The Aftermath
February 6th, 2008 | by Scott |Thoughts on Super Tuesday?
Did it go the way you expected?
Is the GOP race over?
Who is in better position to take the nom, Clinton or Obama?
If the rumor is true that there is going to be a joint Gore/Edwards endorsement of Obama is that enough to push him over the top?
Can Dobson, Coulter, Limbaugh create enough of a McCain backlash?
Who is most likely to drop out next?
27 Responses to “The Aftermath”
By Doug Freeman on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Don’t have any predictions on politics. My interest today is Razorbacks. I call this CAC this morning at signing time and Joe Adams signed with the Hogs. He had 4 visitors here last week hoping he would stay with USC but today he opted to stay with Petrino and an offense he is most talented in.
By Doug Freeman on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Don’t have any predictions on politics. My interest today is Razorbacks. I call CAC this morning at signing time and Joe Adams signed with the Hogs. He had 4 visitors here last week hoping he would stay with USC but today he opted to stay with Petrino and an offense he is most talented in.
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
That’s great news, dad. I’m glad Petrino was able to reel him back in.
By Politics & Culture on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
I certainly don’t think the GOP race is over. McCain has only won one more state than Romney. And in West Virginia, Romney won the first round, and then McCain and Paul threw their delegates to Huckabee. So WV was less than a ‘clean’ win for Huckabee.
If Huckabee would get behind Romney, it would be possible to take down McCain. But as long as he hangs around, it looks good for McCain.
Huckabee is such an idiot.
By Happy on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Well California moving it’s primary, had the same impact though as before I went to sleep so California didn’t matter.
Nope
I was a little surprised by New Jersey.
Pretty Much
Clinton, I’m afraid that people are afraid of Obama’s so called lack of experience will be the deciding factor.
I would think so but i’m thinking it’s a Clinton/Obama ticket that wins (New York, Florida, Illinois and California) the four majors thus sealing a democratic presidency.
Dobson’s and arse, there is said it. Limbaugh who’s Limbaugh, wait was that the guy that every church secretary listed too.
No Clue
By matt elliott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
I love the word “arse.”
I just wanted to say that.
By Tracy on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
I heard this on NPR this AM while taking Shayla to school. I can’t wait for you to hear it!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2008/02/jill_sobule_live_on_the_bpp_1.html
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
“If Huckabee would get behind Romney, it would be possible to take down McCain.”
Couldn’t the same be said of Romney?
I think Obama has the momentum out of yesterday with some favorable states coming up to pull it out.
I’ve been on record here of my problems with Dobson. That’s a great way to characterize it. But I hope that if McCain does get the nom that he will use all of the clout that he has to encourage his base to stay home on election day.
That is a cute song, Tracy.
By Politics & Culture on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Sure, the same could be said of Romney, but it wouldn’t make much sense. Romney has won 11 states, and Huckabee has only won 6 (including the tainted win in West Virginia).
Oh, and then there’s the fact that Huckabee is an idiot.
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
No argument here on that.
By Matt on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
I think things are looking pretty good for Obama. So far, he has won 16 states to Hillary’s 10 (With no delegates to be had, neither Michigan nor Florida count). She may have a slight lead in delegates at this time, but she hasn’t proven that formidible outside of New England and the West Coast. I’m keeping my fingers crossed…
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
The Ron Paul camp is eerily silent today.
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Matt, according to MSNBC Obama has a slight delegate lead. I really think the next few contests look favorable for him with Texas being the big gun on the horizon.
By Robin on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Scott - McCain doesn’t have to use any clout for the base to stay home on election day. That will happen just because of who he is. I don’t like the man after watching him in the last debate and I would be hard pressed to vote for him. If I did vote for him, it would be an anti-Hillary vote. Well, on the other hand, maybe we should let a democrat in the office and see what happens. But then again, if they screw up they will still blame George Bush and it will be his fault. The democratic governor in Michigan is still blamimg the previous republican administration for her bad leadership and she’s been in office six years.
Only time will tell. Might not vote at all.
By Justin on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
The people have spoken. They like McCain. They are delusional. The conservative movement is dead in the water. It could make a comeback, but only after the government goes bankrupt.
Maybe by the time I’m forty things will start to turn around.
I’m still gonna vote RP in the general.
By Belinda on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Alabama picked Obama!
