Comments on: McCain’s Huckabee/Paul Problem

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:07:06 +0000

“I think you are making a mountain of of a molehill.”

If four or five percent of regular Republican voters refuse to vote for McCain, he can’t win the White House. End of story.

If one or two percent of regular Republican voters refuse to vote for McCain, his chances of winning are cut in half.

Molehills matter when the margins are this close.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:37:02 +0000

I think you are making a mountain of of a molehill. It is a primary and Republicans didn’t even have a reason to show up. So the only ones that would show up are people with nothing else better to do and spoilers.

By: merl

merl — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:09:31 +0000

Damn, that’s almost as bad as losing to a dead man.

By: Bozzy

Bozzy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:57:44 +0000

Yeah that’s PA…where 25% of their voters are racist according to the exit polls.

“About one in five Pennsylvania voters said the race of the candidates was among the top factors in deciding how to vote, according to exit polls, and white voters who cited race supported Clinton over Obama by a 3-to-1 margin.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080423/ap_ca/on_deadline_pennsylvania

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:15:51 +0000

One in four coming out to vote for Not McCain is a bad sign. Even if that works out to one in forty in the general election, that still means McCain loses 1 percentage point in the polls. A viable alternative, like Ron Paul, could result in 4 or 5 percentage points leaving McCain, which would make his chances at the White House nearly zero.