The New Hampshire verdict; NBC, Fox calls it for McCain; Romney: “Another silver, I’d rather have a gold;” “Mac is back!;” Update: AP calls race for Hillary, Fox projects Hillary the winner; Obama concedes
Update 11:08pm Eastern. I broke out liveblogging of Hillary’s exultation here.
Update 10:49pm Eastern. Obama takes the stage: “I am still fired up and ready to go. I want to congratulate Sen. Clinton on a hard-fought victory here.”
Obama’s giving a morale-boosting speech to his troops, but let’s face it: This is a stunner.
“Change is what’s happening in America,” says Obama.
Well, yeah. Everyone’s changing their predictions. Changing their forecasts. Changing their bets. (And in my case, changing my column filed earlier today anticipating a Hillary loss!)
Obama’s back to lobbying for increasing teacher pay.
Yawn.
Update 10:35pm Eastern. Hmmmm. The Associated Press is calling the race for Hillary. All the talking heads are now confidently asserting the reasons Hillary won: It was the tears. It was Bill Clinton. It was independents.
Maybe they should wait until the last vote is counted.
Or does everyone just want to get to bed?
10:27pm Eastern. John Edwards just spoke. Questions: Can’t he find something else to do? Surf fishing? Golf? Shouldn’t his kids be in bed? Maybe he could another book for HarperCollins? Oh, wait. No…
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Alright. All eyes are on the surprisingly close results on the Dem side. Here’s the NYT’s map of the precinct returns as of 9:32pm Eastern with 44 percent reporting. There’s still quite a way to go. I think a Red Bull is in order.
Question of the hour: If Obama loses, will we start hearing about how racist America still is?
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Scroll down for updates…9:00pm Michael Barone thinks Hillary can pull off a win tonight…9:13pm McCain on stage: “We sure showed ‘em what a comeback looks like…9:21pm Eastern We are the makers of history, not its victims.”
I’m starting a new NH primary thread now that the polls have officially closed. Here’s last night’s thread from midnight to eight.
Fox News Exit polls reporting:
McCain 35
Romney 30
Huckabee 13
Obama 39
Clinton 34
Edwards 18
With 10 percent of precincts reporting, CNN’s projects that Edwards will come in third. CNN has:
McCain 37
Romney 28
Huck 12
Giuliani 9
8:11pm Eastern update. Clinton’s now 38, Obama 36.
8:14pm Eastern update. NBC calls the GOP race for McCain. Fox calls for McCain. I asked the question once before. Time to ask it again:
8:27pm Eastern update. Just wanted to remind you of how much contempt John McCain has shown the grass-roots over the past year. In January 2007, he cursed and grumbled about immigration enforcement activists who’ve spotlighted the chaotic state of the borders:
A day earlier, in Milwaukee, in front of an audience of more sympathetic businessmen, McCain had been asked how debate over the immigration bill was playing politically. “In the short term, it probably galvanizes our base,” he said. “In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics, you’ll pay a heavy price.” Then he added, unable to help himself, “By the way, I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it.”
And here’s McCain’s fear-mongering rant from June 2007 warning about Paris-style ethnic riots if we get serious about deporting law-breakers:
At one point McCain went back and forth with one audience member, who said he was upset that the immigration proposal before Congress is not tough enough.
The man asked McCain why the United States couldn’t execute large-scale deportations, as he had heard they did in France and other countries.
“In case you hadn’t noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France,” McCain replied. “They’ve got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police can’t even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I don’t want that in the suburbs of America.”
8:48pm Eastern update. Romney speaks. “Another silver, I’d rather have the gold.” Congratulates McCain. Thanks state staff/supporters.
9:00pm Eastern update. Michael Barone thinks Hillary Clinton might eke out a win. Huckabee takes the stage to congratulate McCain and Romney,thank his organization.
9:13pm Eastern update. McCain basks in victory: “We sure showed ‘em what a comeback looks like.” Reading his staff’s stump speech, McCain looks forward to the next win. Crowd shouts “Michigan! Michigan! Michigan!” Ending: “Tomorrow we begin again.”
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Unless the Fredheads WANT a liberal like Huckabee or McCain to take the nomination, they need to get behind Romney right now.
I’m hoping McCain loses but hope is fading fast
Both Fox and Politico have the Obama/Clinton numbers reversed now - Politico - Clinton 38, Obama 36 - Fox Clinton 39, Obama 34.
If her thighness finishes this closely it will be spun as a huge comeback. Was hoping for the deathblow, but at least we will get to see more of her foibles in the coming weeks.
