Romney: Serious Discussions Tomorrow...

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by tropheus, Feb 5, 2008.

  1. tropheus

    tropheus 1,000+ Posts

    Friday schedule in doubt. Possible withdrawal looming after CA falls to McCain.
     
  2. washparkhorn

    washparkhorn 2,500+ Posts

    He is wasting his fortune by staying in.

    Huckabee, on the other hand, may stay in to keep McCain "honest" for the religious right.
     
  3. naijahorn

    naijahorn 250+ Posts

    The idea of Huckabee in the White House is nuts.
     
  4. PiGuy

    PiGuy 250+ Posts

    linky?
     
  5. sak

    sak 250+ Posts

    If Romney opts out, it is officially over. Huckabee has no chance. He might stay on, but McCain will win pretty much every remaining state on a 1-1 fight with Huckabee.
     
  6. tropheus

    tropheus 1,000+ Posts

    posted it as I heard it on CNN. Withdrawal may be a strong word, the campaign only mentioned serious discussions and friday schedule in doubt.
     
  7. HornsHornsHorns

    HornsHornsHorns 500+ Posts

    Huckabee is a nut. McCain will crush him though.
     
  8. washparkhorn

    washparkhorn 2,500+ Posts

    I heard it on MSNBC -

    Link The Link


     
  9. Super

    Super 500+ Posts

    Huck has no real reason to cash his chips yet. He's getting more bang for his campaign buck than any other candidate, by a long shot. He's been marginalized for the last 3 weeks and he still carried the south and held his own in several other places like Mizzou. Impressive by any standard.
     
  10. Horn69

    Horn69 2,500+ Posts

    So, do the Republicans really think McCain can win in November?

    Hook'em!!! [​IMG]
     
  11. brntorng

    brntorng 2,500+ Posts

    National polls show McCain easily defeating HRC or Obama, although it's obviously very early for any serious predictions.
     
  12. gsoda3

    gsoda3 250+ Posts


     
  13. sak

    sak 250+ Posts

    National polls doesn't show that. With the margin of error, the polls show McCain in a tie with Hillary (but leading) and actually losing to Obama. But Hillary is the nominee, I think she will win against McCain. The Clintons are formidable campaigners. If there is anybody in the democratic camp who could make some Rovean tactics work, it's them.
     
  14. BattleshipTexas

    BattleshipTexas 1,000+ Posts


     
  15. washparkhorn

    washparkhorn 2,500+ Posts


     
  16. Anastasis

    Anastasis 1,000+ Posts

    These are the "conservatives" the Republican party offers to the American people? Prepare yourself for an Obama presidency.
     
  17. Gone To Texas

    Gone To Texas 500+ Posts


     
  18. Tyler Durden

    Tyler Durden 500+ Posts

    On the radio last night, they said Romney wife told him to stop spending their personal money on the campaign. Last I hear, he had spent about $40 million of his own money.

    What is Rush going to do if Romney gets out?
     
  19. DCLonghorn8

    DCLonghorn8 250+ Posts

    "So, do the Republicans really think McCain can win in November? "

    Yes. Very possible.

    "What will Rush do..."

    The McCain haters will grouse for 2 months, then accept the inevitable. If the conservatives don't show in an organized way, the big soco groups will lose whatever cache they had with the party and lose their access in any GOP administration.

    Once it's down to general candidates, the dynamic completely shifts. The Cons will no longer be deciding between who they like least among the GOP, and facing the real possibilty of Obama or Hillary.

    They will come around.
     
  20. Wesser

    Wesser 1,000+ Posts

    I think Romney will get out. California loss was just too great, McCain took the whole state, Romney got virtually no traction. Had he done about even in CA, then he would have pressed on with his six wins last night.

    Huckabee came oh so close to actually keeping this race going. Had he pulled out Missouri (McCain win by 1% point) his delegate haul would have been better b/c Missouri was winner take all. Huckabee has polled well in Texas, which is the biggest winner take all state of the season. If Huck could have won Missouri and carried Texas that might have been enough to encourage Romney to stick around and fight McCain in Ohio in an effort to prevent McCain from getting enough delegates to win the nomination prior to the convention.

    However, the California sweep pretty well ended any path of preventing McCain from getting the delegates to win. He should do well in the Maryland, DC and Virginia contests next week. That will get him close to the magic number.

    There is no strategy left that gets either Romney or Huckabee enough delegates to win on their own. The only course left for either of them, and it seems highly unlikely that either will take it, is to try and keep McCain from getting enough delegates to win before the convention and steal the nomination from under him there. No one is willing to go nuclear like that.
     

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