Comments on: Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:45:56 +0000

One factor that has to be remembered is that all Democratic contests are proportional where a lot of the Republican contests are winner take all. That could make a huge difference.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:19:25 +0000

Yes, Bloomberg, the billionaire media baron just another Democrat.

To the Far Right, anyone who's a moderate is left of Trotsky.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:10:59 +0000

Bloomberg is effectively another Democrat. Junk gun lawsuits disqualify him. The only reason for him to enter is to replace Clinton as the Dem candidate if Clinton is nominated.

By: G_Hendricks

G_Hendricks — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:00:00 +0000

I agree, cosmo, but will Bloomberg step in? Let's just hope for O to win some big states come Super Tuesday.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:50:33 +0000

If McCain gets the R nod he'll be strong, BUT for his insane pro-war views. Even moderate R's see Iraq as a lost cause, despite all the BS about the surge.

If McCain had not bent over for Bush on the war he'd be a clear favorite over Hillary.

This makes an Obama win over her a necessity, or, in a Hill-Mac race, Bloomberg to step in.

Bloomberg, esp if those 2 are the noms. wd be the strongest 3rd party candidate since TR as a Bull Moose in 1912.

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:15:52 +0000

Yes, it's possible. There will be even more leapfrogging of primaries in four years unless reform of some kind is imposed.

By: casualobserver

casualobserver — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:00:05 +0000

“I think his strength as a candidate should not be underestimated,”

yes, I was indeed surprised to check the head to head polls and see McCain within statistical error of both D's.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:50:41 +0000

The party (except for ultraconservatives) seems to be coalescing around McCain. I think his strength as a candidate should not be underestimated, considering that he won several primaries after being outspent by Romney, who also had a superior organization. I wonder if talk radio hosts will continue to demonize him (McCain)if he gets the nomination?

By: shaun

shaun — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:24:26 +0000

Dave:

Amen.

By: Ron Paul » Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:10:20 +0000

[...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be Weâ??re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?Here’s a quick excerpt Is it possible that a week from today that the Democratic and Republican presidential races will be over bar the shouting? The likelihood the 22-state Super Tuesday primaries will produce prohibitive favorites in either let alone both parties would not seem to be great. But big-state wins by Hillary Clinton and John McCain would make them the presumptive nominees because it would be extremely difficult for their chief rivals — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney — to play catch up in the convention [...]

By: Mike Huckabee » Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:21 +0000

By: John Edwards » Blog Archive » Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the …

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:53:32 +0000

[...] Shaun Mullen wrote an interesting post today on Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be Weâ??re Only A Week From the …Here’s a quick excerptJohn Edwards (remember him?) has 62. But as of today Clinton has the delegate edge in most of the Super Tuesday states, according to CNN’s Delegate Scorecard. With 1191 delegates needed on the Republican side, CNN says McCain has 97 and … [...]

By: John Edwards » Blog Archive » Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:53:31 +0000

By: Dave_Schuler

Dave_Schuler — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:46:15 +0000

After all, the one-time GOP front runner bombed so badly in Florida with a mere 15 percent of the vote after leading all Sunshine State polls for weeks that he will be bringing only a relatively small handful of supporters over to the Arizona senator.

That's how coalitions are formed, Shaun, and that's what both parties will need to do to coalesce around a single candidate. The supporters of each of the major candidates represent distinct constitutencies within the parties. The parties are both ideologically heterodox.

Contrary to the happy talk of activists, both parties will need all of their constituencies pulling together come November and, historically, the more bitterly contested the primaries have been, the more difficult that's been.

By: Barack Obama » Super Tuesday Looms Large: Can It Be We’re Only A Week From the End Of the Game?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:15 +0000