If McCain wins the nomination I won’t vote for him
At least NH is smart enough not to vote Huckabee.
Wouldn’t surprise me if this wasn’t rigged. I don’t trust her at all…wouldn’t put it past her either.
For All that is good why McCain
I can’t believe Hillary is ahead of Obama. How could all those polls have had Obama ahead by double digits and now it’s this close? This is rigged.
While polling is usually anonymous, MM, for the record, I’d rather be waterboarded.
I’ve concluded that I’ve lost all hope for this country. I can’t really blame it all on the elected officials anymore. I blame it on the incredibly STUPID people who elect these people into office.
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What the hell are they thinking? Driving to work this morning the radio morning show decided to have people call in to say who they liked and who they thought would win if their choice didn’t. The majority of these morons predicted Edwards, and the rest chose Ron Paul. San Diego isn’t a hillbilly town either.
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Now watching the returns from New Hampshire only goes to show that there are too many people who should have their voting rights revoked. Hillary with the tears the idiots can’t see through (not to mention the “Iron my Shirt” plant), and now McCain, the amnesty king.
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It’s just a pathetic state this country is in. Time to consider moving outside the country before the liberals take all my money to give it to the lazy and equally stupid people…
I will not vote for either Huckabee or McCain in the general.
Same Here
This may sound crazy but I hope Hillary wins the nomination.
I think any Republican can beat her, but NOT Obama.
Just finished reading Bill Clinton Accuses Press of Helping Create Obama “Fantasy” on
the Moderatevoice.com. One of their conclusions was the Clinton campaign has seemed to slip in victim mode. They also discussed the fact that Slick is sucking all of
the oxygen out of the air while he is campaigning. Much as I might ( and I stress the
might because I hope that I am nicer than that) enjoy seeing her go down in flames, I
think she is the pres candidate that our hohum candidates can beat. I am afraid that
Fred is not going to make it and the others are not ones that I can get excited about.
correction…..slip into victim mode…..
Jacob Hammond, my sentiments exactly, i’ll be voting in the state and local elections as we all need to…but i will not vote for a guy that wants opens boarders(his lying about his immigration policy now) give illegals citizenship and take away 1st amendment rights. Someone tell me what the he!! are those people in NH thinking, oh yeah, their left, they just vote repub to screw it up.
If we’re going to have another amnesty bill in Congress, I’d rather it be a Dem. in the White House, which can more easily galvanize Conservatives to once more shut down the Capitol switchboard and defeat it.
I refuse to vote for a Republican in the White House as an amnesty cheerleader. We had Bush do it. Remember how much fun that was?? I refuse to vote for McCain.
hmmm… how about this logic? People like to vote for winners. If Obama swamped Hillary, he would get a big national bandwagon rolling. If either Dem ekes out a win, either will be more “beatable.” Unfortunately, this would work on the Republican side too.
I’m old enough to remember when nobody won the nomination until the convention. I remember multiple votes on the floor. If Rudy is right, and every thing hinges on super Tuesday, there may be a REAL convention later this year. If the states split on Super Tuesday, big left-behind states like Texas and Pennsylvania will become important again.
This is like a bad opera. You just want it to end.
Or Huckster or Guliani.
Thompson as Romney’s VP would be fine.
New Hampshire, can you please explain McCain’s appeal over other candidates. Any other candidates.
And just who are you implying is the Fat Lady???
While I don’t want McCain to win,I wouldn’t sit out because every abstention is a vote for Clinton or Obama.Or,worse yet,Edwards.
If it’s McCain v. Clinton, sadly, I think I would be more likely to vote for Mickey Mouse. Now, if it were McCain v. Obama, I think I’d have to hold my nose.
My wife and I will never vote for McCain, the Huckster, or Giuliani. We with both hold our noses and vote for Romney, but prefer Hunter then Thompson.
I’ve been thinking this for quite a while now. Better to get a nutroot candidate with narrow support than one that has wider support.
If Hillary gets the nod, maybe the Obama fans will be pixxed enough to stay home in November.
One good thing to come out of a Clinton win inNH is that the Dems are probably going to go negative on each other,BIG TIME.
Well, whoever it is, she won’t be singin’ tonight. This is going to keep on keepin’ on!
Not so much fixed, as modified for accuracy. And believe me, I’ve never forgotten - and never will.
Count me in the “would rather be waterboarded” column.
