Anyone else convinced it's going to be McCain?

[vi5]

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind at this point. Not today in Iowa since it's a foregone conclusion, but NH and beyond. The media loves him and while they've spent the past 6-9 months dating around and flirting with the other candidates for various reasons, the rise of Huckabee scared them into action for their boy the straight shooter.

I'm still not sure how he'll fare in the general election, although if he has issues it most definitely will not be for lack of media assistance. I just think his transgressions and his flip flops are less egregious and glaring than the other candidates, and they'll focus on his old supposed "maverick" statements from the 2000 campaign rather than what he's done since then such as his embraces of Bush and going back on his condemnation of the stranglehold of the religious right.

I'm still undecided and not sure which of our candidates will fare best or worst against him but I'm still pretty convinced at this point it's going to be him.

[bdamomma]

1. I am pretty sure also that Mc Cain will come out the top candidate

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. The Republican Establishment Wants Romney But They Don't Vote

~

[lapfog_1]

3. Mitt will never get the nomination, Rudy has self destructed

and the more folks hear from the Huckster, the less they like him.

So, yeah, it could be McCain by default.

Rumor is that Thompson is out... but he was never that serious a candidate anyway.

Ron Paul? No way will the global corporatists allow an Buchanan isolationist to run things.

[OHdem10]

4. Yes

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

5. Yep, could be. His appearance in my sig line is to remind of his complicity with Bush

Straight talking maverick? More like boot licking sycophant. MKJ

[Infinite Hope]

6. I think he'll be in the top 2 or 3.

Possibly 1st.

[liberal N proud]

7. I felt it was McCain since late 2004

I have always thought he was the "chosen one." Having been promised the spot by the neocons for falling in line and love with bu$h and his illegal war.

I had thought late that they wouldn't hold to their promise but it looks more and more like they will and maybe even this "comeback kid" scenario is nothing more than part of the plot.

[TlalocW]

8. I think so

Partly because there really isn't any other candidate for them. Thompson is probably on the verge of dropping out; Huckabee is self-destructing; Rudy is too creepy to love, and there's no way the republican base (conservative religious nutjobs) is going to vote for a Mormon. That leaves McCain.

Also, I think it's part of the GOP's Bob Dole syndrome where they give it to the old fart who's been around the most because they feel they owe him one last shot to go out on top.

TlalocW

[vi5]

9. True, but the media didn't love Dole...he was humorless..

McCain is a crank, but they choose to ignore that and play up whatever minor degree of humor and good naturedness McCain has.

[saltpoint]

10. Agree with those upthread who feel that McCain may win the nom by default.

There's hardly any competition.

Half-Dead Fred Thompson is uh, less than energized. Giuliani is bruised fruit. Huckabee has strong polling, but he's demonstrably insane. Multiple choice Mitt is finding that he can't outspend voters' intentions; I think he's in trouble in Iowa and New Hampshire. Ron Paul's supporters are enthusiastic, but there are only 412 of them nationwide, even if that's 3 times Duncan Hunter's support.

Gingrich would probably be in contention for the nomination right now if he'd gotten in.

[salin]

11. it is starting to look that way.

[Czolgosz]

12. I PRAY not. McCain beats Hillary and it's 50%-50% with Obama. If they go McCain we NEED Edwards!

[vi5]

14. The big issue I see with McCain vs. Hillary....

Is that the narratives are already there and nobody in the media are going to bother to go any deeper than "McCain is a straight talking war hero who everyone loves and is a maverick" and "Hillary is an unlikable conniving slick, poll driven politician who used her husband and his successes and failures to make a career for herself and will say anything to get ahead." And those opinions are already 8 years entrenched in voters minds. It would take moving mountains to get people who already have these 2 incorrect opinions, to change them.

[zabet]

13. Yes.

He is just going to come
on stronger and stronger
as the year unfolds.
The general election, I
doubt that he will win

[Dawgs]

15. I've been convinced for about two weeks now.

[TwilightGardener]

16. Mittens.

[book_worm]

17. If Mitt loses Iowa and McCain surges in NH then Romney is out

and yes, it will end up being McCain by default.

[hwmnbn]

18. so it's "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran....

plus this little nugget...



plus Lieberman's wet kiss endorsement

plus his temper tantrums mixed with the "nukular" button

plus the media complicity corps trumping him up

plus the repug vote rigging bullshit



I'd say he has a decent shot. dammit!

[bluedeminredstate]

19. The Kewl Kids were writing his

political obituary just a few short months ago. Now they'll whore themselves for a prime seat on the "Straight Talk Express" and all we'll hear about is where Hillary was really hiding the Rose Law firm documents. Jesus, I hate our media.

:grr: