McCain either, but it’s time to get aboard and hope that he picks a conservative VP we can all get excited about.
Romney will get obliterated in a general election. Thompson wouldn’t but Romney would. No likes him and he doesn’t have a genuine conservative bone in his body.
Very good stuff. This is exactly what I need. I saw an older Brian Lamb interview with an economist that had written some book about Reagnomics that was pretty terrific...can’t remember the name.
I guess Huckabee’s abysmal record on taxes was overlooked by this writer? Huckabee gets TERRIBLE ratings from fiscal conservatives and he is the “consensus” candidate?
This guy is rooting for Huckabee because he knows he couldn’t beat Hillary.