… shakes head at how UTTERLY FREAKIN’ STUPID Republicans are that the would even consider a malicious backstabber like McVain as their nominee …
Fact is that Mitt is the ONLY candidate who can stop McCain and Huckabee and the longer it takes Fred and Rudy supporters to realize this, the more likely it will be either Huckabee or McCain will get the nomination.
interesting comparison here http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html on the presidential candidates in regards to illegals. NH ands every other state has to pinch themselves before voting for rino’s like McAmnesty or Hucka poo or Rudy.
Having spent way too many hours in NH over the past few months, I think I can offer a couple of suggestions. Voters in NH really dislike negative campaigns and Romney ran one of the most negative campaigns NH has seen in quite some time. Also, NH voters were up close and personal with Romney, given that he was the governor of a neighboring state and his complete 180 on issues didn’t help. Illegal immigration isn’t at the forefront of voters’ minds like it is in Western states. NH is more focused on the war, health care and the economy, probably in that order.
Thanks for reminding us for the 827th time, Hugh Hewitt - you can go back to your regular blog now.
I sincerely hope that the RNC looks at the comments here, and realizes how dangerous a McCain nomination would be for the general election. His history of siding with Democrats on issues like campaign finance and shamnesty will turn away enough of the base to give the election to the Democrats. Consider this a warning, from someone who voted twice for GW Bush, and has been regretting it. I will not vote for another RINO for POTUS. And I will never, never, NEVER vote for John McCain.
Only if they weren’t watching ANY of the McCain and Huckabee personal attacks against Romney. The more plausable explanation is that they just aren’t actual conservatives.
This second poll shocks me even more than the first.
McVain has never repented of his Democratesque legislation in the last few years.
One can assume he would govern as a Democrat on most issues (except for the 100 year occupation of Iraq- another winner with the base).
The best reason someone told me for voting for Huck or McCain is party unity. But they divide the Party because of their radical views. All I see is myself voting down ticket.
What liberal or couldn’t-win-if-their-life-depended-on-it candidate do you support? Facts are facts and the fact is that Mitt is the only one who can stop Huckabee or McCain from ensuring a liberal takes office.
McCain against the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.
McCain for McCain-Feingold and limiting free speech.
McCain for human embryo stem cell research.
McCain thinks pharmaceutical companies are bad guys - voted for Sarbanes-Oxley that is hurting small business.
McCain is against repealing the death tax.
McCain supports forced government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
McCain voted against drilling in Anwar.
McCain would raise social security taxes.
McCain would allow invaders [illegal immigrants] to stay indefinitely after [haha] paying a fine, BUT don’t you dare call it amnesty!
McCain would rather thousands [millions with a nuke] of Americans die than pour water up a terrorists nose for thirty seconds - something all SEALS go through as part of their training.
McCain thinks being chummy and cooperating with Ted Kennedy is cool.
And of course there is the Keating 5 thingy.
Personal attacks in commercials or debates? There’s a big difference.
The number that really surprises me is 13% for Huckabee.
Dear Hugh,
If Fred bombs in SC, I’ll get behind Mitt. But as long as there is a real conservative (who’s pretty much always been conservative) in the race who has even a small chance of winning, then I’m voting for him.
No chance bud. Isn’t really that difficult to figure it out. And my name isn’t Hugh, it’s Cory. You can stop being a child now.
I have voted Republican since my first vote as a young adult. BUT, I could not ever vote for McCain. EVER. I will write my name in before I go against my principles. I loathe the man, as I have said he is a democratic operative that has infiltrated the republican party to thwart their vision.
UGH! I don’t think people should wait til SC to get behind Mitt, not with the Huckster close behind.
Thank you for showing some common sense! Stop McCain and Huckabee now! Support Mitt!
Im hearing HRC may pull this out yet and win NH
Ok Cory, I’ll make a trade with you - I’ll stop being a child if you and other Mitt supporters stop looking so GD desperate by begging Fred supporters to throw their weight behind Mitt. Your guy has more money than God, and if he can’t get it done with all that money, then maybe he can’t stop those guys to begin with.
Besides, if Fred has no chance at all, how much support could you even get from us to begin with?
Amen davenp35. And Fred better not let us down and endorse McCain.
Some Romney staffer needs to pull out the McCain - Kennedy bill and run a CONTRAST ad on how McCain endorses citizenship for illegal alien gang members, and every other deplorable provision in the details of that bill.
Please, people, realize that the media is hoping (not praying, like me about the Right Republican candidate becoming the nominee)—they are hoping to prey on the masses on who they want: Obama or Clinton and McCain or Huckabee. They want you to be afraid and defeated. It is still early. Remember the polls in the last elections that had Gore and Kerry winning, huh? Remember that? The media wants you to feel depressed and defeated.
