27% of PA Repubilcans Say No Thanks to McCain
Despite being anointed by the Republican Party elites, 27% of Pennsylvania voters, voted against McCain yesterday, in a closed (only registered republicans could vote for the republican candidates) primary. 16% voted for Ron Paul even though he has drastically slowed his campaigning and made a somewhat confusing announcement, leading most people to believe he has dropped out of the race.
Clinton won PA and took 80 delegates over Obama’s 66. Obama still leads in overall delegate count.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I think it’s possible that Pennsylvania Republicans said “no” to Obama. They held their nose and voted for Hillary. While McCain may have not been the first choice for some Republicans, he is FAR better than either of the democrats running. (I say that as a Ron Paul supporter!)
April 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I wish i could agree. I see the differences between mccain and the democrats, but they are insignificant in my opinion, compared to the damage that any of them would do.
If republicans did vote for hillary, it means they had to register as democrats, since it was a closed primary…which is very possible.
it is very clear that the tension between obama and clinton is damaging the democratic party, and that could help mccain out in the general election. i’m still not sure that would help him get elected.
with mccain in office we could almost guarantee many more dead americans fighting an endless war; an expansion of the war into iran; higher gas prices; and more inflation. not that either democrat would really end the war and intervention all over the world.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I’ve never voted for a Democrat in my life, and if the “best” the Republicans can give us is John McCain it’s time for me to look elsewhere politically. There isn’t a whits bit of difference between McCain or Hitlery - both too beholden to AIPAC to be considered “pro-American.”
May 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am
McCain’s pro-life stance is worth something to a lot of people. I know it is to me. That is a huge difference between him and the other two.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
It’s a philosophical difference, maybe — and I say maybe, because who knows what any of them really believe. But I’m not sure legislation at the federal level has much impact. I do side with McCain on the issue of overturning Roe v Wade. The federal government has no authority to deal with the issue of abortion.
I might have an easier time trusting his “pro-life” position if he wasn’t so insistent on fighting needless wars that cost the lives of innocent American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. There is nothing pro-life about that. it’s one thing to make a bad judgment call early on, but to keep pushing this war in order to preserve the powerful image of the US or to save face, is an atrocity.