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- McCain Hoping for Intense Democratic Focus
- McCain wants nothing more right now than for the media to turn its focus entirely to the Democratic race. This will have, he theorizes, the effect of eliminating Huckabee as a story and shifting conservatives' focus to the Democrats.
- This shift of focus would take conservative discontent with McCain's candidacy off the front page, and more importantly, Hillary and Obama will take center stage for the next month or two at least. This focus, McCain is betting, will bring the conservatives to his side. McCain expects conservative dislike for Hillary and Obama, and particularly Hillary, to overshadow any Republican disunity.
- As long as Huckabee remains a story this shift in focus cannot occur. McCain hopes to sweep today's primaries by a sufficient margin to end the Huckabee story. If Huckabee finishes stronger than expected today McCain will have to wait for the shift to occur.
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- Whites to be minority in US by 2050: study
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- Bride dies during marriage's first dance
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- McCain Plays Nice With Huckabee
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- Sarkozy 'never sent Cecelia text'
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- Hillary Clinton: It was not a shakeup
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- As Writers Strike Ends, What's Coming Back When
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- Video: Hockey Player's Throat Slashed
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- Agent: Zednik had lifesaving surgery
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- Study: Artificial Sweeteners Increase Weight Gain Odds
- I'm skeptical.
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- British Bishop's Islamic Idiocy
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- Winning Afghanistan
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- Howard Dean's worst nightmare: Elites decide
- 796 Insiders May Hold Democrats' Key
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- French Women Don't Get Fat and Do Get Lucky
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- William Kristol: Obama’s Path to Victory
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- Best Friends Have Babies Weeks Apart With Same Deadly Illness
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- Huckabee Challenges Washington Caucus Results
- Election called before all the votes counted . . .
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- Clinton replaces campaign manager
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- Long list before short list for veep
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- New York Times Op-Ed Slams Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham
- The Republican Reformation
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- Huckabee does not need 83%, only 61%
- A common fallacy is that Huckabee needs 83% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination. He only needs 61% of the remaining delegates, or more accurately, he and Ron Paul need 61% of the remaining delegates, to deny McCain the 1191 delegates needed for nomination and throw the nomination to a brokered convention. At that point he could win the nomination at the convention, as could Romney or McCain.
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- Video: Huckabee: "Would I support McCain?"
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- A Parting Gift for Romney
- CPAC gives Romney the nod despite withdrawal.
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- Hillary Responds to "Pimp"-gate
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- Obama or Clinton: Will Party Elite or Voters Decide?
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- Super Saturday
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- Chelsea Remark Earns MSNBC Correspondent A Suspension
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- A Crash Course In God and Politics
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- The Running-Mate Roundup
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- Conservative Rabbis to Vote on Resolution Criticizing Pope’s Revision of Prayer
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- Friends Say Drugs Played Only Bit Part for Obama
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- Romney Bid Was a Crucible for Mormons
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- Yahoo to reject Microsoft bid: source
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- Conventional Wisdom Derails Again
- The Washington conventional wisdom, guided largely by Hillary and her allies in the the media and the Democratic Party, has concluded that Hillary demonstrates more ability to win by taking the blue states such as California and New York. Hillary is winning in the traditionally Democratic states while Obama has picked up states like North Dakota and Idaho. He also leads in traditionally Republican Virginia.
- One would have a difficult time, however, explaining why winning the states any Democrat will win in the general election amounts to greater electability than winning in Republican states. One should logically conclude the opposite.
- Virginia usually votes for a Republican in the general election, at least for the presidency. But the state has shifted some towards Democrats, seen most recently in the election of Senator Webb. One can imagine a Democrat winning there, but probably only if Obama wins the Democratic nomination.
- Hillary will drive more Republicans to the polls in a state like Virginia where Obama will not. Either Clinton or Obama will win the more liberal northeastern part of the state big, but the difference will come in the size of Republican turnout.
- The conventional wisdom, that winning Democratic strongholds represents greater electability in the general election, simply defies logic. Obama would threaten in states like Virginia, Ohio and Missouri where Clinton probably would not.
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