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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (2734)	12/7/2008 1:53:18 AM
From: pompsander	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

The only control we have is at the ballot box... BTW, how did McCain ever win the nomination? Do you have a clue? He was neither fish nor fowl... any of the others could have put up a better fight than he did... _________ I am sure the political scientists will work this one over for a while, but I believe part of the answer is that McCain was perceived as the "safe" choice. Rudy was too liberal on a lot of issues (and really goofed by waiting to enter the race until the Florida primary), Huckabee was too new, too untested...Romney ended up perceived as the real conservative pick, but I don't think that was true early...and he wasn't trusted by the evangelical community. Then you had Thompson, entered late, didn't seem interested until South Carolina...too little too late. As for the rest, Hunter, Tancredo, even Ron Paul...no critical mass. McCain was always popular in New Hampshire and the win there made him seem like a frontrunner.... You know, the republican party's method of awarding delegates is quite different than the democrats. It has been pointed out that if the party's rules had been reversed Clinton probably have won the nomination and McCain would possibly have not. The Democrats will overreach and there will be an opportunity for a smaller government, pro-business candidate to arise from the republican ranks. But he or she has to be seen as smart and with fresh ideas. Even though McCain talked about "change", I don't think the voters believed the republicans had the new ideas this time around.