Politics...revealed

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:16 pm

It probably refers to the cumulative total over all the states that have held primaries so far.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:51 pm

Oh, okay then.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:23 pm

I think that referred to overall in the country so far, not in SC.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:20 pm

Then why is it wrong?

http://news.yahoo.com/elections towards the bottom is an interactive map with who's got what primaries.
Maybe that number is the expected primary count so far once all is said and done.

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:21 am

McCain wins Florida and 57 delegates in the winner-take-all battle there...not bad at all considering just a little while ago he was trailing Mitt Romney in most polls.

On the Democratic side, Clinton wins handily, though since the state has been stripped of all its delegates by the DNC, it's hard to tell whether or not that'll have any effect. It's possible she could get the DNC to give back the delegates...but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:58 am

Plus, Rudy throws in the towel, and is expected to give his endorsement to McCain within the next few days.

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:58 am

Nice for McCain. He was trailing in the polls I believe. And now it sounds like he's going to get a Guliani endorsement.

Out of the republican contenders I like McCain best and think he might have a shot. He's against abortion but doesn't favor a repeal, allows for stem cell research, has a history of appealing to moderates, and possibly most importantly has long been very separate from Bush.

I could actually see the Democrats blowing a Hillary/McCain match.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:15 am

Yeah, for some reason, Hillary seems to be pulling out some strong showings among the DNP. However, once it comes to the real deal, I think Obama is more electable.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:20 pm

Out of curiosity, which of the Republican candidates would it be best to have win?

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:31 pm

Edwards is said to be throwing in the towel. Hopefully he endorses Obama and helps to tilt the scale towards him.

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:10 pm

If it comes down to Hillary v. McCain, I think McCain would have a pretty good chance of beating her...because, once she's nominated, every single Hillary-hating Democrat and Republican is going to be absolutely desperate to stop her; and since McCain is already pretty popular with the moderate crowd, they could be enough to push him to victory.

If it's Obama, McCain would probably still have the best shot of any Republican candidate, but I'm doubtful McCain would be able to beat him...

And, Rochey, of all the Republican candidates, McCain seems to be really the only one that gets much respect and affection from the other side of aisle. He's co-sponsored quite a bit of legislation with Democrats, and gone against the party line, enough that most moderates and Democrats have at least a healthy respect for him...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:25 pm

And, Rochey, of all the Republican candidates, McCain seems to be really the only one that gets much respect and affection from the other side of aisle. He's co-sponsored quite a bit of legislation with Democrats, and gone against the party line, enough that most moderates and Democrats have at least a healthy respect for him...

Ok, thanks.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:29 pm

See McCain-Feingold for an example of legislation which McCain has introduced which scared the bejeezus out of his fellow Republicans.

As of yet, Edwards has not declared an intent to endorse either Clinton or Obama. With his forward-thinking platform, I'd guess (and pray) that the majority of his orphaned votes would go to Obama.

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:08 pm

My guess is he's looking to get picked as a VP again. So he might be feeling out who would pick him before throwing down an endorsement.

I'm not sure who the best Republican candidate is for Britain though. The one thing that could make Romney a good choice is a strong history of good business sense and a history of turning deficits into surpluses. Since the countries economies are fairly tied together that might matter more than whether or not gays are being mistreated and American women are having coat hanger abortions.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:01 am

So far:

West Virginia goes to Huckabee due to a political deal.

Georgia goes to Obama and split 3 ways between republicans.