Blogs For McCain

And so it begins.  I and others have been saying for months now that John McCain will not win, precisely because he’s depending on his independent and liberal-crossover appeal, while isolating the conservative grassroots voting base.  Once he enters the 2008 presidential race, the DNC will categorize him as one of their greatest threats, and [...]

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Check it out here. Just a warning though, you get only 1 freebie. You can chose one Rep. vs. one Dem and see the vote breakdown of one state.
It’s really late, so I will have more analysis tomorrow. But here are some tidbits to tide you over:
Rudy is the biggest electoral winner beating Hillary 354 to 184 [...]

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Newsweek recently released a poll asking people about what Party they want their next President to be from, and then about whether or not they would vote for several individual candidates.  The results are interesting, if not ironically humorous.  Keep reading…

“Now thinking ahead to the next presidential election in November 2008 — In general, would [...]

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You knew I just had to pen one of these, didn’t you?
Up: Conservative Democrats.  Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t be Speaker without them, and they can exit the Democratic tent just as quickly as they came in.  The conservative Democrat is possibly the most powerful voter in the country right now, epitomized by the Democratic majority in [...]

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Here’s what an Arizona news article reports on McCain ‘08:
McCain is actually one of the winners of last night’s (Tuesday’s) voting,” said Frank Luntz, a pollster with GOP ties. “He’s in a better situation today because Republicans will have lost both houses of Congress.”
Luntz’s way of thinking, Americans will be less likely to elect a [...]

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According to a new McLaughlin & Associates 2008 presidential poll, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani appear to be the frontrunners on the Republican side, while Hillary Clinton is running head and shoulders above everyone else on the Democratic side.
This is also the first survey I’ve seen that includes newcomer Duncan Hunter in the rankings.  Unfortunately [...]

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CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Nov. 3-5, 2006. N=1,008 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

 
 
John
McCain (R)
Hillary
Rodham
Clinton (D)
Neither
(vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
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%
%
%
 

 
11/3-5/06
48
47
3
2
 

 
10/13-15/06
44
51
5
1
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Rudolph
Giuliani (R)
Hillary
Rodham
Clinton (D)
Neither/
Other (vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
%
%
%
%
 

 
11/3-5/06
47
47
4
2
 

 
10/13-15/06
47
48
3
2
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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John
McCain (R)
Barack
Obama (D)
Neither/
Other (vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
%
%
%
%
 

 
11/3-5/06
49
40
5
6
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Rudolph
Giuliani (R)
Barack
Obama (D)
Neither/
Other (vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
%
%
%
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11/3-5/06
50
41
4
5
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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John
McCain (R)
John
Kerry (D)
Neither/
Other (vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
%
%
%
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11/3-5/06
55
37
5
4
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Rudolph
Giuliani (R)
John
Kerry (D)
Neither/
Other (vol.)
Unsure
 

 
 
%
%
%
%
 

 
11/3-5/06
53
40
4
3

The big question I have is why CNN shows Giuliani and McCain either being defeated by Hillary Rodham Clinton or virtually tied with [...]

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Ouch.  That’s all that can really be said about last night’s election results.  To be honest I have seen it coming for a while now because of the debacle that is Bush’s 2nd term.  I have supported him for a long time, but take note as of today he has screwed this country.  His first [...]

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It now looks reasonable to declare that the GOP has lost both the House of Representatives and the Senate, something that very few (if any) serious pundits predicted.  It’s a shocker, but it is part of life and it’s something that Republicans must take in stride and run with.  The GOP is a superior party [...]

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According to the latest CNN Poll, Rudy Giuliani is the top choice for Republican presidential nominee, clocking in at 29% of the vote, while John McCain comes in at a close 27%.  While Newt Gingrich has remained static since the last CNN Poll taken in August, every other candidate has made significant gains, whilst George [...]

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This one surprised me a little bit. The latest FOX News Poll pits McCain against Hillary Clinton and then against Barack Obama. Here were the results:

“Thinking ahead to the next presidential election, if the 2008 general election were held today and the candidates were Democrat [see below] and Republican [see below], for whom would you [...]

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There are a couple of very good articles out today with respect to Governor Mitt Romney’s quest for the presidency in 2008. The first one, from Al Hunt of Bloomberg News, makes the case that Romney is positioned, through a combination of performance and a lack of competition for the niche, to be the consensus [...]

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John McIntyre penned a fascinating piece for RCP today regarding a possibly unfolding scenario for in the ‘08 race.
McIntyre starts off with a pretty big assumption however, one that is not shared by myself or many of the writers on this blog; that assumption being that McCain is more likely than not to win the GOP nomination [...]

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Political strategist and commentator Dick Morris told a Monday night audience in Escanaba, Michigan that he believes Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner to be the next President of the United States and that only Mayor Giuliani or Senator McCain on the Republican side are capable of defeating her. Morris went on to say that he [...]

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A new Iowa poll buried in the catacombs of the Des Moines Register presents Republicans with both news good and bad as we head into 2008, with electoral success dependent on — get this — which candidate each party nominates. 
The poll tests general election matchups between four Republicans (Rudy, McCain, Romney, Frist) and four Democrats [...]

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According to a Quinnipiac University poll:
Many American adults hold a favourable opinion of Rudy Giuliani, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Respondents gave the former New York City mayor a mean rating of 64.1, the highest among 20 politicians surveyed.
Giuliani garnered national and international attention in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, [...]

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This rather speculative piece in The Times of London suggests she may forgo a run for the big prize to become the grand pooh-bah of the Senate. Captain Ed is skeptical.
I tend to agree that when push comes to shove, Hillary will be a candidate. But her not running is becoming a little less unthinkable. At this point [...]

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As the days go by, Iowa looms larger. What is currently the most important 2008 buzzword? Ethanol:
Over a dozen potential presidential candidates have poured into Iowa this month and most made a point to mention their support of ethanol and the state’s other energy projects. Republican Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the U.S. House, told [...]

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Politics certainly has the ability to create some unusual alliances:
It was only a matter of time before some Democrats began jumping ship to join the all-but-announced McCain for President campaign.
The first casualty is Nicco Mele, the former webmaster of the groundbreaking Dean for America campaign. According to The Hotline, Mele, whose firm Echo Ditto represents over twenty [...]

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Rasmussen released a poll today regarding where many Americans place the leading ‘08 contenders on the political spectrum. Not suprisingly, Rudy and McCain are viewed as moderates when using this poll as a gauge:
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 36% of Americans classify Giuliani as a political moderate. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say conservative and 15% [...]

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Here is an odd couple if there ever was one:
If Hillary Clinton ends up running against John McCain for the presidency in 2008, the two might vaguely remember competing against each other once before. 
That would have been in the summer of 2004 in Estonia where, according to The New York Times, the margin of victory was [...]

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