McCain turning blue states red?
posted at 2:10 pm on March 31, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Geraghty runs down the numbers. I hasten to remind you that at one point the GOP race was going to be a showdown between Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. Even so, all we need is one or two of those to make things oh so tight on Election Day: Michigan plus New Hampshire would be de-lovely, and even if McCain doesn’t win any of them, he’ll force Obama to spend a little extra time and cash on blue states with a purplish tinge, like New Jersey, to make sure they stay in the right column. Which, er, shouldn’t be too difficult for a guy who raises $50 million a month, unless he does the noble thing and cuts himself off at the knees by accepting public financing.
Sneak preev via Rasmussen:
Thirteen states with 159 Electoral Votes are either a pure Toss-Up or just slightly leaning to one party or the other. These are likely to be the early battleground states of Election 2008: Florida (27), Pennsylvania (21), Ohio (20), Michigan, (17), Virginia (13), Missouri (11), Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Colorado (9), Iowa (7), Nevada (5), New Mexico (5), and New Hampshire (4).
It’ll be awfully hard to resist putting Crist or Ridge on the ticket to nab one of the two big prizes, huh? Unless you’re afraid of a rearguard Obama action in the south, in which case Sanford’s your man. Or rather, he would be your man if the McCain people weren’t allegedly being such jerks about him.
Horrifying exit question: We probably ended up with the nominee most likely to give the left a run for its money in the fall, didn’t we?
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GO, JOHNNY MAC!
homesickamerican on April 1, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Looks like we need a strong third party. Keep everyone honest.
eaglesdontflock on April 1, 2008 at 12:50 AM
It is easy to understand this trend, when you view the picture of Obama campaigning in the Wronged Rev Wright’s church shatters the libs mantra of separation of ‘Church and State’
MSGTAS on April 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Mike Huckabee? Let’s see … soft on criminals, soft on security, wants to bring the Constitution “in line with the Bible.” Basically Mike Huckabee takes Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Carter and combines the worst aspects of both. My cat would make a better POTUS than this jerk. Heck, my table lamp would make a better POTUS than this jerk.
I am not the biggest fan of McCain by any means. I believe his positions on illegal immigration and global warming are indefensible, but he does have strong national security credentials and will defend our national interests, unlike Hillary the Liar or Obama the Racist.
McCain’s current success, however temporary and ephemeral in the current election cycle, should give you guys a message. Voters will not support a social conservative on that principle alone. Maybe if the social con offers something more than social conservatism, but not if that is all that they have to offer, as was the case with Huckabee, whom most GOPers and voters found revolting. They do not want to be told how to live their lives, whether it is by a Christian Taliban like Huckabee or by a guilty liberal like Hillary. McCain is the most visible example that voters do not want someone invoking the their own version of the Bible to tell Joe Blow on the street how to live.
Politics is a game of half-loaves. With McCain you are only getting a half-loaf, not 3/4 of a loaf, but with Hillary or Obama you will not only get no loaf, but probably have loaves taken away from you. McCain is tough where it counts most, on national security, whereas Hillary, Obama and indeed Huckabee are softer than Michael Moore’s stomach.
Stop with this crap of “I’m not voting for McCain because I do not want to be responsible for the disaster that follows.” That’s a copout of the first magnitude and smacks of a self-righteousness I would expect more from Code Pink. That would make you responsible for the disaster of a Hillary or Obama presidency, from which we may never recover. If you love America and want to proptect her as much as you can, you have a duty to at least mitigate the disaster by voting for McCain.
Man, how’s that for a campaign slogan?
Pro Cynic on April 4, 2008 at 10:22 PM
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