After winning the primary in North Carolina, Obama appears to be November's candidate, while New York Senator Hillary Clinton is using her narrow margin of victory in Indiana to justify continuing her fight. This comes as Mrs. Clinton has cancelled all public appearances for today to consider her options. Add to that the fact that a congressional source has told the Drudge Report that Hillary's also having trouble convincing uncommitted superdelegates even to meet with her.
While Democrats have this to mull over this Wednesday, there are murmurs on the Republican side about the lack of faith in their presumptive candidate, Arizona Senator John McCain. ABC News shows on their website that a quarter of all Republicans voting in the primaries (Indiana and North Carolina) yesterday voted against McCain. While Mike Huckabee was still a popular choice, it is important to note that his campaign is over for 08. However, Representative Ron Paul's campaign is still ongoing, despite media reports. Even though his chances are slim at best, his continued presence on the Republican battlefield is sending the message that Republicans aren't all satisfied with McCain, and if the Republicans want to see more red states in November, McCain is going to have to pay attention to the conservative voters. Even Paul's book sales are a testament to this.
For conservatives like me, the fact that Ron Paul still represents a substantial movement toward conservatism is invigorating. It's a shame we won't be able to vote for him as a Republican come the fall.
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Over the past three months...
Hillary has called Obama a plagiarist, a right-winger, a liar, a left-winger, an elitist, a snob and not white working class. She sold her soul to Richard Mellon Scaife, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. She played the race card, the gender card, the hick card and the gun card. She alienated the black community, the activist base, economists and about half the United States that “didn’t matter”. She ran ads featuring ominous 3am phone calls, the great depression and Osama bin Laden. She threatened to obliterate Iran and name dropped 9/11. She gulped beer, pumped gas and took shots of whiskey. She loaned herself $11 million dollars and racked-up an additional $10 million in debt. She offered her base an (at best) $30 gas tax holiday while simultaneously begging them for $50 donations.
And what does she have to show for it?
A 2 delegate loss.
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