Here are my Super Tuesday winners and losers:
Winners:

Obviously Sen. John McCain. He’s more than the Republican front runner. He’s going to be the nominee. It’s safe to say that a plurality of Republicans can accept him leading thei…

No, moderates are people that can NOT/ Will NOT make up their minds. They don’t want to offend people, they don’t want to take a strong stand. They are easily moved by the fad of the day. They want “everyone to just get along”. Usally the moderate will side with those that are the loudest just to keep the “peace” They blame everyone both Liberals and conservatives for the problems because they don’t want to pick a side and can not understand it is their inability to pick a side that has caused all the problems in the first place. The moderate is the biggest problem in America today. Since they can not/will not choose a fundemental underlying philosphy in life they allow the nation to drift with whatever breeze is blowing on that day. they are the John Kerry’s of the world. The people “that were for the war before they were against it.” The people that fall for the global warming scam. etc. moderates are the problem not liberals and not conservatives. You can argue/convert a conservative/liberal, a moderate you must bribe and then they fail to stay bought as the next fad comes down the pike.

Mitt made a snotty, disprespectful comment about Bob Dole, and McCain called him on it. Mentioning Bob Dole’s war service was just part of an overall defense of Dole as an individual. It’s an important part of why he deserves respect. Bob Dole is a war hero and a good Republican, even if he wasn’t the greatest presidential candidate in 1996, and even if he hasn’t explicitly endorsed McCain.

McCain’s “deal making” is a one way street.

Buy Danish on February 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM

Maybe the Line Item Veto Act would count as a conservative piece of legislation. Reagan originally asked for it.

Not when they propose and enact laws which violate the First Amendment!

He wouldn’t be the first President to have a run in with Supreme Court.

I don’t care about whatever headline. The point to me is that Rush’s idea that a vote for Hillary over McCain might not be that bad vis-a-vis the war is deluded and reprehensible.

CK MacLeod on February 5, 2008 at 2:40 PM

And the fact that you think a vote for McCain is a guarantee of FUTURE actions is just as deluded. McCain has said himself that if the surge goes south he is pulling out. Ignoring his words just to dump on Rush is hypocritical of you to say the least.

The new POTUS comes in on Jan 09 and I am certain that regardless who it is will make their choice at that time. If things continue to get better in Iraq the new POTUS will stay and claim victory/to have fixed war – esp. if it is a Democrat. If things are going poorly they will declare it a not fixable Bush failure and start to withdraw. Even McCain.

Buy Danish on February 5, 2008 at 2:08 PM

I don’t care about whatever headline. The point to me is that Rush’s idea that a vote for Hillary over McCain might not be that bad vis-a-vis the war is deluded and reprehensible.

CK MacLeod on February 5, 2008 at 2:40 PM

Okay, fine. I never said that I agreed with Rush, although I don’t know that “reprehensible” is the right word to describe his analysis.

It’s arguable whether McCain is the best of the 4 remaining candidates, but there are benefits when selecting a leader to have a guy who doesn’t run with the herd.

dedalus on February 5, 2008 at 2:44 PM

Not when they propose and enact laws which violate the First Amendment!

You’re right! He’s a “deal maker” with squishy Republicans and Democrats. He is no Theodore Roosevelt.
Buy Danish on February 5, 2008 at 2:01 PM

TR’s background was as a Governor not a Senator, the jobs are different. Still TR was a progressive who broke with many in the Republican party due to his attack on big corporations, support for labor unions and leadership on conservation.

It’s arguable whether McCain is the best of the 4 remaining candidates, but there are benefits when selecting a leader to have a guy who doesn’t run with the herd.

We will see if West Virginia still votes Republican in the general election. I think 43% of the party should be pretty upset right now. This kind of behind the scenes collusion will not be forgiven. This is a kick in d**k.

Buy Danish on February 5, 2008 at 2:08 PM

I don’t care about whatever headline. The point to me is that Rush’s idea that a vote for Hillary over McCain might not be that bad vis-a-vis the war is deluded and reprehensible.

Screw you McCain, I’m voting Obama or Hillary in November.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a man who parades his military service around like it’s God’s blessing to the earth and then has the gall to smear, dirty, and lie about his political opponents just to win political office.

Where the hell is McCain’s honor? Or is honor no longer a part of the McCain campaign?

“You should apologize for your remarks against Dole/Murtha/Kerry because they are great, patriotic Americans!” Wha! Wha!

Give me a break! McCain is a turd patriotic turd!