The mainstream media masses want Obama or Clinton to WIN this. McCain would be a liberal candidate, so that would be ok, if by some divine intervention he won–but they know he is disliked. They also know Huckabee would be defeated—therefore he is their sweetheart.
I don’t get the “I am leaving the country” and “I won’t vote for so and so because he is not MY Republican who is a clone of Reagan.” I don’t get it at all.
Don’t you realize, after sitting home in a pout, that the DEMOCRAPS will win in November??? Don’t you get it? Look what happened in 2004 when the Democrats took Congress back—yes, you showed them (the GOP) by staying home! Look what happened when Ford (a weak GOP candidate) ran against Clinton—eight years of Clinton and one year of Monica.
Don’t you realize that, in other elections in US history, there have been weak candidates?
This could be the most important election of our lifetimes, and this election will determine the futures of our children and grandchildren. I don’t know about you stay-at-homers in a snit in November, but I am going to vote for a man who will:1) Protect us from radical Islamofascism; 2) Control illegal immigration and enforce the dang laws; and, 3) Continue to protect our values as a sovereign nation under our Constitution. I don’t believe a Democrat will fit this criteria.
IT IS TOO LATE TO FIND THE PERFECT CANDIDATE. Sorry to shout, Michelle, but it is so flippin’ frustrating to read comments that seem a year old.
Get behind who ever comes out in this race, Republicans. I don’t like McCain nor Huckabee on illegal immigration—but you see what my #1 criteria is (protection from radical Islam) and I think ALL of the candidates will do that (except Ron Paul who will stop making money if elected).
I find it hard to believe that McCain is running so strong, except that NH is liberal and he is a media darling who they know could be defeated.McCain is a fine example of why term limits need to be law. He is a senator who served his country well (until his RINO problems) and he needs to step down. After shamnesty I am surprised he is winning anywhere—except in liberal states who support his ideas.
I believe this: the media is afraid of an Obama/Clinton race against: Romney, Thompson or Guiliani. That is why they are rootin’ for their men: McCain and Shuckster as they know they can be defeated and a Democrat will take the White House.
If you stay home, you are guilty of defeatism just as much as the cut and runner politicians in regard to Iraq.
If you want: amnesty,a pull out of Iraq, increased abortion, required Spanish in schools, increased welfare,sissy diplomacy in the Middle East, increased taxes and government, increased national debt, and socialized medicine, by all means, please stay home in November and martyr yourself.
Winston Churchill said never, never,never give up—and no Republican should either.
I’m depressed. I think Mitt is the only candidate who could win in Nov. 08. There is no way someone like McCain is going to do anything but finish off the on-the-ropes Republican party.
Enough to beat McCain and Huckabee.
This will come off as corny, but I’m not just pushing for ‘my guy’. I want the most conservative candidate who ALSO stands a chance of winning in the general to be the nominee. That’s Mitt!
Thank you! The only candidate who can win over ALL types of conservative…fiscal, defense, AND social is Romney.
We can’t have McCain or Huckabee for the nomination. Neither one would be able to beat the Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama ticket that will inevitably be running. Those two can’t be that stupid to think it wouldn’t be a dream ticket to accumulate all the black and female votes. The only thing that can break that possibility is if CHillary thinks the VP slot is beneath her…
If the election comes down to a rino socialist, a billionaire socialist or a socialist wife of a former president the only vote I have against socialism is not to vote.
Well as I stated last night we and our friends and family were looking for a border security candidate and somewhat a new face and so far we’re getting a 71 yr old 28yr sitting Senator who is a amnesty pimp.No thank you we’ll all sit this one out if he’s the nominee!
Jacob, how will that help except your conscious, once you are living in a socialized world formerly known as the USA?
Also, how is Romney a socialist? Did I miss something somewhere?
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want McCain, but he is better in many ways (national security) than either Obama or Hillary.
It is still early. Why the defeatism?
Lindsay, you might want to check your history. Ford ran against Carter in 1976.
And as for you rant, while I’m willing to make some compromises (I’m pulling for Fred, but would pull the lever for Mitt or Rudy in the general), there are limits to how far one can go. Huck is nothing more than a liberal who loves Jesus, while McVain is a backstabber who will only be enabled by the party apparatus if we let him win. If one of those guys wins the nomination, the coalition that has worked for us for so many years will be destroyed.
