Tomorrow we must call the conservative talk shows and talk about the GOP race...

[wgadget]

Let's call them tomorrow and change the topic off the Democrats and onto John McCain's embarrassing showing in PA.

[evilfunnystuff]

Must

[infotechsailor]

no pun intended... any chance you could post the numbers for these people? I know rush's number is: 1800 282 2882

the ron paul republic is coming...

[JMann]

Let's call them tomorrow and change the topic off the Democrats and onto John McCain's embarrassing showing in PA.

Are you delusional? McCain won over 70% of the vote. This is a huge win for him and a landslide by any calculation. I'm no McCain fan by any means but beating your closest competitor by 55 percentage points isn't embarrassing.

[wgadget]

Even if both competitors have been called "out of the race?"

[JMann]

Even if both competitors have been called "out of the race?"

Even if both competitors where dead. Have you ever worked for any campaign? Do you know how difficult it is to get 70% of anybody to ever vote for you. What is embarrassing is Paul getting 16% with only two people left and not getting much more than Huck who is out of the race.

[ForLiberty-RonPaul]

Are you delusional? McCain won over 70% of the vote. This is a huge win for him and a landslide by any calculation. I'm no McCain fan by any means but beating your closest competitor by 55 percentage points isn't embarrassing.

if the media has crowned you "nominated" and you lose 30% of the vote, yeah, that's embarrassing

[JMann]

if the media has crowned you "nominated" and you lose 30% of the vote, yeah, that's embarrassing

Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. First McCain IS all but officially the Republican nominee so no problem with the media declaration because it is fact. If you have ever run for office or managed a campaign and you won over 70% in a two person race (with three on the ballot) you wouldn't consider this to be embarrassing I'm sure. You just don't like McCain and love Ron Paul (which I understand) but you shouldn't let that cloud reality.

[wgadget]

Ask them why 120,000 Pennsylvanians voted for someone who was "out of the race."

Then wait for a good answer.

[slacker921]

... nope... that the GOP has roughly 210,000 registered Republicans in the state of PA who are unhappy enough to go vote in a primary knowing that their candidate won't win - against the presumptive nominee - just to show the GOP a vote of "no confidence"... that's embarrassing to them.
At this stage in the game they should have "unity".. they should have their people rallying behind the nominee. Instead he can't break 75% statewide, and in some counties barely broke 60%.

[slacker921]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080423/cm_thenation/45314454


Yes, of course, John McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

But don't think that means that grassroots Republicans -- especially movement conservatives who have never really trusted the guy -- are united in their support for the senator from Arizona.

Pennsylvania had a Republican primary on Tuesday.

It certainly did not get the attention that was afforded to the Democratic contest.

But McCain had opponents on the ballot -- Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the libertarian, anti-war candidate who is still sort of campaigning, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who has folded his prayer tent. And McCain's foes won a lot of voters.

McCain finished with an uninspiring 72 percent of the Pennsylvania vote Tuesday.

Paul got 16 percent.

Huckabee's non-candidacy took 12 percent.

When all the Republican votes are counted, roughly 200,000 will be in the column of a candidate other than John McCain.

--------> digg the article above (http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_loses_28_prtcent_of_voters) <------

[wgadget]

"McCain finished with an uninspiring 72 percent of the Pennsylvania vote Tuesday."

[TER]

... nope... that the GOP has roughly 210,000 registered Republicans in the state of PA who are unhappy enough to go vote in a primary knowing that their candidate won't win - against the presumptive nominee - just to show the GOP a vote of "no confidence"... that's embarrassing to them.
At this stage in the game they should have "unity".. they should have their people rallying behind the nominee. Instead he can't break 75% statewide, and in some counties barely broke 60%.

QFT

[richardfortherepublic]

How can the Republican party win the election without 28% of their party base? Thats the whole point.

[wgadget]

Rub it in their faces. They'll probably say that we'll "come around."

[richardfortherepublic]

I think this primary has proven that the Republican party is beginning to self destruct.

[wgadget]

blimp