From the new Rush Limbaugh endorses Romney thread, this is a question posed by Bryan:

Where’s the evidence that McCain has ever reached across the aisle and plucked off a few Democrat votes for a conservative issue or cause? I can’t think of a single case, so I’ll put it to the McCain supporters in the HA readership: Name an issue where McCain reached across the aisle and ended up benefiting conservative issues, ideals or causes.

McCain’s “deal making” is a one way street.

I find this just amazing, the whole Liberal Establishment, from the DNC to the NY Times and Washington Post are just completely upset that Conservatives want a Conservative as President of the United States and they are actually slamming Rush Limbaugh …

CK MacLeod on February 5, 2008 at 1:48 PM

I honestly don’t understand what point you are trying to make, and what it has to do with the fact that the headline to that RS story was a distortion of Rush’s position (he has never “defended” Hillary or Obama) and did not match the content.

I am not endorsing Rush’s position, I am merely correcting the headline, which misrepresented what Rush has said.

It’s just a primary election. Whoever wins will need our support.

Good heavens.

funky chicken on February 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM

Of course they do. Do you think rewarding bad behavior will lead to behavioral changes for the better?

McCain is a deal maker and he also probably saw himself not beholden to the White House given his primary fight against Bush’s team, Rove especially.

dedalus on February 5, 2008 at 1:46 PM

You’re right! He’s a “deal maker” with squishy Republicans and Democrats. He is no Theodore Roosevelt.

There’s no way of knowing, but I seriously doubt that TR would not propose limits to the First Amendment, conclude that “anti-American” sentiment is a reason to close GITMO, or try to outlaw waterboarding, particularly in view of the fact that it has only been used 3 freaking times and Khalid Sheik Mohammed is sitting in GITMO thanks to its effectiveness.

Those are issues which transcend party loyalty and McCain’s positions on these issues are against the best interests of this Country.

As for his fight against the bogeyman, Karl Rove, please be specific.

Moderates are simply people that like to have their cake and eat it too. It was impossible as a child and it is impossible as an adult.
unseen on February 5, 2008 at 12:50 PM

No, moderates are people whose opinions aren’t defined by liberal or conservative. We’re not people who can’t make up our mind, we’re just not tied to one ideology.

Rush has never “defended” Hillary or Obama on Iraq. He has made predictions that no matter what they promise to voters, once they got in office they would know how serious the situation is and how foolhardy it would be to withdraw.

The idea that you can vote a mandate for withdrawal while your fingers are crossed that the mandatee will ignore you is reprehensible, an uncertain gamble with the lives of our troops, the future of our country, and our honor. It’s also an implicit trade with the terms never spelled out: Say Hillary or Obama fulfill Rush’s wishes on that score – what and whose pound of flesh are their leftwing supporters going to demand in exchange? And do you think that winning the war is a one-day decision? Bush has had to fight tooth and nail, day after day, with the crucial help of a certain presidential candidate who for now can go nameless, to protect a victory strategy against relentless attack. In order to prosecute the Vietnam War – badly, in the best Democratic tradition – LBJ had to enact the Great Society. What do you think Obama or Clinton would have to do when you consider that their real, most ardent supporters (as opposed to the Limbaugh-esque late endorsers) also happen to be the most ardent opponents of victory?

And nobody has worked harder than McCain to destroy the Republican Party, no Presidential candidate has even entertained the idea of switching parties, and nobody deserves less respect in that regard than Johnnie Mac.

Buy Danish on February 5, 2008 at 12:36 PM

Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Spiro Agnew, Wendell Willkie, Phil Gramm, and Jesse Helms are some of the prominent 20th century politicians who have had tenuous relationships with their party.

McCain’s declining conservative rating may have something to do with the increase in party-line voting in 2001. McCain is a deal maker and he also probably saw himself not beholden to the White House given his primary fight against Bush’s team, Rove especially.

Rush is not buying any of it. In the arena of ideas and the ability to articulate he is unmatched.

McCain can fool the press, can fool voters, and can take opposite positions on nearly every position he either sponsored or spoke of 1 year ago. He can’t fool Rush,……or Michelle for that matter.

McCain can’t, and that’s why he is poison to the Republican Party.

We do not need anything like the Dole Campaign in our history as a party ever again.

Dole ran an awful campaign and we got Clinton.

McCain will give us another Clinton.

This party better wake up before Chelsea turns 45.

And by the way, it is silly to think you have to say something kind about Dole every time you criticize his politics or his presidential runs.

Republicans generally like Bob Dole, the man, very much.