I lived through the results of the election that Ford lost. As much as the Carter era sucked, the republic survived, and even better, it paved the way for the rise of Reagan. That was a couple step backwards for a number of giant leaps forward - a huge net gain.
I don’t think the Republican party is ever going to learn its lesson if we keep rewarding those that keep pulling us towards liberalism. The only way they will learn the lesson is if they have some time to ponder their mistakes in the political wilderness.
It’s not that Huck and McVain aren’t perfect - none of the candidates are. It’s that they are basically liberals, and both have severe contempt for large portions of the conservative coalition. As such, I’m not going to enable them anymore. This is where I draw the line and say no more, and if the Republican party is stupid enough to give one of these guys the nomination, then it deserves the loss it will get come this November.
I wonder what McCain is getting so excited about. He has all of 4 whopping delegates. Huckabee has 31, Romney 18, and Thomson has 3.
This is only the second contest out of 50 states and the first two are states smaller than the county I live in.
Let’s see - he is for illegal aliens, against tax cuts, against free speech, and is corrupt. Yeah, those people in NH sure show respect for American values and law.
He continues to be delusional.
I wish McCain would shut up!
He sounds like he’s giving his address to the country.
Puke.
PTN39, also, how will this help to stay home and not exercise the right to vote?
Perhaps voting against socialism of the Democrats? Please explain how this will impact this country beyond your four walls. Thanks.
My father fought in WW2 for the right to vote, and family members have fought in all wars since 1776 for our freedoms.
Why not exercise the right to vote even if you don’t like how the candidate thinks on some issues if he is better than a Democrat?
When I wrote my last post the billionaire socialist I was refering to was Mike Bloomberg
Old McCain sounds pathetic. Sing song speaking makes him sound really out of it.
Ummm, go to Hugh Hewitt’s site. Romney has the most delegates with 26 BEFORE the ones he received today.
Ok folks! You just heard McCain state that “he would stay true to his country, so help me God!”
Blasphemy.
I think I am going to have a “mac” heart attack.
thirteen28, yep, sorry about the date 1976 thing, but people stayed home and didn’t vote for Ford.
Sorry about the rant,too, folks but I never give up and give in to mainstream liberal media desires. Please note that my top choices are still Thompson/Romney and Guliani.
I just hate the thought of people staying home after what happened with that same attitude in 2004.
Thanks for the insights. Geesch, negative ads versus invaders streaming across the southern border all the while we are under constant threat of mass terrorist attacks by other foreigners that can blend in with those invaders. The world is what it is, not what we would like it to be. The Pollyannas need to wake up to what is going on; it is negatively and irrevocably changing this country. If those in the north are not experiencing its effects yet, you will, and much sooner if someone like McCain is POTUS.
Worst speech ever. That was painful.
Looking forward to when actual conservatives will be able to vote.
McCain…sheesh…
Ah, thanks for the info - I was going off of what Fox News was showing.
BOO McCain BOO I think I hate you more after that speech then before.
I will NEVER vote for John McCain, or Mike Huckabee, if either is the nominee.
I’ll vote for whoever the Constitution Party nominee is.
http://www.constitutionparty.com/
I’m looking at the latest Drudgereport and it appears Hillary might actually win. If so there is a God afterall. It is absolutely imperative if the Republicans are to have any chance in November that Hilary and Obama resolve their differences the way the Kilkenny cats resolved theirs. If those two scratch and claw, fight and bite all the way to the Democrat convention, there is a chance they will wound each other so badly, a Republican might win yet.
Probably not Fred which is too bad, and it better not be McCain or Huckabuck, but some Republican some where . . .
To: gandolphxx #39
Great list.
I’d only add that thanks to McCain, the unlawful combatants of Al Qaeda now has both more protections than our troops under the Geneva Conventions and rights under our Constitution than U.S. citizens have.
So if Hillary wins N.H., does it mean we’re back to being a racist nation? And would that by extension mean that N.H. LIBS are racists?
Yes that is what that means
thirteen, I agree with everything you said except this:
The GOP did not learn after 2004, did they? What will make a change, IMHO, is to vote in your state and local elections to those that control Congress. The President is just one man. We could see this past year how Bush could not get his way about shamnesty. (voted for him twice, the second time knowing how he felt about immigration but voting against Kerry anyway). It was the House and Senate real conservative GOP that defeated that measure—with the people forcing them to.
Jeez McCain couldn’t even ad lib his speech!
Gosh, that’s too bad. It seems like just last week we were told we weren’t racists anymore. Ah well. Easy come, easy go, I guess.
