A Look At The GOP

From Ajacksonian. Time for me to do some other work and then get ready for CPAC tomorrow. See you in a bit.

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[docweasel]

Hopefully, now everyone will stop the exercise in futility, recognize McCain as the nominee and get behind him, and start fighting the next fight which really matters: the Vice Presidency.

As Republicans have shown, they like to nominate the heir presumptive, which, if McCain's ticket wins, his VP will be. McCain will be quite old in '12 and might not run again. So, its EXTREMELY important who he picks.

All you "disenfranchised" conservatives should be fighting that fight, and get back in the game, and get yourself something to be passionate about in THIS campaign by making it relevant to the future and get off this stupid "teach the party a lesson" crap. Never in the history of politics has that worked. Its killed a few parties for good though. Ask the Whigs.

[Dan Riehl]

never

[seekeronos]

"--- Hopefully, now everyone will stop the exercise in futility, recognize McCain as the nominee and get behind him, and start fighting the next fight which really matters: the Vice Presidency. ---"

I'll still stand and say that it ain't over until it's over...

...but realistically, McCain may well have unstoppable "Mo" at this point.

The stupid, media-fed, Hollyweirded American sheep have selected the RINO King as its presumptive nominee - and if he is by some twist of fortune able to beat Hills or Obama, he will be at best a Ford and at worst... maybe Carter will be able to free himself of the "worst president ever" albatross: we will have forestalled the inevitably Democrat revival only for a short season.

The only chance we have (barring Romney sticking it out in spite of what the GOP establishment wants, and sweeping the Phase IV primaries/caucuses) is for McCain to pick an IMPECCABLE vice president, one who gives the ACU heart flutters of joy when he passes through their midst.

Will McCain exercise what little prudence and wisdom he seems to have behind those beady little eyes of his?

Only God knows at this point... and we will find out ourselves in due course.

For better or for worse.

[Bill Mitchell]

McCain's honeymoon with the Dems just ended. That didn't take long:

For years now the Democrats have been slobbering all over John McCain. "War Hero" they cry! "Great Statesman" they cry! "He can work across the aisle" they cry.

UNTIL TODAY.

Now that it looks like McCain may win the nomination, the TONE HAS SUDDENLY CHANGED. This from Harry Reid today:

McCain Sends 'Chill Down Spine,' Reid Cites Cochran
By Josiah Ryan
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
February 06, 2008

On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the possibility of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) becoming president "sends a cold chill down my spine."

Reid made his remarks Tuesday outside the Senate chambers when a reporter asked him about McCain, who is running for the Republican Party nomination for president.

Pulling out his wallet and removing a white piece of paper, Reid told the reporter: "All I have to say about that is this. I have it right here, and you can put it in your little recording devices."

Then, reading aloud, and quoting Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) from an interview last Friday, Reid said: "The thought of him [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper, and he worries me." Listen to Audio

Reid then placed the piece of paper back in his wallet and continued taking reporter's questions."

I CAN JUST HEAR THE DNC NOW AS THE CRY IN UNISON:

SUCKERS!

I told you so people. We've been had. I hope you're happy.

[docweasel]

seek, simple mathematics makes McCain the prohibitive favorite. This morning CNN is giving him 660 delegates, Romney 228 and Huckabilly 168 with 1100 outstanding in primaries not yet run. You need 1192 (I've memorized it) to win. You do the math. Romney would have to win almost every delegate left to win the nomination, or a combo of Romney and Huckleberry would have to deny McCain 500 or so more delegates to cross the line. With the momentum and inevitability from Tues, I sure don't see how those 2 split all the delegates, they couldn't stop McCain when they were still viable for cripe's sake.

The thing McCain haters have to face is that average Republicans don't feel the way you do.

On a side note, I guess this is the election where we put the "governors always beat senators" to rest. Richardson, Romney, Huckabee all fell by the wayside to senators.

Everything is a rule until its not, I guess.

[seekeronos]

I guess one of my besetting sins is that I've got a stubborn streak in me, and that I'd rather Romney (and Huckabee, as he can now spoil McCain's "Mo", especially if the Dems start trashing Johnny Mac earlier than what is practical).

For phase IV, if I were a Dem programmer, I'd wait until Mac was well within range of the "clinch" (over 950 to 1000 delegates, from which no combination of opposing delegates could recover) before turning on the slime machines.

I believe that the Huckster will stick around to maximize his delegates (for use as a bargaining chip/kingmaker role in a brokered convention) and Ron Paul... well, he is that kind of stubborn too.

Romney will stick around as well, because even if he looses, if he ekes out a strong second, he only builds up cred for an attempt in 2012, especially if he gets to play the role of Conservative Savior vs. a shipwrecked, humiliated, incumbent (D) - doubly so if that (D) is Hillary.

Ditto for a wrecked McCain presidency.

The best way McCain can trade on his new "inevitable Mo" is to pick a hard right conservative - preferably a southerner with an outstanding ACU rating - to balance out his "non"-afides.

As I've said elsewhere, I'd have no problem voting for Mac if he had a decent, strong conservative as a running mate to help balance him out.