Romney's plan to win over conservatives failed because they realized that he became a conservative yesterday and may not be one tomorrow. Instead, they voted for the candidates that THEY wanted.
The Huckaboom staged a comeback on Tuesday. McCain is obviously in the driver's seat, but this 2-man race rhetoric needed to be put to bed. Now I am hoping for the McCain-Huck ticket.
Also, can anyone explain the vitriol against McCain? Here's my view - GOP voters have a lot of different priorities, but the one thing that unites them is a STRONG DEFENSE (see the 1980, 1984 and 2004 elections). They also like a person they can respect who has lived the values he preaches. Reagan fell into this category; so does McCain. (Dole did too, but there were some charisma issues there). A strong foreign policy candidate (McCain) with good character is what unites the party. He may be less anti-tax than his predecessors, but his critique of pork barrel spending is actually refreshing. Do I agree with him on every issue? No. And his support for the immigration bill was a tough pill to swallow. The good news is, despite its bipartisan support, the bill still failed.
Voters are connecting with McCain. He is even better for the country now than he was back in 2000 when he perhaps should have won the GOP nod.
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I actually think Romney did fairly well. The popular vote differential was not as big of a margin.
The right-radio upsetness with McCain is all smoke and mirrors. Four years from now, you'll hear Ingraham and Rushbaugh and O'Reilly holding holding the banner of being Fair and Balanced because they didn't originally like McCain. It's a media game.
McCain is going to be in trouble when the surge turns out to be a standoff and not a positive progression.
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