McCain Wins? UPDATE: Yes, McCain Wins
Hot Air says several Big Media organizations are calling New Hampshire for McCain.
P.S. For what it’s worth, the commenters over there are trying to figure out how this can be with only 12% of precincts reporting at the time the post went up.
UPDATE: Regardless, it’s now clear.
UPDATE x2: I haven’t endorsed a candidate and don’t plan to. But McCain hereby gets my seal of disapproval. Please, America. Choose another Republican candidate. This guy has stabbed us in the back far too many times.
Because their 8-ball says so?
Paul (dbbea6) — 1/8/2008 @ 6:13 pmStatistical analysis… not only was McCain winning, I bet you he was winning in precincts not thought to be his strongest. Certainly, the results seem to be holding.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/8/2008 @ 6:33 pmHis acceptance…er, victory, speech was tremendous, emotional, soaring in patriotic rhetoric. He is defining the campaign as one to search for a war leader, and he succeeded.
Patricia (f56a97) — 1/8/2008 @ 6:39 pmYup. McCain wins, and the country loses.
Skip (c69414) — 1/8/2008 @ 6:41 pmRon Paul is speaking — blech.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/8/2008 @ 6:46 pmMcCain won NH in 2000
color me less than impressed
Darleen (187edc) — 1/8/2008 @ 8:16 pmAmusingly, *Dennis Kucinich* got more votes than Fred Thompson.
aphrael (db0b5a) — 1/8/2008 @ 10:57 pmagrees, please anyone but mc cain. altough my guy rudy appears to be in trouble, i could vote for romney, fred but mc cain? i dunno, i might just sit it out if he gets nominated. that kind of support almost insures a dem victory in nov.
james conrad (7cd809) — 1/9/2008 @ 1:15 amOther people feel the same way about your guy. This is where party loyalty has to come in, or the G.O.P. is sunk.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 1:18 amRE: #9 well, i dont really think mc cain has a chance in general election this year. dems are fired up and after 8 yrs out of oval office they are going to show up to vote this nov. whoever the republican nominee is, he’s going to be an underdog. under these circumstances mc cain’s problem is somewhat similar to hillary’s, just to damn many negatives, add in his age and i just dont see mc cain winning this fall.
james conrad (7cd809) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:08 amWhat you’re forgetting is conventional wisdom is bunk, a week is a long time in politics (itself conventional wisdom, which is interesting, isn’t it?!), and the world is in a state of flux and danger — who’s to say the conditions on the ground won’t be exactly right for a strong on security Republican by the time the election rolls around?
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:11 amchristoph, thats true, a month in politics is a long time and one thing mc cain has going for him is national security. his record on this issue is impeccable, of course, rudy’s aint bad either.
james conrad (7cd809) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:27 amTrue. But I never said I wouldn’t be rooting your man if he wins the G.O.P. nomination.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:30 am*rooting for
For anyone who knows the Australian meaning behind the word root, I apologize profusely for the inappropriately worded phrase.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:32 amJames Conrad, here’s the other thing to think about. Yeah, McCain’s not perfect; I don’t think so either.
But what if in one of the four years after the election, the country needs a strong on defense President (and this is quite likely, right)? Out of petulance for McCain’s many policy imperfections now, are you going to sit it out and help an Obama or a Clinton into the White House during a time of war against radical murderous Islamic terrorists with also a resurgent Russia buoyed by oil dollars and Vladimir Putin in charge wrapping power around him even with “Putin Youth” type groups?
Really, really?
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:36 amwell, i dont think any of the candidates are perfect, far from it. mc cains basic problem as i see it is, its been an in your face, legislation enacted type of way which has alienated a hell of alot of conservatives in a personal way. think back to 2001, campaign “reform” enacted with russ feingold, against Ws tax cuts that spring and summer and on and on.his latest policy gaffe? immigration legislation last summer. i just dont see the republican base turning out for him and, if you cant carry your base…..
james conrad (7cd809) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:52 amJames Conrad, I see your point and… I would [support McCain if he’s the G.O.P. nominee] if I were you, rather the typical Republican base. I think you see the important times your country is facing over the next four years and however you may feel about McCain’s “Maverick” tendencies, you also recognize he’s better than Obama or Clinton, and these dangerous times aren’t the right time to send either of these two to the White House.
That’s why I think you’ll have the fortitude to suck it up and due your duty as a citizen to make the best possible choice on election day, even if the choices available to you are not exactly the best choices.
Am I wrong?
Christoph (92b8f7) — 1/9/2008 @ 2:59 amI would like to see a McCain v. Obama election. It would be replay of 1972. Do you think Obama would get more than McGovern’s 27% I would guess in today’s new pacifist, PC atmosphere he would get 40%.
Patricia (f56a97) — 1/9/2008 @ 5:00 pmAnytime I think that I’d sit out rather than voting for McCain, I get visited by the ghost of Supreme Courts Yet to Come. Ginsberg and Stevens, folks.
Even McCain could pick better than Hillary or Obama.
We got McCain, Thompson (my choice), Rudy and Romney who would be acceptable candidates. I’ll probably have to settle on Rudy or McCain.
Huckabee is a disaster on many levels, not the least of which is there aren’t enough evangelicals to win, and Paul is, well, nuts. Thank God neither can be nominated.
Kevin Murphy (0b2493) — 1/9/2008 @ 8:37 pm