Apparently only Republicans care about Florida, since Howard Dean and the DNC decided to take all delegates away from Democratic voters..
Last night’s major loss was probably a surprise to the Romney camp. While McCain had the endorsements from Senator Mel Martinez, which frankly came at no surprise, and Governor Charlie Crist, there were several factors that said Romney could win.
It could be the polls, which RealClearPolitics (which averages major polls together), had Romney at +1.0. The polls in Romney’s favor were polls conducted later. There was a Romney surge with the exiting of Fred Thompson. McCain was on the declined and Governor Crist’s endorsement came late when the news couldn’t cycle it in time. The economic woes of Floridians had pundits, including my sometimes level-headed friend Cory Thompson, rushing to point to Romney as the successor for Republican Party.
As my friend, Josh Trevino, points out the numbers when analyzed look great for Romney. It looks like Romney wins, according to the exit polling, in what the base was around about 2003*.
Three quick thoughts:
McCain still won. In fact, that’s at least an 8 point comeback, assuming Romney was supposed to be the winner. At the very least, it would conclude that McCain surged another 3 or 4 points while never sinking thus proving at least three major polls to be wrong and all the while Romney’s message proving to be ineffective. Let me point out that McCain won economic voters. What will Pander King Romney run on now? Hair?
McCain will reign king Super Tuesday, where 24 states will hold their Presidential primaries, and really no matter how it’s split McCain will retain his title of front-runner. In fact, Romney’s greatest competitor will be Huckabee who plans to take Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and possibly even Missouri.
Romney wanted to play the delegate game. You’ve been served.
At the end of the day Romney is asking voters to trust him instead of themselves. He says he can beat The Clinton Machine and Barack Obama, however no poll agrees with him. He steals Obama’s “change” at the que of the media hype, he uses literary functions that English scholars say don’t make short of anything but a lie, and he wants to play who can be “-er” or “-est” (ie. gay rights, abortion, Supreme Court Justices, Reagan’s 11th commandment, “Christian,” gun rights, tax cuts, etc).
I’ve hardly been asked why I have such strong distaste for Romney, however here it is: Where are his chops? What has he done for the Republican Party? I don’t think the Olympics (in which Senator John McCain assisted on) count. Governing Massachusetts is no easy feat… but the party there is hardly thriving. Also, there would be the constant pandering done in combination with rivaling Huckabee for the campaign with the least amount of actual policy.
Yes, I think I’m done with Governors being the Commander-in-Chief for now.
The economy is in your DNA? Seriously… how much are you paying your PR guys?
*date I choose
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January 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
What are you analyzing here McCain didnt even win his own base! He got the moderate and senior citzen vote.So for now unless he makes mends with conservatives Romney is the frontrunner,Also you did not mention the thousands of robocalls McCain sent out for his amazing comeback.
Damien
January 30th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I was so happy and excited last night when I found out that McCain won Florida. I just don’t care for Romney either….something about him just bothers me. I have a friend who really likes him and thinks he would be the best choice for president with McCain being the second best choice. But I so disagree…to me Romney is more of a flip flopper and will do or say whatever it takes to win votes. McCain is the ‘real deal’….always has been and always will be. GO MCCAIN!!!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
You ask what has Romney done for the Republican Party? Good question…I’m not sure.
I ask what has McCain done for the Republican Party? Oh yeah…McCain-Feingold which helped create non-profit political action committees that allow millionaires to throw tons of money at them while avoiding campaign finance laws.
That helped Republicans out right? I mean, we all know that Moveon.org with the backing of the millions of George Soros helped the Republican Party…right?
McCain will embarass us. When Hitlery and Billy Bob tear into him the way they have Obama we all know what he will say…just like he said to Chuck Grassley…”f’n jerk!”
Or maybe he will just tell them to “f off” like he has told so many REPUBLICANS who have questioned why he votes with the liberal democrats almost as much as he votes with the Republicans?
How someone can get excited about McCain is beyond me…he’s a loose canon…and a liberal one at that. The only person running for president who is more liberal than McCain is Obama.