Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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Petulance '08!
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Posted by:
Mary Katharine Ham at
9:27 PM
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Republicans have gotta love this in the general:
...more than 60% of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be happy if Obama were the nominee; about half of Obama voters say the same. 25% of Clinton supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election; 17% of Obama supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election. And, for all the concerns conservatives have about McCain, it does seem that we, in all our stubborn inability to rally behind any conservative alternative to McCain, stumbled on about the only Republican who can capitalize on the sore loser contingent.
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Conservatives, however, may well not. That simply means there's less incentive for McCain to court us. |
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if McCain is smart, he will turn his back on the conservatives altogether and run to the middle. If he does that, he will handily beat either Clinton or Obama. After all, he certainly does not owe them any favors. |
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"the only Republican who can capitalize on the sore loser contingent."
McCain wins by default. That's like the Cubs winning the World Series despite having the worst team in the majors because every other team was decimated by so many injuries that the Cubs win by forfeit. Absolutely the worse presidential race EVER. What would really be ironic is this to be the last presidential race ever thus fulfilling the prophecy of both parties that the election of "the other guy" would mean the end of civilization itself.
We'll be fine but we really need to do better next time. Four years of Obama won't be so bad. It'll give you RINOs something to think about as we conservatives smoke our victory cigars with our conservative friends in Congress. |
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Thank you for making my point. There is only one party now the Republicans melded with the Democratic party. However, the Dems are attracting new registrations in record numbers to add to the 38-39% of the electorate they claimed in 2004. The GOP, on the other hand, has suffered declines from 38% to 25%. Twice as many voters have shown up to vote for Dems than Reps in the primaries and they are outraising the GOP by about 6-7 to 1 for campaign funds. You really have to be naive to think that superstitiously holding your noses while you vote will deliver victory. This just gets better and better. Whatever happened to the "electibility" argument anyways? Can't go back to being the party of ideas now. That ship sailed when McCain/Giuliani/RNC waved it away with their middle fingers. |
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I agree that it's the worst race ever. As long as we can get a conservative majority in Congress (especially the Senate), I don't much care which 'Rat is in the Oval Office.
The question is, can that be done without anybody at the top of the ticket? |
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I wouldn't put too much stock in those numbers. I suspect that if the Repub primary being contested and you asked Republicans if they would support McCain in the general, a huge portion of them would say, "No fricken way!". Most of those supposed McCain voters are probably going to suck it up and ultimately vote Democrat (not that voting McCain would be all that much different). |
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"...more than 60% of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be happy if Obama were the nominee; about half of Obama voters say the same. 25% of Clinton supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election; 17% of Obama supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election."
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In other words, it sounds like a lot of Democrats are...bitter !
That's good, because we need votes to off-set the, uh, nutty John Birchers and Ron Paulistinians...er, I mean, the "true conservatives" in our party who threaten to stay at home or vote third party. |
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we are "John Birchers" now. Just two months ago, folks on this page were trying to convince me that John McCain was a Reagan conservative. Now Mitch Daniels says no mas Reagan. Viva McCain. Make up your mind, either I'm a John Bircher or McCain is a Reagan conservative or that whole Reagan thing is sooo yesterday.
Barf. The McCain Republican party can kiss my grits. |
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