Last Night Big Loser
Clinton lost last night. She is done. But McCain got fucked.
In the GOP primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, the basically uncontested Republican nominee did not gain more than 80 percent of the vote.
In Indiana, McCain earned the backing of 78 percent of Republican primary voters, with exited candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney gaining 10 percent and five percent respectively. Congressman Ron Paul, who is still in the race, has received seven percent of the vote.
The numbers were even worse in North Carolina, where McCain won 74 percent of the vote, with Huckabee earning 12 percent, Paul earning seven percent, and four percent of Republican primary goers simply voting "no preference."
That is a lot of pissed of people who may not show up in November. McCain is in a bit of a bind. He not only has to tell people he is a maverick centrist (which is he is not). He also has to, at the same time, tell people he is a conservative stalwart. The best part is. The cameras will be on the whole time. People will figure out that he is full of shit, AND a sad lonely old man with a plastic wife.
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"Cable news anchors, you are all fired, except for Chuck Todd".
Link goes to the a article in the New York.
Remember back in October 2006 karl rove talked about HIS math being THE MATH. He was wrong. I wonder if he is working for the clintons now.
I'm still very surprised that in some counties as many as 30% of people who voted in the Republican Primary voted for not McCain.
That may not sound very significant when you don't think about it. But tens of thousands of people in Indiana and North Carolina went to polling places, knowing full well that McCain will be the nominee, and voted for someone else.
It's certainly possible that this is no more than Republican bellyaching akin to Clinton supporters who say they won't support Obama and vice versa. But if it's more than that...this could be interesting.
And the only thing that makes me think that this is something more than that is that Huckabee supporters and Ron Paul supporters are probably personally invested in these candidates with respect to the issues that matter to them. The transition from Huckabee or Paul to McCain is pretty significant.
I really respect the people who did that. I don't respect their views, but I respect their willingness to vote for the person they want.
Except for the people who voted for Romney. Those jackasses need to fucking die in a fire.
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