Politics – Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial "Super Tuesday" nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
When the rubber hits the road and it is discovered that Rommney is the only candidate that will not give America to Mexico, he will win it all. That is why he leads in California, Mexico's first prize.
A democrat that knew the Giants would win!!
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, led McCain 40 percent to 32 percent in California, where the margin of error was 3.3 percentage points. A win in California, the most populous state, could help puncture McCain's growing momentum in the Republican nomination fight.
McCain won the last two contests, in South Carolina and Florida, to seize the front-runner's slot in a hard-fought Republican race despite qualms among some conservatives about his past views on taxes, immigration and campaign finance.
"Romney is widening his lead in California and has a really big advantage with conservatives," Zogby said. "Romney winning California would give some Republicans pause when they look at McCain as the potential nominee."
As awful as it is, only Mormons will put a Mormon in the White House. And seeing as how only Utah is owned by the Mormons these days in the US, it doesn't seem too likely.
Anyone who believes that a man read his new sacred scripture out of a hat containing the secret gold plates with the aid of a secret, magical translation stone (and couldn't get it right a second time when he was challenged to retranslate) deserves exactly what they get in this life and the afterlife.
Sorry, Dionys, but you are WRONG!
As a fundamentalist Christian, I will WILLINGLY vote for Mitt tomorrow in the CA Primary, and every conservative I know, and I know a lot of 'em, will do the same. That includes almost all of my Christian conservative friends, as well; I know a few who won't vote for him because of his Mormonism, but they are a small minority.
I think a vote for Mitt is the appropriate choice in accordance with God's will, since it is clearly stated in Romans 13:4 that the ultimate purpose of earthly rulers is to reward those who do good and punish evildoers, in other words, to seek justice, and in my judgement, Mitt Romney is best suited to work towards this purpose.
The fact that he is not a Christian means nothing in this circumstance, since it is clear from the record of the Bible itself that God has often used non-believers to acheive His ends. I would especially note the key roles played by the Persian zoroastrian Xerxes, and the Roman pagan Festus.
The problem for Romney is that the states he is leading in are splitting the delegates. The ones McCain is leading in are winner take all. I'm pulling for Romney.
I'm pulling for Hillary also since I believe the Republicans have a better chance with her on the ticket.
Ditto.
Hillary, she's got what it takes to take what you got.
we can't afford her ideas, by her own admission.
oh, and I'm rooting for the conservative, Go Mitt!
How can any American still embrace the republican party?
Are you still expecting the same choices to net different results?
I'm sorry, I know I said I would stay away from AlphaGnosis stories after my experience on this thread ---
http://religion.propeller.com/story/2008/02/03/...
But I had to say something here.
ProudBlueTexan, this was one of the funniest comments I've read so far!!
You really encapsulated my feelings exactly. Doing the same thing expecting different results!!! It's the very definition of insanity, isn't it?!
And just so you Republicans don't feel I'm attacking you, (I've come to realize how sensitive you are), I feel the same way about the Democrats!
The only candidates who would have been different choices offering different results are Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and John Edwards.
Well, Tancredo would have shaken things up too, but in a scary way, I'm sure.
Is there a way to give multiple Positives?
LOL!
McCain is also having a difficult time in Arizona. If he loses Arizona, his home state, and California he will lose all the border states. He should not have been so arrogant after a couple little wins. It helps his opponents to have Mark Levin, and Rush ucovering factors in McCains background, but someone has to do it, and it won't be the MSM.
McCain could not win in Nevada, his neighboring SouthWest state...same border problems, same population, hopefully, same result.
McCain's new answer on illegal aliens? "I am from a border state. I know about border problems." Yeah, but Arizona just passed a bill making it so that any business who hires an illegal alien (with or without knowledge) loses its business license. McCain's amnesty plan would never pass the state legislature in his home state.
Arizona--Save us from the old monster!
California knows that Mitt Romney can fix our economic mess--John McCain's answer for his economic problem was to dump his wife and kids and marry someone rich enough to give him a job...
Romney is presidential. Can you imagine a race between obama and McCAin? Old, crotchety, pessimist versus young, him (socialist) optimist? Old mean uncle loses every time--Bob ?Dole was just old, funny, but old and he lost big time...
