“…is it even mathematically possible for Huck to get nominated?”

Probably not.

But the Huckster has a pretty compelling argument. No one in his or her right mind (which, of course, doesn’t necessarily include Republic Party operatives) knows that McCain’s victory in states such as California and New York mean squat in the general election.

The Deep South, which the Huckster won, are essential states for the Republic Party in the Electoral College. And (despite the Republic Party’s best efforts) southern states such as Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana… have enough voters-of-color to tip the scales against the twice-borns who just might not show up to vote for McCain who’s branded them as “agents of intolerance.”

McCain might, just might, be able to show some strength against a Democrat in the purple states. But the Huckster is the Republic Party candidate who can guarantee the convention he can deliver the states Republic Party candidates are *supposed* to win.

Last night, in traditionally Red (but rapidly becoming Purple) Virginia, Obama got more votes than McCain and Huckabee *combined!* At that’s one of the most open primaries in the nation! And the Republic Party race was clearly in play.

Those 60% of Kansas Republic Party caucus voters might well show up in November and, in the words of McCain’s *mother!* “hold their noses and vote for McCain.” Maybe.

But when you get down to General Election math, the way to plan is to expect the Democrat to win the Blue States and the Republic Party candidate to win the Red States… and what’s in the middle is up for grabs.

McCain has shown a serious difficulty to win traditional Red States. The Huckster is solid with the Republic Party’s base. Will the Republic Party really nominate someone who can’t deliver the party faithful?

The sooner McCain “locks up” the nomination, the longer there’ll be for the Coulters and the Hannitys and the Limbaugh-tomized Masses to fester with buyers’ remorse.

McCain looks very old and very tired compared to Obama. His promise to his party is “American jobs aren’t coming back, illegal aliens aren’t going home, and we’ll be fighting in Iraq for a hundred years.”

With that agenda, Bizarro Lois has a chance to be America’s next First Lady.

Next thread.

Down the floor and out the door …
Go Sam Go!

Change one word and you have what Tankerless Todd used successfully! Kansas voters aren’t the smartest or best informed folks I’ve ever met!

He’s thinking perhaps he can deliver the twice-born to McCain. But, of course, he can’t. The more people know about Sam, the more they’re turned off by “The Senator from Heaven.”

It’s patently absurd that McCain would pick another Senator — with no executive experience — as a running mate.

Poor Sam’s in a bind. He’s on record as promising he’ll retire from the Senate in 2010. So what’s he gonna do?

Is he gonna try to convince Kansas that “the people have demanded I return to the Senate?” Yeah. Like what people? Is he gonna say something like, “Our mission is too important, I need to see it through with another Senate term?” Good luck with that.

Poor Sam may try to come back in 2010 and run for governor. He’ll decide he needs some executive experience and can leverage the evangelical vote into a couple of years at Cedar Crest, then he’ll run for president again in 2012 (with nothing to lose) and he’ll lose again.

Eventually Mary Stauffer will decide Sam’s spent too much of her daddy’s money on his ego trip.

Uhm, no. Self fulfilling prophecy.

You’re John McCain. Your primary remaining opponent is a former Southern Baptist preacher popular with a large segment of religious right voters. You have support from a former candidate who ran as a religious right candidate. So, where do you send this supporter? To states where you already have an advantage, or to states where your opponent has an advantage because of the strong CR presence in the state?

Brownback is sent to states where McCain already has a disadvantage. Thus, it is little wonder that McCain loses the states Brownback campaigns for him in.

Brownback isn’t losing him those states. Brownback is simply what he was in the Republican race to begin with. A non-factor.