The biggest fallout from Super Tuesday 2008 happened yesterday: Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race, to the utter shock and dismay of the Conservative Political Action Conference. If you watch the video of his announcement, the crowd lets its displeasure be known. His decision was such a surprise, that Mitt Romney buttons were still be handed out prior to his speech. Personally, I was shocked. I flipped to CNN.com, saw the headline, and was floored -- it was the last thing that I expected to see.This leaves the Republican Party with John McCain as their presumptive presidential nominee. He appearantly has a lot of work to do in courting the far right -- many conservatives are suggesting that Mitt Romney would make a very good VP candidate on the Republican ticket, and would help McCain make peace with conservatives who don't like him. But in the end, I think that the majority of the party will rally behind their candidate.
So it will be McCain vs. Clinton or Obama. This is going to be quite the campaign, and quite the election. But if there was a candidate that the Democrats want to run against the least, it is McCain. He is a Republican, but a moderate, and he draws a lot of support from Independents, as well as some Democrats. They sure are running the right guy.
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I guess that minor in poli-sci failed you. If you heard Jeffrey Toobin's explanation on Tuesday night, it was mathematically impossible for Romney to continue. Of course he was the only one who could think that fast as the rest of the pundits dismissed him. Now that Dobson endorsed Huckaboob and encouraged that child-beating rant he gave today, it seems less likely McCain will get the theocratic support to win in the general. His biggest chance is to endorse troop withdrawal,abortion rights, and civil liberties to swing left and corner the centrist votes. With Hillary still winning in the democratic race,it would be a good contest. It's also mathematically impossible for Obama to win enough electoral votes in the general. His best chance is 264. So if Obama wins the nomination, McCain wins the general as a centrist. Not where he is now. Hillary easily surpasses 270. She's leading now in delegates by 96.
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