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January 29, 2008McCain/Clinton win Florida, look for brokered GOP conventionImpressions quickly because I’m busy doing paying work: 1)Sad that Rudy conked out - and I should have listened to my gut and held off on the donation. 2)McCain has McMentum but I ain’t excited. Can’t say Mitt excites me either, so I am still officially undecided and unexcited. For now, it’s stretching and belly-scratching time. What’s on the old movie channel? 3)Unless Super Tuesday swings dramatically to Obama, Hillary is the Dem nominee; she’s got the super-delegates, and I have no doubt she’ll finagle the Michigan delegates into their seats. 5)Limbaugh will continue to be almost unlistenable. I ‘ve been listening in more than usual, lately, and all Rush talks about is himself or John McCain and he’s almost shrill about how he is going to “preserve conservatism.” That’s fine, but it’s making for some very boring and repetitive programing. While I am not a “dittohead” I have listened and found Rush to be funny, articulate and smart - I thought his payback to Harry Reid re the Senator’s letter to his network was brilliant. What I have heard lately has been bombastic and rather a lot about himself…which leads me to believe… 6)A brokered GOP Convention is already in the works and should surprise no one. The hard-right conservatives will try to get their own candidate onto the top of the ticket. Don’t know who they’ve got in mind for it, but these folks are not going to stand for McCain and Limbaugh is curiously silent on Romney (he all but ignored Giuliani). 7)Won’t mind that. Will be interesting to watch. I’m convinced this election is going to be pivotal for the nation - a very important one. Lives will hinge on it. ‘8)I have no idea where I’ll end up, but after Tuesday, I go back to being a registered Indy. It’s pretty clear to me I’m politically homeless. And that’s okay, too. 9) I’ve always been a lone wolf. Now, I’m back to work! Talk amongst yourselves. Related:SOTU Impressions ‘08. Belmont links w/ another story of character about Obama. http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/01/29/mccainclinton-win-florida-look-for-brokered-gop-convention/trackback/ 11 Responses to “McCain/Clinton win Florida, look for brokered GOP convention” |
January 30th, 2008 at 1:09 am
I am sad tonight. I had hopes for Rudy. I will go for Romney now. Rudy would have made a great president. Don’t listen to Limbaugh, I can only stand him for 15 Min at a time, tune in Hugh Hewitt.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:33 am
I can sense the one story from this primary that isn’t being told: the proverbial “elephant in the room”… Well, more like the Big Mormon Temple.
I saw that FL map with the results on CNN. I wasn’t surprised about South FL, but the Panhandle absolutely made my jaw drop, and Orlando/Tampa too. I sense that most voted against Romney than for McCain or Huckabee, and I think the same thing happened in SC (probably IA, too). And I’m afraid that I know why.
As a Baptist, I’ve learned to live with differences over the years. I don’t mind discussing LDS doctrine with 19-year-old “elders” who show up at my door. But Presidential Politics is not the place to do it. I’m sure exit pollsters didn’t ask about it, but I wonder if they should have: “What makes you like/dislike certain candidates?” It would have been interesting to see the answers, to say the least. In a pluralist country, to boot…
After Thompson dropped out, I was - and still am - willing to give Romney a chance. The problem is that the Texas primary is on March 4th - too late in the game to make a difference. I’m afraid to say that the die has been cast tonight, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
I also think many Mormons are watching this, with consternation… and maybe a bit of disgust.
(Oh, BTW: I think Rush voted Romney. He never gives hints, but I sense he was quite favorable towards Thompson, but never endorsed him, at least never publicly. That’s his policy. But I just can’t see him casting a vote for McCain.)
January 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’m sad too…I’ve been hoping for a Rudy candidacy for years–not so much because of 9/11. More because of how he turned around the city of my birth.
How about a McCain/Giuliani ticket? I too have problems with McCain, he is definitely a loose cannon, and McCain/Feingold remains an abomination. {But didn’t Fred support that too?)
At this point, I’m in “Must Defeat Hillary” mode, no way I’ll be sitting this one out (never have before!) Anyone else who doesn’t get it should re-read this:
January 30th, 2008 at 10:31 am
It’s a sad day when Al Franken’s ‘Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot’ might be well titled.
The decline of the electoral process continues.
NOW- NY has no shame- their mantra has become ‘Don’t vote for the black guy (feel free to insert more inappropriate word), vote for the bitch,’ because in effect, that is what they are saying. The Democrats are pretending they haven’t created the environment where such ugliness is a perfectly acceptable form of political expression.
Obama can say and do anything because he says and does noting- and the lefties cheer the emptiness on.
Many conservatives aren’t satisfied with candidates that have a wider appeal (Mccain). Nor are they satisfied with what is going on in some candidates bedrooms (Rudy). Then there is the matter of passing judgment on who and who isn’t a Christian (as in Mitt Romney). I have to laugh- some of these are the same idiots who declared Mother Teresa was going to hell because she wasn’t one of them.
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a means test before giving someone the right to vote.
Not really, but you get my point.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Conservatives have Electile Dysfunction?
January 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Now see, if we wind up with McCain/Clinton- I’ll have to vote McCain. I’ve always liked him. But then, I’m more3 of a democrat, so go figure
January 30th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
The question is — if it is McCain vs. Hillary, who will McCain support and vote for??
“I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good president . . . I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good president.”
– John McCain on Meet the Press, February 20, 2005
January 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
A brokered convention on the GOP side? I don’t think so. McCain has momentum, and quite a few of the big states coming up are winner-take-all. The only candidate who might be able to stop the Mac is Romney, and he won’t be able to do that so long as Huckabee is in the race, siphoning off the most conservative voters.
The Democrats, however, very well might have a brokered convention. Most of their delegates are awarded proportionally, and Clinton and Obama are staying close to even in outright numbers so far. Given how intense the feelings are on both sides, I think Denver 2008 might look like Chicago 1968.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Super Tuesday Open Thread…
Consider this an open thread to have discussion, and link up your analysis to.
Update- Jay 2245 EST:
The Anchoress emails to remind me that she predicted a brokered convention a while back.
Update - Gribbit 2217 EST
The Huckster, speaking before a crow…
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