After his win over Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee, John McCain has forged ahead as the new Republican front-runner. It is yet to be seen if this will hold over for next weeks Super Tuesday primaries. With Giuliani out and Ron Paul not getting the vote that his internet supporters had wished for, it is now a three man race for the Republican nomination.
Of course in my humble opinion, McCain will be harder to beat in the national election, especially if the Democratic nominee is Clinton. Yet I think many people in the Republican establishment hate McCain. He voting record in in step with the Bush Administration, yet there are some issues in which he has become a rogue Senator. That and the fact that he has good democratic friends within the Senate and that makes some hardcore Neo-cons very irritated.
Yet he can get some good bipartisan support with voters. I think that his win in New Hampshire was a good indication of his appeal with independent, issues votes. Though I must note that the democrats did receive over 50,000 more votes in the NH primary than the their Republican counterparts.
I also believe that the media attention that Huckabee soaked up after the Iowa caucuses is fading fast. I believe that Super Tuesday may not do him well, except in smaller rural states like Kansas and Oklahoma, which have solid evangelical bases. Though it is the delegate count that seems to be hitting Huckabee at the moment. It was winner takes all in Florida, so Romney and Hucabee are really at a lose for this primary.
The Republican Delegate Numbers Stand At:
- McCain- 95
- Romney- 67
- Huckabee- 26
- Paul- 6
- Giuliani- 1
Now without further ado:
Speech, Speech, Speech
Running While Screaming 