By Sam on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
As an Obama supporter, I was pleased with him winning both the delegate and state count. Also, the emerging story of Clinton seeking a loan to finance her campaign might become an interesting storyline suggesting Obama as the frontrunner. Of course, if she exceeds expectations in the next couple of weeks by picking off a state or two, her campaing gets a bump. At least I helped Obama carry the New England state of Connecticut yesterday!
By Politics & Culture on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Let’s see…..
A Democratic monopoly in Washington during the late ’70s led to Ronald Reagan. A Democratic monopoly in ‘92 - ‘94 led to a Republican majority in congress for over a decade.
If HRC or B.O. are elected, and the Dems keep their majority in congress, it could lead to something really good (eventually). If McCain is the nominee, I may write in my own name.
On a related note….. When the GOP controlled congress and the White House, we heard constant moaning and groaning from the Dems about how this was bad for the country. If they control everything next year, I wonder which of them will be stepping down to keep things fair and balanced?
By Scott on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Now, it seems to me there was a lot of “moaning and groaning” from the GOP back in ‘94 when the Dems controlled everything. That was the whole point of the Contract With America.
It’s kinda even on that score.
By Politics & Culture on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Actually, they were moaning and groaning about the largest tax increase in history (and other leftist policies) — that’s what led to the Contract with America.
By jasonk on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
One thing that I have learned from Super Tuesday is that all of the conservative talk show hosts in the world, combined, do not have one-tenth of the power they thought they had. I have always liked Hannity, and Limbaugh is fine, but I was deeply offended by their wholesale rejection of McCain. Even their joint, outright endorsement of Mitt Romney was not enough to rescue his doomed candidacy on Tuesday. I was glad.
Someone already said this, but it bears repeating. McCain is winning because he is the choice of the people. It doesn’t matter what label you put on them, if he is the one they want, fine. It doesn’t matter what all the talk pundits think.
Justin, do you believe the conservative movement is dead because your guy only got like fourteen votes?
By KS on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
Think the GOP is over, McCain takes it. Dem is closer than I thought, but Hillary I think still wins in the end.
By Justin on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
No, I think the conservative movement is dead because Romney is the most conservative candidate that actually has a chance, and he’s for subsidies to the auto industry.
Do ya’ll remember the Contract with America? I was little, but I remember. I also remember that it used to be a major tenent of conservatism to want to get rid of the department of education, now we have no child left behind. We wanted to get rid rid of the department of energy, we really wanted to shrink the size of government. Government has increased dramatically since we’ve had Bush and the congresses. Department of Homeland Security is an absolutely disastrous bureaucracy. The War in Iraq, which you cannot deny is an interventionist war, is costing us almost a trillion dollars, and just 10 years ago, we were giving Clinton grief about when we were gonna pull out of Bosnia.
The best “conservative” candidate that ran was Thompson, supposedly, and when asked what part of government he wanted to eliminate, he didn’t come up with anything.
That’s how I know the conservative movement is dead. The Republican Party grew by making conservatives into big government people, and now what do we have?
By jasonk on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
Thank you Justin, for making me feel like a really old man. “Do ya’ll remember the Contract with America? I was little…” I am going to go take some Geritol and hit the couch for a nap :>)
You make some great points, Justin, seriously. And yes, maybe the conservative movement, as described by Newt, is dead. Or maybe we have figured out that too small a government can be a bad thing. Yes, Homeland Security is a mess. The war in Iraq is too expensive (unless we start taking their oil to pay for it like we said we would do in the beginning). Maybe we are on our way to striking a balance between small government and big government. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
By Justin on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
That’s fine if you’re wanting to try and strike a balance, but conservatism is not striking a balance. Conservatism is reducing the role of government. If one were to listen to Barry Goldwater in 64, or listen to Reagan between then and his election as president, there are very few similarities between that and what is considered conservatism now. Conservatism now is old school liberal foreign policy, prescription drug benefits, no child left behind, bridges to no where, tax cuts but no reduced spending, and rebate checks to people who don’t pay taxes.
Not to mention banning gay marriage and the war on drugs. It just makes me sad, cause its not the party I grew up with. And at this point in my life, I don’t think I can be pragmatic about stuff.
By greg on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
stick a fork in Mitt…
By Politics & Culture on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
Looks like I’ll be voting for B.O. in our state’s primary (and anti-HRC vote) and Ron Paul (if he runs) in November.