Do we want 1996? No freeeking way!
I agree that IF McCain loses CA and his home state, he will be toast.
About McCain's background, it's not like it's a big secret, he has been a Senator who has been in the spotlight for over a decade, many of the bills that he supported that poeple like Rush call him a traitor over, have his name attached to them. Rush isn't telling the public anything they don't already know.
I think what you and people like Rush fail to accept, is that even with his already known record, there is a sizable portion of your party who not only support McCain, but also his ideals.
McCain is perhaps the most arrogant candidate in the race. Did you see him during the GOP debate when Ron Paul, or hell, any of the other candidates were speaking? He had this horrible smirk on his face, like they were all fools for running against the great McCain. I think running against candidates who will probably beat you isn't foolish, its brave. Paul is very brave to stay in the race even knowing he probably won't win. The least that McCain could do was not smirk while Paul spoke. Or the other two candidates either. I personally thought that Paul made a few good points and he tends to in each debate.
Hee hee, keep going Obama!!!
Obama '08! Or Theodore Roosevelt! Or Romney! I could live with any of them!
Can you name of thing that Obama has actually accomplished in his political career?
Can you name what Lincoln accomplished before 1858, politically speaking? Tell me how much experience Theodore Roosevelt had before 1901? I'll help you with the last one. New York State Legislator, Assistant Sec of Navy, Head of New York Police Commission and Governor of New York for about a year. A bit more then Obama but still woefully "inexperienced". The fact is that experience really is not the end all be all of yardsticks for a President. We've had good ones who had none and bad ones who had none.
Anyway if you must know I support Romney before any of these other jokers. Obama is my number two choice and is mainly there because I find McCain to be a pretentious jerk and Paul would work if I thought Congress could provide a half decent check to a President. Obama is better then Hillary and McCain and thats not saying much for him. I see something in him as a symbol and thats about it most of the time.
Quote from a reporter who traveled with the Obama campaign:
"Once you've heard his speech, you've heard basically everything he has to say. He talks in almost no specifics, ever. He rarely takes questions. He doesn't address detailed voter concerns about things like the fallout from the housing bubble or global terrorism. Someone wrote a few weeks ago--I don't know whether or not this was intended to be arch--that Obama is campaigning "on a platform of hope and change." It's funny, but it's also true. That's his whole pitch. Again, it's fine so far as it goes, but it strikes me that if he's going to progress and build on his support, he needs a second act".
Barack Obama will probably win California. If that does happen, he will likely have the momentum to win the nomination and then the White House. But I don't think this will be a cakewalk. The fight for the nomination is likely to carry all the way to the convention floor.
Because of the winner-take-all delegate count adopted by the Republican Party, John McCain will likely be the nominee of their party, just by affect of sheer numbers. Mitt Romney has an uphill climb. Even if he were to get the nomination in the end, he would most certainly lose the election because his record in Massachusetts is not consistent with the platform he is running on...and - right or wrong - the perception many evangelicals have of the Mormon religion may cause many of that part of the GOP base to stay home (without that part of the base, the Republicans cannot win the general election).
This is the most exciting political year I can ever remember! I am having a blast watching it all unfold!
Obviously you were not around politically in 1960. That was an exceiting time and this year is shaping up to be a similar season. That was the last time control passed to the newer younger generation, who are of course now the old folks almost 50 years later.
We are seeing another new generation make its claim to political control. And yes for those who were not there Obama does invoke many memories of Kennedy for those who lived through the campign that year. BTW I was a Kennedy worker though in 1960 at 18 I was not yet old enough to vote.
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Obama, an Illinois senator, and Clinton, a New York senator, have waged a bitter duel for the Democratic presidential nomination, competing for votes from coast to coast after splitting the first four significant contests.
"The momentum is with Obama," said pollster John Zogby. "If this trend continues it could be a very big night for him."
"In the Republican race, Arizona Sen. John McCain solidified his double-digit leads over Mitt Romney in New York and New Jersey, but Romney expanded his lead in California, the biggest prize on "Super Tuesday."