Sergeant Tim, I hope McCain rides his little NH ripple smack into Thompson’s “firewall” of South Carolina and the momentum changes after that.
There is no way McCain can get the popular vote by true conservatives and win the nomination. Or, I hope not, anyway.
Lindsay #76
There is a difference between Bush and McCain is besides all of Bush’s faults I still like him I can’t say the same about McCain because I can’t see past his many many flaws
That’s the beauty of it. We’re either racist or misognyistic.
Because Of Hillary we become Racist nation again
How about if McAmnesty or Huckapoo is the candidate i’ll write in say Fred Thompson, I diffinately would not sit home and not vote.
I just won’t vote for those libs, period. We all need to vote conservative for your state rep. and senators and hopefully that will help regain our losses from’06 and override any lib who is POTUS.
I don’t know if I have more contempt for Bush or McCain..NEVER EVER will I vote for McCain….He is a lying SOS mexichurian candidate...And lets not forget Grahamnesty who thinks he is now in like flint and thinks YOU are a racist if you want your laws enforced.!!
He will tell the Bigots to shut up again……I could puke…The country is already finished…the stupid pills have been distributed en masse.
If McCain or Huck wins I will still vote down ticket but Potus will be blank
Wrong way McCain strikes again!
France is having horrible problems because they didn’t enforce the rule of law.
If there are no go zones thats a symptom of a lack of law not because of it.
If we have riots here it will be because of the same namby pamby law enforcement and corrupting of our sovereignty we’ve had here for forty years now.
Get illegals out of the shadows and send them home before they riot.
People are forgetting that Obama is a very far left candidate. If he gets the nomination, he cannot win, especially with the Hispanic vote. They are NOT that far left.
Besides, if he does get the nomination, he is still Mr. Empty Suit. The only real contrast would be to put someone up there like Romney. McCan’t can’t do it, and neither can Gomer Pyle.
I’m assuming you mean 2006 - the Republican swept the house, senate, and WH in 2004.
I’m still going to vote for those guys, although it’s not likely that the Republicans will regain the house or senate next year - not even remotely.
After 2 years in the wilderness, with a Pelosi-led house, a Reid-led senate, and Hillary or Obama in the WH, then maybe, just maybe Republicans will pull their heads far enough out of their posteriors to get the message.
Just don’t ask me to bet money on it.
I’ve read all your comments and wanted to share what Rush said on Monday, I find his words significant:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_010708/content/01125106.guest.html.guest.html
Once We Get Out of Iowa and New Hampshire, the GOP Race Begins
January 7, 2008
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Now, I want to remind all my Republican friends that there are many states after Iowa and New Hampshire where the Republican populations are far
more
indicative of the conservative base, and to get caught up in what happened in Iowa, to get caught up in what’s going to happen in New Hampshire as though
they’re the only two states that matter and that they’re going to determine the fallout on both parties is a little bit over the top.
Iowa is a caucus; it’s a weird setup. New Hampshire allows independents to vote in the Republican primary, which is why McCain is doing as well as he
is doing, and it’s why the media want this to be a bellwether against Romney. I mean…
we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. New Hampshire is no longer the conservative barometer it used to be. The state has changed, it is now quite
liberal. … states like Iowa, is not where the conservative base resides in large numbers. The Drive-By Media would love to
destroy the conservative coalition. They would love to destroy the conservative base to the Republican Party. That’s why they are promoting Huckabee;
it is why they are promoting McCain.
The Drive-By Media, ladies and gentlemen, will tell us each and every day who the true conservatives in the Republican primary are, and they will tell
us by virtue of who they attack and also by virtue of who they prop up. They are propping up McCain; they are propping up Huckabee. The Drive-By Media
hate conservatives. They want to destroy conservatism. It is the bulwark standing in their way of power and monopolistic control of all the apparatus of
the country, government, media, and everything else. It’s one of the best indicators I can offer you. If you’re asking who is the genuine conservative
out there or who is most conservative, who is most liberal on the Republican side, just take a look at who the Drive-Bys are enamored of and you will be
able to answer the question yourself without me having to tell you. Why do you think that Senator McCain is making his big stand in New Hampshire? Because
he did well there in 2000 and because he knows he runs really well with independents. He knows that New Hampshire is not a big conservative state.
