Hell, I just got off work ten minutes ago, so I suppose I might as well stick around for awhile and see what happens in Florida.
For this sort of thing, I only need four tabs open in my browser: Geraghty, CNN Election Center, Gmail, and this blog.
Jim is already reporting some potentially bad news for Romney:
Late deciders split evenly between Romney and McCain. Those who cited “experience” split evenly.
Couple this with another exit poll result (this one from ABC)— “The economy is by far the top issue — just about half said so in these preliminary results. That’s double the next highest priorities, terrorism and illegal immigration…”
Isn’t that a bad sign for Romney? That he’s losing among voters who place highest priority on his signature issue? Sure, he could make up some ground on immigration, but if the Fox News exit poll is right, Romney’s got fewer voters to work with on that issue…
I think I might have four cans of Miller Light (blech) in the fridge — I’ll need them to celebrate if McCain takes Florida.
Oh, boy: If that happens, I’m going to invent a new blogging game…
We’ll start by watching for the first Hugh Hewitt post telling Republicans how stupid they are for not voting for his precious, and continue counting instances of that meme right through the general. Hugh’s burned his bridges with McCain, that’s for sure, so I don’t see any conciliatory measures taking place at Townhall.com.
Hey, The Corner at NRO’s largely burned their bridges with McCain too, haven’t they? We could wind up with a Republican nominee who hates National Review and Talk Radio. Good times, good times.
Off to find those Miller Lites, I’ll be back.
7:55PM: Back. One thing’s for sure, Rudy Giuliani’s Florida/Firewall strategy is a miserable failure. So long, Rudy.
It’s weird, not tracking the Democrats tonight, but Hillary has Florida so obviously sewn up that it’s not worth the time. Sorry, twc. The only interesting fight on the left side of the aisle regarding the Sunshine state is going to be when Howard Dean gets “The Farm Hand” across his face, and how hard it strikes.
Strange doings at DKos, where cries of “Go Romney!” almost equal the cries of “Go Johnny!”
8:07PM: CNN just projected Hillary the winner in Florida. No surprise here. Edwards is lagging far, far behind Obama, so expect statements from the 2nd and 3rd place campaigns to the effect of “Florida didn’t matter anyway: No delegates.” That doesn’t quite mitigate their loss, however, as the eventual nominee will seat the Florida and Michigan delegates.
Ruh, roh, Shaggy. Somebody on CNN just stated that Obama has a huge problem with Whites and Latinos…can’t get their votes. The Dick Morris theory proving out?
8:14PM Glenn’s watching Fox. Heh. I guess he gets enough CNN at airports.
OK, maybe five tabs in the browser. One for sheer entertainment value.
Miller Lite really is disgusting. Reminds me to do my own beer shopping in the future.
8:42PM: So far, it looks like I’ll be donating to Fred Thompson’s campaign debt retirement fund. With McCain at 34% and Romney at 32%, Thompson’s 2% may indeed be the difference between a McCain win or a Romney win.
9:11PM: Was falling asleep at my desk, went and took a quick shower. Just heard Alcee Hastings endorsed Hillary — That’s as bad as Kerry endorsing Obama. Well, almost as bad.
Holy crow: Giuliani to endorse McCain as early as Wednesday? Man, if Fred Thompson throws in a McCain endorsement, it’s all over for Romney.
9:15PM: And CNN projects McCain the winner in Florida. Goodnight, all…I’m going to head over to Hewitt’s place and wait for his head to explode. RomneyRisingRomneyRisingRomneyRising Muhahahahaaaa…
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“Hillary has Florida so obviously sewn up that it’s not worth the time. Sorry, twc.
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expect statements from the 2nd and 3rd place campaigns to the effect of “Florida didn’t matter anyway: No delegates.” ”
No problem here. None of the candidates campaigned there and there were no delegates selected. So, in fact, it was a meaningless event — except for the entertainment value of listening to the Clinton spinners who’ve been yakking incessantly for weeks about how this is a delegate contest desperately trying to convince people that this is really significant. I can fully understand, of course. It hasn’t been a good past few days for the Clinton campaign.
Joe, how are you and the bride been doing? I hope just fine. The heat with all of the people trying to get votes, I am already sick to death of it all. Take care and be well, Cat
Heh, its pretty lonely in rightblogworld being a McCain supporter. I’ve never had so much hate-mail, ever. Even some of my internet “friends” are concerned and trying to show me the error of my ways, sending long rants about why McCain is worse than Hillary. I just don’t buy it. I’m not ecstatic with McCain, but he’s actually marginally better on the issues than Bush was when I backed him. So, what’s the big deal? Are some conservatives just dying to go down in a blaze of glory and electoral disaster with Romney? Are they that bitter about McCain? Seems a bit overblown.
Well Hell, Cat, it’s great to hear from you! We’re just fine…you know our oldest boy moved down to Macon a year ago, so I’m the only male left in the household these days. Kind of scary sometimes.
Are we going to see you for St. Paddy’s day? Drop me an email at joe.tobacco@gmail.com, I don’t have your email address anymore.
Heh, you and Bill Bennett both, Doc:
“I admire the heck out of John McCain and disagree with him on at least half a dozen serious matters,” Mr. Bennett said. “He is a war hero, he has been consistently pro-life, he put his campaign in hostage to the success of the surge in Iraq, he’s been a consistent hawk on pork-barrel spending, and can win in November.”
But the former drug czar and education secretary said the intensity of the anti-McCain calls to his radio program show he does not have the support of his party’s conservative base.
“What rankles me the most is his tendency to criticize our side first. Why bash us, why not bash Hillary Clinton? He’s got to have some of the fire that Democrats have for Republicans, but we don’t see it,” he said. “If he is the nominee, he’s got to fix things with the base of the party, because you can’t have a convention with these kinds of feelings.”
I have a great deal of respect and admiration for John McCain, and would so love to support him for president, but I just can’t bring myself to do it with his flip-flopping stance on illegal immigration, and his constant pandering to the Hispanic community.
“None of the Above” is looking mighty appealing at this point.