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Arizona Senator John McCain has won the Republican primary in the US state of South Carolina, ahead of Mike Huckabee.
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MIAMI (AP) - Sen. John McCain won the Florida Republican primary Tuesday night, edging past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and seizing momentum for next week's string of contests across 21 states. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Democratic primary, which drew no campaigning by any of her presidential rivals and awarded no delegates to the winner.
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What do you people think, are we looking at John Mccain as the new Republican representative?

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If McCain takes California and New York, it is pretty much over for Romney. That is just too many delegates to make up for when the race is running this close everywhere.

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He seems like he is going to win, the positive media support is very good for him and the hanger of religion does not hold him back like the others.

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Actually, it is not that clear cut. The conservatives (true conservatives) do not like him as he has shown through years of service that he really is not a conservative, but more so a moderate conservative. Seems like a slight difference, but you have people like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter saying that they wont vote for McCain. Actually, one of them said that they would vote for Hillary before voting for McCain. Might be an exaggeration...might not. However, a great deal of the conservative talk radio and television personalities do not like McCain.

The media is not really lining up behind him, but they really arent lining up behind Romney either. Basically, whoever gets the nod is going to be a flawed candidate from the conservative republican viewpoint. Honestly, the only thing that is really going to get that voting group out (and it IS the one that got Bush elected 2x) is if Hillary is the democratic candidate. If it is Obama, I see him taking it. I know he is not rated as high in the polls currently if he were to be the challenger against McCain, but the longer Obama gets to stay in the spotlight, the higher his numbers get. If he makes it until November, I think he will take it.

If it is McCain vs Hillary, I think it is going to be really close, but I see the Republicans taking the Whitehouse again. McCain's moderate tendencies and ability to work with the other side will actually get more votes in the general election. Hillary really has a image issue as is evident by senior members of the Senate leaving her to support Obama.

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Interesting take. Would you vote for McCain? I think being moderate is a good thing, being to far left or right can lead to party decisions rather than what is best for the country.

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Being moderate is good in the general election but is bad for trying to get the nomination. Bill Clinton was actually a moderate of his own party. The unfortunate part is that you need the "party" approval before you can run for president (unless you go independent and none of those have ever won the Whitehouse).

Rather off topic, but... As for me, I cannot find a candidate that represents what I want as a president. I really would like a true conservative (fiscal) president with a strong defense policy. That just is not available in this election. They both claim that this is what they are but their records tell a very different story. If it were between McCain and Clinton, I would vote for McCain as I really have no trust in Clinton and really do not want to see Bill around the Whitehouse again as this will be a constant distraction. Also, I think that McCain would get me closer to a conservative than Clinton. As for Obama, I am not sure. He really hasn't fleshed out his platform (I know that sounds strange this late in the game). He is a fantastic and engaging speaker and motivates people, but I need to know more about the substance of the "hope/change" he talks about. I suspect that even though I might really like the guy, his fiscal strategy is probably going to bother me. I am one of those conservatives that is really dissapointed in Bush for basically being about the most liberal republican when it comes to growing the size of government since...wait...I am not sure there ever was one.

Oh and it is very common for candidates to campaign towards the extremes in the primaries and caucuses and once they get the nomination from their party, they run towards the center to get the most votes possible. Clinton was famous for doing this and he did it very well!

Edited: Vincenzo on 5th Feb, 2008 - 5:42am