Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

Dan Maloy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:09:18 GMT

Andrew Romano wrote: "What's clear from the results is that, despite his advantages, Romney was unable to absorb enough Southern conservatives into his coalition for a majority".

Ah, actually Andrew, Romney DID HAVE a majority BEFORE McCain's childish henchmen decided to trade their integrity for votes for Huckabee; Romney's 41% to Huckabee's 33% to McCain's whopping 15% in the first round. You must be learning that special "mainstream media math", Andrew, but to the rest of the universe that IS a majority. True, not 51%, but still a "majority".

McCain's followers pathetically exhibited nothing more than a 7th grade bully's behavior today: "Hey, I hate Romney and you hate Romney and he's beating us both so let's gang up on him because he's making us both look bad." I don't know what genius came up with WV's 51%, 2-round caucus format but it sure isn't representative of what the "majority" of the people of West Virginia wanted.

Hey America, THIS is the "integrity" that MCcain touts so often? If McCain had any integrity he'd insist his victories be won fair and square or not at all. Now THAT would be integrity.

America is tolerant of many things but we all H-A-T-E bullies!

Keep swinging, Mitt!!!

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

craigcyr — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:21:40 GMT

Dan - Posted from dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=plurality

plu·ral·i·ty

–noun, plural -ties. 1. the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).

ma·jor·i·ty

–noun, plural -ties. 1. the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.

The meaning of words are important. In the first vote, Romney had a plurality, not a majority. Maority means larger than half.

I don't have a dog in this fight...I'm a Democrat. Certainly an interesting maneuver by Republicans opposed to Romney's candidacy. Who would of thunk it?

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

unfrgvn82 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:26:07 GMT

Hey Dan Maloy:

Get a dictionary. A majority is greater than 50%. Anything less is a plurality. Romney's initial 41% plurality does not, by any means, entitle him to a majority on the next vote.

The whole point of a caucus is to have a group of people collaborate to come to a majority vote. Just because more people picked Huckabee, be it their first choice or not, does not mean they came to their decision due to a lack of integrity.

The reason Romeny will lose this election is because of people like you who do not understand that "my way or the highway" mentality no longer flies in today's America. West Virgina's deligates were awarded according to the rules of the game-- you may not like it, but it's hardly unfair or unsquare.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

midnight05 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:27:07 GMT

Great news. I hope Romney flops on his face taking Rush and the right-wing chorus with him. While I think Huckabee would be a disaster, he is at least a human disaster and not a shape shifting cyborg out of a Terminator movie.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

MK in Arizona — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:27:14 GMT

Give me a break! You know full well that Romney won the first round and only by combining Huckabee and Mccains votes was Huckabee able to pull it off. Romney has had to, in a sense, run a campaign of one against two. Huckabee and Mccain are like two bullies on a playground that know they can’t win on their own so they play dirty tricks together to try and take the stronger candidate, Mitt Romney, down. The people of this country are taking notice and will not stand for these kind of low brow tactics and it will be the undoing of both McCain and Huckabee in the end.

Vote for Mitt Romney so that we can have a man of class and integrity running the White House!

It may not have been the best way for Romney to start his day but by the end of the day he will still have his integrity!

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

MCut — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:27:19 GMT

Andrew, you are a genuine idiot and obvious McCain/Huckabee supporter of the first order. How can you spin what happened today into a "fair fight?"

I am truly ashamed of our voting process today. This is not the America I grew up in - I cannot adequately express in words the disdain I have for the two most dishonest politicians in the race right now - and they're not even Democrats!!!!!!!!!! John McCain and Mike Huckabee should be embarrassed at their actions - war hero and preacher? I cringe for the military and the Baptists everywhere.

I will now certainly cast my vote for Barack Obama and I am a life-long Republican. I simply will NOT vote for a dishonest man, even if his policies are more similar than Barack's - at least Obama has run a good, clean campaign.

MCCAIN AND HUCKABEE - YOU SIMPLY SUCK!!! Andrew, you're a notch below them.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

ara9557 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:33:27 GMT

Mr Maloy,

Grow up son. This is politics and I amazed that you are surprised. I am sorry you have put your hopes and dreams on a phoney. Keep going JM.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

mbeesley — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:45:30 GMT

The funny think is how some of the mainstream media is trying to report this as simply a Huckabee win, which it clearly was not. It was a McCain/Huckabee win. Neither could win on their own, nor could Romney, so someone had to join forces. Unfortunately for Romney, bigotry is stronger than political ideology. Hence, the McCain/Huckabee marriage. If that ain't gay, I don't know what is!!!

