Stick a fork in McCain

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/1280457/

 

Well would YOU admit you wanted Cox?

 

Well, I can tell you exactly what McCain would say: "At this time eight years ago, I had a national approval rating of three percent. And that was in a poll with a five percent margin of error. I could have been at minus two!"

I'll be spending more time on the trail soon, but I've heard from friends that I trust that McCain has been in a better mood the last few weeks than he has since he began his campaign. Read into that what you will.

Too bad the private plane is gone, though. I could have gotten used to that.

 

I agree that McCain's campaign isn't going anywhere, but anyone who thinks this Iowa poll means anything is a fool... It's more important for the democrats. New Hampshire is more important for the republicans...

The republican nominee will be Giuliani, Thompson or Romney. Last time I checked, Huckabee was polling at 1 percent nationally.

 

Obviously it isn't an exact predictor of the election, but it means something.

Ask Tommy Thompson.

Not that he was going anywhere, anyway, but this will do him in.

And adding up the votes received by Tancredo, Huckabee and Brownback surely isn't a good sign for a guy like Giuliani.

 

This only matters for the candidates who actually tried. For Tommy and Sammy, they put everything into this. They went into this needing a second place finish so they could get the free press and the increased donations. This dooms their candidacies.

Rudy is still a serious contender. The fact that he didn't spend his budget wooing voters to a meaningless fund-raising exercise for the state party doesn't take away from that fact. I guarantee you that he finishes ahead of Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee at the Iowa caucus, when the votes matter.

 

Oh, I agree, Pope.

Just pointing out that it has meaning in the grand scheme. Not that I think Huckabee will beat Rudy.

 

Zeke, pat yourself on the back. Tommy's the first one to drop: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/NEWS/70812013/1001

 

I won't break my arm, since he said before the poll that he had to have second or he was likely done.

Still, tough run for him.

 

Huckabee and Brownback won't do half-badly in any whack-job territory bearing minimal electoral votes.

In more diversified states, they'll be blips on the screen.

 

Now that Huck's got legs, look for him to start tacking towards the center and start holding the rapture righties at arm's length.