McCain Raises $7 Million in January
Written by Sam on January 24th, 2008 
WASHINGTON — John McCain, riding high off victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina, has raised more than $7 million this month, collecting in three weeks more than he took in during a three-month period last year.
Florida and Super Tuesday could throw a wrench into this whole race, but I have to tell you, I am getting the feeling we are looking at our nominee.
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Heaven help help us.
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He has the momentum at the moment. I think we are seeing an interesting coalition forming around this guy.
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I think Mitt is emerging as the anti-McCain candidate, and it’s coming down to a showdown between him and the Arizona Senator.
Unless Giuliani can pull off a miracle, which I think is not going to happen.
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The most interesting aspect to everything is how the establishment of the GOP and the media are both saying “look at the polls…McCain is most electable”….what they don’t see is that the only way the GOP wins in states like MO, MN, WI, IA, OH, WV is for conservative turnout to be high….McCain will not turnout conservatives…Romney will…McCain does better in blue states…but not well enough to actually carry them. McCain at the top will mean a Hillary landslide in the end…Romney will beat her by at least 2 points.
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I think McCain would beat Hillary, and here’s why: he’s a liberal Republican, right? Well, there are plenty of liberals who may be liberal but can’t stand the Clintons. So they’d happily vote for John McCain, who’s all about big-government and opposing “tax cuts for the rich.” They could vote for him easily over Hillary. Obama, not so sure about.
Even if many conservatives stay home, the interesting aspect of a McCain-Clinton race is that I believe plenty of liberals wouldn’t lose any sleep over voting for Sen. McCain.
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As a liberal:
Hillary Clinton has been irritating me lately: idiotic nonsense like ARM freezes, “moratorium” on foreclosures and savings bonds for all children. If the nominee were McCain, I would strongly consider voting for him.
1. Many of those of us who are “liberals” but economically reasonable are just as concerned as you guys about idiotic wasteful spending and deficits; we may have fundamentally different philosophies on the role of the government, but failed programs and waste are self-evident and there is certainly nobody stronger than McCain on the deficit and wasteful spending.
2. His social views are palatable. “Liberals” are not as monolithic on abortion as people would have you believe. I myself am probably pro-choice, but with very serious reservations.
3. On the war, McCain is absolutely right that the two choices are to leave immediately or else go into overdrive to win once and for all. My personal preference would be to leave, but anything in between is completely unacceptable because it involves Americans’ continuing to get killed with no ultimate end-goal.
4. McCain’s war record is one of incredible distinction and honor, staying as a POW for 4.5 years beyond when he had to. This alone is not sufficient basis to vote for someone, but I think it’s fair to consider on the margin. If anything, it gives him more credibility on foriegn policy matters.
I don’t know how representative I am of Democrats, but McCain is the only one of your nominees I would consider voting for.
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I agree that many would…but they would be in blue states primarily…and so the margins would be closer than say in 2004 in those states…but not close enough to actually win them with possible exceptions in places like NH and OR. In the meantime, in the close red states where massive Bush voter turnout the base efforts were so successful last time; McCain would not be able to hold them…states like IA, OH, MO, AR….and so in the end, McCain will lose in a landslide.
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If McCain is nominated I think the odds are that he will win the presidency.
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If McCain is the nominee, he will win it all. Some conservatives will kick and scream about it, but that will only help McCain among independents and liberals. I am also far from convinced that so many conservatives would revolt against McCain since he almost consistently has the highest favorable rating of any candidate period. The die hard activist types might not care for him, but I think average Americans definitely like him to a certain extent.
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If John McCain is nominated, I will sit this election out and send a message to the Republican Party that I am tired of all these Republicans who claim to be conservative but are NOT. I want my Republicans running for office to say no to out of control spending; No to earmarks only used to buy votes; No to all the free handouts for illegals; No to higher taxes; No to more left-wing nut jobs in congress who want to take money from me and give it to some lazy slob. When our politicians discovered they could spend money we do not have, by putting it on the nation’s credit card, that started a lot of problems. WE MUST STOP SPENDING ON CRAP WE DO NOT NEED!!!!!!
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JT, don’t sit the election out. At the very minimum vote for a third party candidate. If everyone who was disenfranchised by the two major parties would do that instead of sitting at home or voting for the lesser of two evils, these third party people would easily win elections and that would send a REAL message to the Republicans and the Democrats.
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I have to say JT seems to be misinformed about McCain. I do not think McCain is perfect, but nobody can call him a reckless spender. His record is the opposite.
The right gave GW Bush a far easier ride in 2000 than they are giving any candidate today.
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I am so sick of people sitting out elections (or threatening to) in order to send a “message.”
Guess what, close to 50% of the population sits out of elections. So good luck with that strategy.
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Exactly Chris, it makes no sense.
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Look at the border mess that giving Bush a pass has caused…I’m with JT….first election ever I will not vote for the Republican nominee.
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Oh I am not impressed by the anti-immigration crowd since their electoral performance in this primary can be called nothing other than outright pathetic.