If McCain were running on a genuine conservative agenda he’d be focusing on South Carolina for example, but he’s not. He’s focusing in New Hampshire because
he thinks conservatives can be outnumbered there by this new influx of independents. You know, he’s up there in New Hampshire, if you listen to McCain,
touting his left-wing environmental agenda with Joe Lieberman, for crying out loud. Now, recently there has been an endorsement that have people scratching
their heads. “Jack Kemp, supply-sider, endorsing McCain? What’s this all about?” I’ll give you two reasons, and I’m just hazarding my own guess here,
but I think it’s the old boys club in Washington, the inside the Beltway establishment apparatus, and the dirty little secret: Congressman Kemp is an open
borders guy. So is Senator McCain. Have you noticed that in these forums and debates, McCain doesn’t want to talk about immigration; he doesn’t want
to talk about campaign finance reform; he doesn’t want to talk about the things that genuinely rile conservatives? He wants to sweep those issues under
the rug, and try to redefine what those issues were all about and what his position was on both of them.
The longer we wait, we WILL have riots like the ones in the neighborhoods outside of Paris.
The Republican party and Bush are responsible for this….Look at the jerk that headed the party til recently(Mel Martinez)…everything Mexican …How many people sent them Bush Pesos like I did when they sent letters looking for money……Bush has sunk the party. McCain helped-he is no conservative…Linda Chavez is dancing around her Mexican Hat tonight…calling her relatives to pack and come on in and push Americans OUT!
Thank you maisy, I luved it..short, to the point and made me laugh at the end.
thirteen, dang, guess I became a little wonky thinking of people staying home–or the thought of McCain being the nominee.
Yes, I meant the horrid 2006 elections. I typed before I thought or something. Sorry. Normally I am more careful.
And, kyracer, thank God for Rush!
I remember, during those dark days of 2004 when it all looked to be going Kerry’s way, Rush said to never give up and to get off your duff and vote. I guess that is what I was trying to say.
Hopefully we can all get behind who the nominee is, and I don’t think it will be McCon.
Its New Hampshire remember?, when Mc gets into the south. we will open him up like a soft peanut
Maisy and rightisright, I can promise you this: no Republican I know here in Florida will ever vote for Martinez again. No one I know likes him, and we all regret being fooled by Bush to vote for him.
I have a terrible feeling the John McCain is going to be the 2008 version of Bob Dole ala 1996. A tired ass candidate that keeps voters at home and a Clinton in the White House.
Are there a bunch of inbreds living in N.H.? How on earth could they vote the way they did?
maisy, my earlier comment to you was in reference to your remarks in #84, now the othr 2…sawwy.
K Lo says Mitt Is leading the delgate count
As many have said of John McCain, we have the utmost respect for his service to our country and for his years as a POW. For that we honor him. However, he also has many glitches in his armor not the least of which are his (very) wrong views on immigration/amnesty and of course his corroboration with Uncle Ted on the Campaign reform debacle. Two serious strikes. And, he’s too much one of the good ol’ boys in the “congass”. If he gets the nomination? Well, I don’t see any reason not to support him. To do otherwise is to cut off our noses to spite our faces. That would amount to lowering ourselves to the Democrats and throwing one of their whine fests/tantrums we decry them for. No, we will have to react as the mature adults we are and support a Republican to avoid a Democrat in the Whitehouse AT ALL COSTS. Besides, if enough of us put the pressure on, maybe John can wise up, grow BACK his POW testicles and tell Uncle Ted and the other “good ol’ boys” to go screw themselves.
My two cents. FWIW.
Jacob, thank you for the count above!
McCain and his media sycophats need to shout about his NH win, as hopefully, it will be his last.
Besides, other comments have mentioned that there are many more states than Iowa and NH. It ain’t decided by a long shot. This just gives fodder (or feed lot refuse) to the media and they don’t mean refuse anyway. The year is young yet.
Oops, syncophant it what I meant to say.
FOX used to be fair and balanced. I don’t think so this election cycle. They all seem to be pulling for McCain or Huck.
It’s a Victimologist’s dream. If Obama wins the nomination, it’s feel good superiority complex. If he loses, it’s continuous proof of racist America. Rinse and repeat for winning the nomination onto the actual election.
I think it’s Feminism’s fault. Had their silence against Bill Clinton not been so defeanding, with a dash of their continuous silence on Muslim women ringing in our ears, then their message of Inherent Sexism would have at least kept Hillary a contender instead of the Inherent Racism message running away with the election.
Sometimes it can be hard on liberals to know which particular message of the overall America Is Evil agenda to promote.
Ack, it’s “deafening”.
At this point because of the delgate count, Huck and McCain should drop out.
