1 February 2008
The Press Stumping for McCain Again
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2008; What's News .
This article from Reuters is a careful piece of manipulation to convince Huckabee supporters to find a home with McCain when Huckabee drops out. When reading this excerpt, remember the information that Cavetrollhead shared yesterday in his guest blog:
If Huckabee Goes Who Will Evangelicals Back
by Todd Stoddard
If Huckabee is forced to end his cash-strapped bid, analysts wonder if evangelicals will warm to either of the two viable remaining contenders, Arizona Sen. John McCain or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney?
Both have drawn some support, but Huckabee’s continued presence keeps that vote divided.
In Florida’s Republican primary that McCain won, exit polls showed Huckabee, who finished a distant fourth, took 34 percent of the white evangelical or “born-again” vote. Romney managed 32 percent while McCain got 25 percent.
PROS AND CONS FOR EVANGELICALS
Evangelicals see flaws in both McCain and Romney.
“They both have hurdles to overcome with evangelical Christians … but McCain does have a 100 percent pro-life voting record in his congressional career, and that is meaningful to evangelicals,” said Matthew Wilson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, in a reference to McCain’s opposition to abortion rights.
Huckabee’s mix of social conservatism and economic populism has also struck a chord. McCain’s stand on some of those issues could help him.
“McCain has moral values that some of us in the evangelical center and left find appealing,” said David Gushee, a professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University in Atlanta.
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3 Comments so far...
Cavetrollhead Says:
1 February 2008 at 11:16 pm.
I brief reminder of recent history.
Does anybody remember in 2004, when McCain was the democrats’ favorite republican, that McCain said he would consider an offer to become Kerry’s running mate?
I had trouble sourcing this one but it is still out there. Go here and search the page for the text “consider an offer from Kerry to be his running mate” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4555261/
I am sure there are better sources out there.
Matt Says:
1 February 2008 at 11:19 pm.
I can’t remember which one but either Sean or Mark Levin talked about this today and had quotes on it. It is hard to believe that if every Republican knew about this he would still get any votes. Maybe people just don’t care or don’t believe the evidence. I can’t figure out what is wrong with people.
Cavetrollhead Says:
2 February 2008 at 3:45 pm.
Ye-haaaw ww for Romney!!! Conservative Talk Show Host Lars Larson endorses Mitt Romney!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5op8PIq62Ao
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