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

scraigwoody — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:49:34 GMT

The “Massachusetts Mormon”?!? Are you kidding me? Shame on you, Mr. Romano! What kind of journalist are you? Do you refer to Obama as the “Illinois Black Man”? Is Huckabee the “Arkansas Baptist”? Why do some in the media continue to insert race, gender and religion into this race? It is contrary to what this country is all about (or at least what it is supposed to be about).

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

Rsonist — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:57:41 GMT

God Bless West Virginia!

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

lsaun — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:08:40 GMT

At first I liked the comments by MCUT until they said they were voting for Obama. That person must be black because my friend lives in Chicago and knows the exact radical church that Obama attends and the preacher calls Caucasians "white devils." Obviously Obama agrees or he would go elsewhere. I can't believe that Americans can't identify a scam when they see it--McCain and Huckabee teaming up to take down Romney just because what? He's Mormon? He is Chritian as are Huckabee and McCain or so they say--actions speak louder than words guys. All Christians should be pulling together to save America,our Christian Nation, from people like Hillary, Obama, and the two Republican bullies who talk through both sides of their mouth.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

John Robinson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:15:58 GMT

Dear scraigwoody,

There seems to be so much inconsistency in the Romney camp about what is fair to call people and what isn't, what is far to say about people and what isn't. Mr. Huckabee is daily been referred to as the "former Baptist minister" so quit whining as Romney accused Huckabee of. Mr. Romney is indeed from Massachusetts and he is a mormon. Neither fact makes him more or less qualified to be president. It is his inability to connect with enough voters that is his problem. My suggestion is Mitt needs to hold himself to the same standards he tries to hold others to and learn to talk straight and fight fair.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

doups3 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:43:53 GMT

Huckabee is either really naive or he is just plain evil. The guy doesn't have a chance, but he keeps running. He didn't West Virginia, McCain won West Virgina because Romney lost. I'm moving to Mexico where at least the government is OPENLY CORRUPT.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

BEC69 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:03:23 GMT

Per FoxNews:

"But before Huckabee’s surprising turnaround in the second round, McCain delegates told FOX News they had been instructed by the campaign to throw their support to Huckabee. McCain delegate John Vuolo said former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer approached him and other McCain supporters at the convention and told them he had spoken to McCain, and that the best thing to do was to support Huckabee in the hope that Huckabee could beat Romney in this winner-take-all state."

Per Andrew: "The West Virginia results represent a victory of passion over organization, and it's hard to read them as anything but a repudiation of the Massachusetts Mormon's efforts to rally anti-McCain conservatives around his candidacy."

Nice try, Andrew. Did you write this yourself, or did Newsweek's brass dictate it as part of tonight's overall spin campaign?

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

TBLewis — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:30:27 GMT

McCain cheated in W.V., but hey...the party's moving left. Will the GOP embrace centrists or be content with losing the next few elections? This article: http://www.scragged.com/articles/romneys-west-virginia-wounds-demonstrate-bigger-issue-for-gop.aspx really exposes the bigger GOP issue with Romney. The GOP doesn't know who it is.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

vegetablegardener — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:06:46 GMT

McCaiin, Bob Dole, and Rudy NO WIFE LEFT UNDUMPED

McCain dumped his first wife after her traffic accident for a young, hot, and very, very rich heiress to fund his entry into politics.

Bob Dole did the same thing, dumped his first wife who nursed him back to health after the war, then dumped her for a poltical superstar.

John Kerry did the identical thing, dumped his mentally disturbed wife who would not look good on the campaign trail, for the heiress to the Heinz Ketchup empire

Rudy is another wife dumper although he didn't do it for political gain like McCain and Dole.

re: Why Huckabee's West Virginia Win Is Bad News for Romney

cindy258 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:39:24 GMT

Huckabee's appeal is obvious. He's very well spoken, has a great sense of humor, and makes a good appearance in front of a crowd. I also like the fact that he's a self-made man who got to where he is through his own hard work and ability.

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