With its demographics, New Hampshire would be the last place to be aware of the magnitude of the invasion of illegals. (Does anyone believe Washington’s lowball estimate of 12 million?)
Their ignorance is McCain’s strength.
Lousy pilot. The government should make him pay back the cost of the F4 Phantom he lost. I figure about $13 million in today’s dollars.
In my book, McCain used up his POW sympathy by supporting policies that have caused a thousandfold more suffering to Americans than he endured:
McCain was hotheaded and churlish in the debates last weekend.
If he displays his pettiness for any length of time, everyone is going to hate him.
He cannot blow enough smoke to cover up the fact that he was and is so wrong on immigration.
Romney is not my man, either.
Will Fred ever get his act together?
Lindsey, Fox has been sliding left for the last few yrs…I guess their about middle-left now. I find it harder and harder to watch any of their shows. I’m down 3.5 and that’s pushing it.
A Hillary win is a good thing Maybe it will suck out all the air from McCain
Yeah, in CA alone. Since I moved here a little over a decade ago, the population has grown significantly. And if you look at the stats of WHERE the growth has been over the past decade, you’ll notice that the border counties have the highest growth rate.
A little dated, but look at the facts here:
Scroll down and you’ll see the section on how fast counties are growing.
How about FRAUD?
BO isn’t about change. He’s spawn of the establishment and status quo. His DNA is exactly the same as every other big government bureaucrat: it has the tax and spend double-helix dominant chromosome. He’s a mouth-breathing booger eater…one of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes zingers!
Obama can give a speech. Even a poorly written one, he delivered it well. Republicans need to be careful what they ask for: Hillary or Obama in the general.
R.J.
Um, just heard the “Yes we can” preacher speech by Barack. Is there anyone who can tell me what, if anything, he stands for, other than his election to the White House? If he’s the candidate for “change”, what’s the change? Is it really better for all Americans? Or are we just electing another leader on charisma alone?
In 2012 NH and Iowa should vote last any states that pick Huck and McCain should not get to decide next time.
Alphonse #106: Re: your pilot comment, ouch! Nasty. Still, you have points about his policies effects. Still again, do they and other things make him worse than BO or HC? Are they worth trashing him and trashing the Whitehouse putting it in the hands of either Democrat candidates? Y’all can’t be that serious. I hope. Again, that would be pulling a whine-out/tantrum we despise the Dems for. No, I DON’T want McCain as candidate, but should stupider heads prevail (gad…) do we stick OUR heads in the sand? I think NOT.
Having worked for Dem machines in both MD and Chicago, I was immediately suspicious when I heard that polling stations had run out of ballots by late morning. Perhaps the stock of ballots had been previously filled in. Or, perhaps some people were taking advantage of NH’s permissive motor-voter law.
Does anyone know whether there are chads on NH ballots?
chsw (would have posted earlier but just got home)
As I sit here, discouraged, listening to Hillary give her victory speech, watching Bill and Chelsea climb onto the stage with those big phony smiles I can only think “What will it take to get rid of these people?”
Now she breaks into her typical strident divisivness BS and how she is going to fight, fight, fight etc.. I see people cheering wildly after each hollow, phony remark. What do they see? What am I missing that drives them wild? This country nearly rid itself of this curse and now it is back, worse that ever.
Yes! What will it take to get rid of the Clintons? GAAAAAAAAAA! Why are they still here? How stupid can the public get? Apparently, quite…!
Keep in mind that a typical northeast conservative Republican=typical Heartland (sans PRI - Peoples Republik of Illinois and Michigan) moderate Democrat. There is a VAST difference between the northeast and west coast and the America most of us know, love and would fight to the death to maintain. Iowa is marginally representative of the Heartland the same way that NH is marginally representative of the northeast. Both are more closely representative of the national democrat voter than the national conservative voter. This explains the MSM’s fascination and over-emphasis on these two primaries. Both states more closely represent MSM bigotry and bias than the people of the vast majority of America’s land mass.
If the GOP and it’s candidates can do something right for a change and wait until Super Tuesday to hear from the majority of the Heartland, and if Heartland voters can avoid an anal-cranial inversion brought on by MSM propaganda, we will soon know the true mood of the Republican base.
Rush Limbaugh detests McCain. Rush also knows Huckabee is a RINO. Rudy is a one-trick pony. That leaves Mitt and Fred. Rush will decide who is the nominee. I think he will go with Mitt. As Rush goes, so goes the Republicans. McCain has zero chance to be nominated, thank God!