Don’t count out Mitt Romney. But a National Review blog noted that today’s primaries could be rough on him, because the big states that John McCain is likely to win are winner-take-all, and the ones that may go for Romney are proportional. “If New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Arizona were proportional, and Colorado and Massachusetts were winner-take-all, the race would probably look quite different,†the blog observed.
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Not printing up Partisan Politics at the Eagle are ya Brownlee?
Give Kennedy a rock star entry and you give Romney the “whoa is me” entry.
First thing in the morning and you reek of paranoia — wait what’s that smell —– your either smoking weed or loading your depends again — I’ve never seen as insecure a group as the Kansas conservatives and republicans —- and you epitomize the best of the group, they must be sooooooooo proud of you ….
Don’t like the paper or the blog — start your own
First thing in the morning and larry goes for the personal attack. But what can you expect from such a person?
WIllard Romney’s magic underwear will not avail him today.
Nor will his raided corporate loot.
Countdown to talk radio melt down when McCain gets the GOP nomination!
Hey JR doesn’t it just give you a warm and fuzzy feeling hear Ann Coulter said she will vote for Hillary over Mc Cain? Grab your winter coats people. JR and Ann are supporting the same candidate! Snowball fights in Hell! THe line starts behind Ann!
I cling to hope that Romney will do well today. Unfortunately my take on the situation is that McCain will effectively put him away.
The Eagle is correct – the ‘winner-take-all’ system will favor McCain delivering a knock-out punch.
It seems the powers that be in the Republican Party chose their nominee and set up the winner take all system to ensure their choice.
Meanwhile the Democratic Party of WE THE PEOPLE strives to make more people’s voices heard.
It really is a good time to be an American!
Regular – you might note that the source of Brownlee’s item was NATIONAL REVIEW. Hardly a lefty publication!
Actually
I have been watching the “winner take all” issue for quite some time.
The Northeastern states actually lined things up for Rudy, not for McCain.
McCain simply slipped into the drivers seat of a car that Rudy had already warmed up.
News flash folks:
Currently, McCain is only ahead by 5 delegates.
After today, due to the “winner take all” primaries, McCain will be ahead by a much wider margin.
It is still entirely possible that Romney will have a slight majority of the raw vote, while McCain pulls a majority of the delegates.
This is about delegates. It is about the party platform. It is about forcing McCain to “reach back accross the Aisle” to his own Party, since he spends all of his time and effort with the Democrats, lately.
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By the way;
Bob Dole and Rush Limbaugh are friends.
Bob Doe did NOT endorse McCain, but McCain is falsely leading people to believe otherwise.
Bob Dole’s letter to Rush Limbaugh was private, while it was copied to McCain.
Bob Dole’s letter tended to “scold” McCain, in that it criticized McCain for:
1.) McCain’s false claim that Romney supported a “time table for withdrawal” from Iraq.
2.) McCains opposition to the Bush Tax Cuts.
3.) McCain Fiengold.
Bob Dole did not criticize Limbaugh. Dole simply asked for Limbaugh to support the nominee of the Republican Party.
McCain is playing dirty politics, again!
I LOVE IT! Like I said, I hope Romney does well today. I hadn’t heard about the Bob Dole letter.
This is fun!
Dole’s letter and Romney’s comment:
“On Monday, Dole sent Rush Limbaugh defending John McCain as a “mainstream conservative,” in reaction to the talk show host’s attempts to rally grassroots conservative support against the Arizona senator.”
“In a FOX interview Tuesday morning, Romney had said the former Kansas senator was “probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me.””
Gee Paul – that sure doesn’t sound like whay you claim. Do you have some sort of inside information about what Dole intended?
:)
Ben
I heard the entire letter, read by Limbaugh, on the radio.
Dole’s letter was critical of McCain’s votes, after Dole left the Senate.
Dole did make the case that McCain was a conservative, —during Dole’s tenure.
Again, Ben, Dole criticized McCain for McCains false claims about Romney.
The Bob Dole letter also took McCain to task for “Campaign Finance Reform” and opposition to the Bush tax cuts.
Also, I heard Bob Dole state, clearly, on TV, that he had not endorsed anyone, and that he (Dole) was only trying to urge everyone to back the nominee of the Party.
Ben
CONTEXT please!
It is a bad idea for McCain to remind Republicans about Bob Dole’s campaign. I am extremely proud to have been a Bob Dole Delegate, at the Convention in 96.
However, we ran an awful campaign.
Even Dole has said as much.
Republicans do have a tendancy to “nominate the next guy in line” and Dole was that guy, when Dole got nominated.
Furthermore, Romney was not privy to the actual letter, and had not read it or heard much about it, prior to that comment.
Romney cast no personal insult against Dole. Romney had a valid point about the Dole campaign.
“In a FOX interview Tuesday morning, Romney had said the former Kansas senator was “probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me.””
Sounds like a slap to me!
:)
A rather nasty and reactionary thing for Willard to do without knowing all the facts. Popping off on Senator Dole like that.
It speaks to Romney’s character and judgement.