• Hillary Clinton,  President 2008

    Hillary Clinton Watch: Trouble in the Clinton Cabal

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    Super Tuesday was a wash for the Hillary Clinton campaign even though the Clinton Cabal in the MSM was able to spin it as a win. Hillary did NOT win.

    Super Tuesday was a tie at best with Barack Obama.

    Obama continues on with his campaign with the money, momentum and a massive outpouring of popular support. In the meantime, Hillary has:

    • Next Tuesday’s elections do not bode well for ANY victories for Hillary: Tuesday’s three primaries are in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia — all of which have significant percentages of black voters.
    • Hillary no longer has the Norman Hsu types who can insta-fund her campaign coffers.

    There is Trouble in River City for Hillary.

    If she eventually prevails in a month in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio and pursuades sufficient number of Super-Delegates to vote for her at the Democrat convention, Obama will have earned himself the Vice Presidency – if he does not deal her a death blow and wind up the nominee himself.

    Flap thinks he would place his money on Obama.


  • John McCain,  President 2008

    Will a John McCain GOP Nomination Put California in Play?

    Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., takes questions from reporters at a press conference the morning after Super Tuesday primary elections Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Phoenix, Ariz. Boosted by his victories, McCain asked his loudest conservative critics Wednesday to ‘calm down’ and support his Republican presidential candidacy.

    With the apparent nomination of John McCain as the GOP Presidential standard bearer how does this affect Republican chances of winning California’s electoral college votes in the November general election?

    McCain may put California in play for the GOP for the first time since George H. W. Bush.

    A poll of likely California voters by Field Research found that McCain was virtually tied with Clinton in a hypothetical matchup while Obama, thanks largely to his broader appeal, held a seven-point lead over McCain.

    Were McCain to win the GOP nomination, therefore, it could put California in play. The Democratic candidate, either Clinton or Obama, would still be favored but could no longer take the state for granted. Without California’s 55 electoral votes, Democratic hopes for recapturing the White House are slender, so at the very least, Democrats would have to devote resources to California.

    Now, will these prospects mollify the talk radio RIGHT?

    Probably not

    But, the number crunchers at the RNC are licking their chops at the prospect of a McCain candidacy.


  • John McCain,  President 2008

    John McCain Wins California GOP Primary

    *****Update*****

    John McCain wins in all but 2 of California’s 53 Congressional Districts, thereby sweeping almost all of California’s GOP delegates.

    Of the 173 delegates available, McCain will win ALL but a handful.

    John McCain swept to victory in the California Primary election yesterday. But…….

    McCain advanced significantly toward his party’s nomination, winning nine states, including delegate-rich California, New York and Illinois. But exit polls showed that he had still not won the hearts of the party’s most loyal conservatives, who divided most of their votes between Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas. That left the GOP closer to making McCain its nominee but no closer to joining ranks behind him.

    And, conservatives led by right wing talk radio will NEVER leave McCain alone as the GOP standard bearer. There is talk that the RIGHT wishes to sabotage McCain so that, believe it or not, Flip – Flopper Mitt Romney can run again in 2012.

    The RIGHT continues to spew that McCain is NOT conservative enough.

    Here is a graphic of the state of the race nationally:

    The GOP field continues to be divided and judging the Democrat turn out and the enthusiasm of their supporters, the Republican Party may have a rough go of things this Fall.

    The Far Right is not helping the GOP – but Hillary and Obama will probably be the next President in any case.

    John McCain WILL be the GOP nominee but it may not be winning much.

  • Day By Day

    Day By Day by Chris Muir February 6, 2008

    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Conservatives have to remember that President Ronald Reagan (whose birthday would have been today) is gone and like Barry Goldwater (who is also gone) there will be NO movement conservative as the GOP nominee this year. This does not mean that John McCain is NOT a conservative nor conservative enough. John McCain has paid his dues personally and politically for the GOP.

    George W. Bush like his father in 1992 (beaten by Bill Clinton after one term) have been a disaster for the Republican Party. The Iraq War, Katrina and failure to control spending have allowed the Democrats to again control Congress and will make it difficult for the GOP to retain the White House in November. John McCain, the “Maverick” and Rudy Giuliani an accomplished “outsider” were the only possible candidates that could hope to defeat Hillary or Obama this Fall.

    Will the conservatives jump on the McCain bandwagon this week at CPAC? Will the Evangelical Christians? Or will both groups sit out this election?

    Some will most probably sit out but it matters not. John McCain MUST appeal to independents (driven to independent status and away from the GOP by George W Bush, Dennis Hastert, Tom Delay, et. al.) and Reagan Democrats.

    Why, you ask?

    Because, my friends, this is where the votes are.

    McCain has a sisyphean task ahead of him to reunite the GOP and to attempt to compete against the Democrats.


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