McCain Clinches GOP Nomination
Liz Sidoti and Stephen Ohlemacher
Writers - Associated Press
March 4, 2008
John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, an extraordinary comeback for a candidate whose White House hopes were dashed eight years ago and whose second bid was left for dead eight months ago.
According to The Associated Press count, the four-term Arizona senator surpassed the requisite 1,191 GOP delegates as voters in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas put him over the threshold. The triumph came one month after his Super Tuesday coast-to-coast victories gave him an insurmountable lead in the delegate hunt and forced his chief rival, Mitt Romney, to drop out of the race.
"It's a very humbling experience," he said of finally clinching the nomination in an AP interview.
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Lingering questions: (1) Who will he pick for VP? (2) Where does Huckabee go from here?
Labels: 2oo8 presidential campaign, john mccain
Posted by Edward Headington @ 3/04/2008 06:12:00 PM
13 Comments:
Higby how long are you going to let this guy just copy and paste? He's worst than Zuma!
Edward, your thoughts about the Bush endorsement tomorrow? Will it help or hurt?
My guess is that it helps shore up his conservative credentials and works to quell Republican establishment doubters but doesn't help with Independents and Democrats--especially as we get closer to the general election.
I thought that Obama's linkage of the "Bush and McCain" economic and foreign policy resonated with Democrats. If the economy continues to sour and supplants national security as the top issue, the endorsement doesn't help and perhaps becomes an albatross.
Given his age and "maverick" status--deserved or undeserved, I'm interested in seeing who he picks as VP.
Bush's endorsement will hurt. His unpopularity is mind-boggling. Many Republicans don't like Bush and although McCain lost the conservative Dems a while ago, if there were even one Dem considering it the Bush endorsement would ruin it.
Come on - this is like when Riordan endorsed Villaraigosa the first time. He lost because the valley never liked Riordan and so Antonio lost the valley. Most people that I know who didn't vote for Antonio the first time, didn't because Riordan endorsed him.
McCain better forget about romancing the "conservative" Republicans, they are too reminiscent of the Bush/Rove/Cheney years and this is something the American people and mainstream Republicans want to forget PDQ.
If McCain is smart he will pick a running mate that is middle of the road and young.
Look for McCain to announce his pick for VP on "Entertainment Tonight" CBS, and his new running mate "Donnie Osmond" will sing "We Are the World" to the nation.
You heard it here first!
10:19, I agree Ed adds nothing of value to this blog. I appreciate Zuma now that he is gone, at least Zuma wrote about local politics and spent time at City Hall and was actually trying to brings us some of his own news/stories.
Anybody can copy and paste another news story, even my 8 year kid can scan the newspaper and paste another story.
Mayor Sam has yet to tell us what makes Ed qualified to comment on this blog, and why anybody should care.
Ed is the same genius who tells us latino illegal immigrats do not add the the gang and crime problem in Los Angeles. I guess having a 25% illegal alien, jail inmate population is a bonus for California. hoody-hoo
We need more illegal aliens to keep the police, prosetutors, judges, jail guards all employed.
From the 2007 Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Gang Threat Assesment (LAHIDTA)
Etnic makeup of L.A. County
Hispanic 46%
White 30%
Asian 13%
Black 10%
Other 1%
Ethnic makeup of gangs in Los Angeles County
Hispanic 65%
Black 30%
Asian 4%
White 1%
Some of you are so freaking mean, I wish there was no such thing as anonymous blogging.
Welcome to the Mayor Sam blog, Edward. Don't let these haters bother you. They are annoying and try my patience. So I leave and stay away for awhile. But I'm glad you're here.
-that damn Hillary supporter who had the balls to congratulate Trujillo
We are not mean, but if Ed is just a "copy and paste" blogger, then what does he bring to this blog about "Los Angeles Politics"?
We all have an internet connection and can read the news and opinions of real reporters and bloggers. There are hundreds of more qualified people writing about the national elections. So Mr. Ed Nobody is not really bringing anything to the table.
The blog title is Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics.
Comprendes ????
Ed your a breath of fresh air and your posts are great. don't mind our hateful nurse Ratchett she's kind of like the inhouse contrarian who's stuck in gear on the immigration issue.
Enjoy her ED she's a prize ain't she
Don BeasaCulo,
There is any limit to your ass-kissing? Here is a link to Wally's blog, where you bad-mouth Wally and then come back to kiss Wally's ass just for the attention from Wally. And answering your comments his hilarious in a pyscho sort of way.
The Real Don Q. aka Santiago
don quixote said...
"I know I'm coming off like a lambe culo but what a great thing it is to click on Wally's blog again and there is something put up by Santiago, always interesting, newsworthy, and humorous, what a cast of characters Wally has developed on his site. Santiago's analogy of us wallista's without Wally's blog, being totally disconnected and fractured, floating aimlessly out in a vast ether net of substandard blogs, like ghosts floating between worlds without substance, great! Also his story on Carrillo’s, the menudo on a Sunday AM, and every type of LA character, Jura's, Paisa,s, Gavacho's and Chicano's all bonding by a love of Mexican food, and culture, great story Santiago.
Santiago left out some pertinent street info though, how do these cops eat their Menudo?
Plain, or with all the essentials?
I always thought that the way a person eats Menudo said a lot about them."
Welcome to the Mayor Sam blog, Edward. Don't let these haters bother you. They are annoying and try my patience.
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Ed is being treated much nicer, than Zuma was ever treated by the Zuma Haters. If Ed can't take the heat, he better get out of the Kitchen.
At least Ed is not being called a kiss-ass like his new buddy Don. Q.
Well, you're right. He's not as controversial as Zuma. I already wrote that I missed Zuma.
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