BTW - McCain is rolling out the "time table" meme in California. You stay classy, John.
Fox just ran a graphic that 20% of the electorate is now between 18 - 29. That would be born between 1978 and 1989. McCain's hole card is going to look like WWII film to them, except, thanks to our educational system, he was dropping bombs on little yellow people in pajamas. And, to top it off, you have to assume they want their Grandfather to be President.
McCain does fine with conservative youngin's. Somehow I don't think there's enough of them to go around. Yeah, if McCain wins the nod, this thing is shaping up real special for the GOP.
Incredible. That "early withdrawal" thing has been totally discredited by every news oitlet on the planet (even the NYTimes), and yet Mr Straight Talk just keeps using it.
Lord I HATE that man.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 05:09 PM
Macaca Ascendant!
George Allen is going to win this thing!
Posted by: IslamoLlama | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Early Exit Polling: 80% of Romney Voters
are Conservatives. Only 49% of McCain supporters are. No shock there.
The problem is that 75% of Huck Voters say they are Conservative, so Huck splits Conservatives with Romney and McCain gets all the Moderates and Liberals.
If McCain wins today, it will be after NEVER CARRYING THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE in a single state.
That's just wrong!
Posted by: Bill Mitchell | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 05:30 PM
speaking of classy, Mittens rolls out the WAAAAHHHHmbulance:
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/romney-camp-accuses-mccain-huckabee-of-shady-w.-va.-deal-2008-02-05.html
Posted by: docweasel | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Welcome back docweasel. Got anymore anti-mormon diatribe?
Posted by: Kaitian | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 06:21 PM
If a politician belonged to a friggin' COUNTRY CLUB that didn't allow blacks, he'd be suspect. Romney was in the leadership (his family had been for decades) of a RELIGION that didn't allow blacks. Did he support it? Did he try to change it? Since, by his own account, the "prophet" is infallible, was it the right thing to do until '78?
If Obama was buds with Farrakhan, it would be ok to ask him about The Nation of Islam's racist teachings. So why is Romney off-limits? I could put 50 links to ex-Mormon and Mormon investigator sites, but just Google "Mormon Racism" and you'll find plenty. In the meantime, here is a very good, balanced article from Politico which takes Romney to task for refusing to answer questions about his religion and its intolerance of Catholicism and other Protestant sects, and I think its very pertinent and fair.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3673.html
Here's another from Hitchens which examines what he calls "A Racket that Became a Religion"
http://www.slate.com/id/2165033/entry/2165039/
You might not like it, but Mormonism teaches hate, period. It teaches that other religions are not just wrong-headed, but in fact evil. That every person not baptized by and accepting of the Mormon relgion is just not misguided, but a member of the Church of Satan, presided over by the Whore of Babylon. The Book of Mormon repeats the ancient blood libels about the Jews. Its tirades against people of color are well-known. Why should this be off base for Romney to explain? Does he believe the Book literally? His religion demands he must. How, then, does he plan on being a leader of people he believes are presided over by Satan when they go to mass and services every week?
I'd sure like to know, and a few serious reporters have tried to find out, but Mitt throws the "anti-Mormon" card at them. Sorry, it just won't fly.
All these people, including Dan, claiming "only Mitt can win"- where is that math? Who the heck is going to vote for him? Those people voting for Huckabee aren't automatically McCain fans, but they certainly aren't Romney fans, or they'd be supporting him now, when he really needs them.
Democrats won't vote for him. God knows blacks won't. Independents won't (that's what ya'll are bitching about, the fact that McCain is winning with Independents). There is no scenario by which Romney wins, and frankly, I thank God for it.
Even his push-polling against himself dirty tricks won't get him in.
Posted by: docweasel | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 06:43 PM
Could it be that the (I)s are the problem, because they are diluting the GOP vote...?
That some of those (I)s or the vast majority of them will break for Obama in the general?
Or that the (I)s have no particular sense of party or platform loyalty, and think hat some sort of "unofficial unity ticket"...
The GOP needs to take control back over its nominating process, and refuse to seat any state delegations that use arbitrary caucuses or open primaries, or WTA rules.
Posted by: seekeronos | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Or could it be that the the conservatives are going the way of the Whigs. No, that's not possible...
Posted by: BobInStamford | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 10:37 PM
"--- Or could it be that the the conservatives are going the way of the Whigs. No, that's not possible... ---"
This is also possible, though I think that if this is the case, we are at the beginning of curve and can reverse things if the right combination of luck (The Dems royally screwing the national pooch in a way that it wakes up Jimmah Cartuh) and our ability to raise up a true conservative without any establishment RINOs to interfere with his campaign.
Draft Fred Thompson/Pete Sessions in 2012!
Posted by: seekeronos | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 11:57 PM