McCain won tonight in NY, Illinois, NJ, Arizona, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Delaware. Five of these were closed primaries: Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Oklahoma and New York. Only Illinois and New Jersey were open. Arizona of course is his home state. He's a third of the way towards the nomination in terms of delegates (without California, where he's up).
McCain continues to lag amongst conservatives. The states he's winning are not Republican-base red states. James Antle argues McCain can win due to the lack of a viable alternative.
From the Guardian:
James Dobson, the founder of the hugely influential evangelical group Focus on the Family last night became the latest right-wing conservative to denounce McCain and say he would not vote for him "under any circumstances".
On C-Span this morning a number of callers-in on the Republican side voiced this opinion. One didn't, and excoriated those who did. But it was an interesting straw-poll of sentiment. McCain still needs this to be a 3-man race.
2/5/08
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The Schedule
- Aug. 11, 2007 Iowa Straw Poll
- Jan. 3, Iowa Caucuses
- Jan. 5, Wyoming (R)
- Jan. 8, New Hampshire
- Jan. 15, Michigan
- Jan. 19, Nevada, South Carolina (R)
- Jan. 26, South Carolina (D)
- Jan. 29, Florida
- Feb. 1, Maine (R)
- Feb. 5, SUPER DUPER TUESDAY, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (D), Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (D), Illinois, Kansas (D), Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (D), New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia (R)
- Feb. 9, Kansas (R), Louisiana, Washington, Nebraska (D)
- Feb. 10, Maine (D)
- Feb. 12, DC (R), Maryland and Virginia
- Feb. 19, Hawaii (D), Washington (R), Wisconsin
- Mar. 4, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
- Mar. 8, Wyoming (D)
- Mar. 11, Mississippi
- Mar. 18, Colorado (R)
- Apr. 22, Pennsylvania
- May 6, Indiana, North Carolina
- May 13, Nebraska (R), West Virginia (D)
- May 20, Kentucky, Oregon
- May 27, Idaho (R)
- Jun. 3, Montana, New Mexico (R), South Dakota
- Aug. 25-28, Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO
- Sept. 1-4, Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
- Sep. 26, First debate at the University of Mississippi
- Oct. 2, VP Debate at Washington University in St. Louis
- Oct. 7, Second Debate at Belmont University in Nashville
- Oct. 15, Third Debate at Hofstra University in NY
1 comment:
I am really having a hard time believing that McCain is winning this primary election. The Republicans have been screaming for a conversative candidate, and yet McCain, the most liberal RINO of the bunch is winning by leaps and bounds. This just absolutely astounds me.
If it comes down to Hillary vs McCain, I am staying home on election day.
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