Al-Ozarka on July 31, 2008 at 8:37 AM

If Mike Huckabee is the standard by which all other conservatives are judged, I don’t want to be called a conservative.

Really? (Mitt’s counties are shaded Yellow)

I’d feel more comfortable if he didn’t have such limited regional appeal.

It was said above ’something about him turns voters off’. Maybe that’s true. For a guy who spent million$, i wouldn’t exactly call the above link doing ‘well’

battleoflepanto1571 on July 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM

It gets even more limited if you ignore the caucus states, which have very limited participation, and just look at the primary states. Among the states he won, Nevada, Wyoming, Maine, Montana, Minnesota, Colorado, North Dakota, and Alaska were all caucuses; the only actual primaries Mitt won were his “home” states of Massachusetts, Michigan, and Utah. Some of the other yellowish states on that map, such as Iowa, were states that he actually lost. Now, some of that vast green and blue expanse was filled in after Mitt dropped out, but that doesn’t negate the fact that his appeal was limited to caucusgoing activists (not regular pull-the-lever voters) in a few states. There is no real evidence for his electoral strength in any of these places, and polls have shown him to be at the very best neutral, and at the very worst catastrophic for the McCain campaign’s appeal nationally.

The youtube of Mitt defending abortion just killed it for me. I just don’t git Mitt.

myamphibian on July 31, 2008 at 6:30 AM

How did he govern. That’s all you need to worry about.

McCain should pick someone around 50, soon, and say that he’ll only run for one term.

Entelechy on July 31, 2008 at 1:12 AM

And if he picks someone no one likes?

Mr. Wednesday Night on July 31, 2008 at 3:00 AM

The guy they fired, an ex-relative. Was a trooper caught on the job drinking in his patrol car and shooting moose from his state patrol car (two separate incidents). A real winner.
He is fighting his dismissal.
Another plus for her, get rid of bad cops.

and if Andrew McCarthy guaranteed me he’d not appease Muslims.

Andrew McCarthy is a Patrick Fitzgerald supporter. He lost all credibility with me over that.

And here I thought Hot-Air was a conservative blog.

My bad.

ganeshpuri89 on July 31, 2008 at 5:01 AM

How about we wait until we know his politics, OK?

“Never in his political career has Obama encountered an opponent who can land a blow as well as Romney.”

Petraeus. Petraeus. Petraeus.

Just like the way that sounds.

Oh, what the hell. One more time.

Petraeus. Petraeus. Petraeus.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.

2012.

Connie on July 31, 2008 at 1:58 AM.

Your question wasn’t directed to me, but I’ll tell you what I know:

Some folks in AK, including the guy who lost the Gubernatorial election to Palin in ’06, are waging a smear campaign. Here’s a video that details the charges and refutes them.

http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/2008/07/video-response-th-andrew-halcros.html

Since then, Gov. Palin has released records which completely discredit the lies of the guy who was fired. It is true that the AK legislature has approved a Special Investigator to look into this, but it’s basically a formality to put the issue “officially” to bed.

BTW, a poll last week showed that this “scandal” has dropped Palin’s 85% approval rating all the way down to 80%. ;-)

Sir Andrew on July 31, 2008 at 1:56 AM

btw

Why is Reuters projecting a “good chance of winning the White House” when they’re in a dead heat?

Fort the same reason they photoshopped the Lebanon war.

Sir Andrew on July 31, 2008 at 1:56 AM

I like what I’ve read about Palin, but someone here said she was under investigation for something. Do you know if that’s true?

PALIN!