No one knows what will happen January 25, 2008
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With three different winners now — Romney, McCain and Huckabee — of the earliest states, no one has any idea what will happen. McCain looks like the frontrunner now, winning the national polls an ahead in the next important state, Florida.
February 5 will determine the rest of the race. I sincerely hope that either Giuliani becomes viable again in Florida or Huckabee gets a bump on Super Tuesday. I could vote for any of the Republicans over any of the Democrats (though holding my nose for Romney and knowing that McCain can’t compete if he gets the nomination), but I don’t think anyone — save Giuliani or Huckabee — can win.
Here’s the reason:
McCain is old. That’s not a mean thing, it’s a true thing. And set against either of the Democrats, they won’t hold the age card off the table as the Republicans mostly have done. In addition, McCain is wonderful on foreign policy but hardly a Republican domestically (John Kerry asked McCain to be his running mate just a few years ago and the Mac’s signature achievement is simply liberal).
Romney is a scumbag. That’s said partly (but only partly) in jest. The man will say anything to get elected, and though his issue, the economy, is coming to the forefront, he isn’t viewed as trustworthy by anyone with a working mind. See also: any position he held four years ago vs. his current ones. That isn’t a talking point and it’s not just because of abortion, the one issue for which I can understand his switch; it’s based on just about everything he’s ever stood for (albeit briefly). And the Democrats won’t be afraid to call him a flip-flopper, the death toll for a national campaign since it’s so easily demonstrable.
McCain, Huckabee Worst Picks for Evangelicals
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 4 /Christian Newswire/ — The Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), in his capacity as a private citizen, today released this statement regarding tomorrow’s primary votes:
“I have spent the last 33 years as an active evangelical Christian. I am an ordained evangelical minister. I graduated from an evangelical Bible college and an evangelical seminary. I serve on the board of America’s oldest association of evangelical church leaders, and I head one of the most active evangelical ministries in Washington, DC.
“I have thought long and hard about the upcoming elections. I have prayed earnestly about them, and I have met many of the candidates and their top campaign people and I have studied their platforms and policy proposals.
“After careful and prayerful consideration, I have concluded that an evangelical vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for John McCain, and a vote for John McCain will be a disaster for this country.
“Let me explain. It’s clear to me and many others that Mike Huckabee is not broadening his appeal enough to win the primary. Therefore, his only contribution is to siphon off votes, giving McCain a clear path to victory. It’s very possible Huckabee is being positioned to be John McCain’s pick for vice president. In order to win, McCain needs Mike Huckabee and the evangelical votes he brings with him. The specter of a McCain-Huckabee ticket is bad for evangelicals.
“McCain is proud of his signature accomplishment, the McCain-Feingold law co-authored with liberal Democrat senator Russ Feingold. McCain-Feingold severely limits the First Amendment rights of evangelicals. McCain will use this law as the litmus test for his Supreme Court nominees. If a judge is likely to be against McCain’s unconstitutional law, McCain will not nominate him. Make no mistake about it, constitutional originalist judges will be against McCain-Feingold. These same judges will also be pro-life, for traditional marriage and for the public acknowledgment of God.
“Only liberal judges will support McCain-Feingold. They will also be pro-abortion, anti-traditional marriage and against the public acknowledgement of God. So, with a McCain-Huckabee administration, or with a McCain-anyone administration, we get the wrong judges. Most distressing, we get the wrong justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.”Evangelicals must consider both the stakes and the realities in this election. Mike Huckabee’s continuation only helps John McCain. The consequences are just too great to take this risk. A McCain victory will hurt this country because of the long-term damage of the wrong judges and justices. Worse, McCain’s court legacy will continue to hurt our children and our grandchildren, perhaps even our great grandchildren.
“Evangelicals must choose wisely from among candidates other than Mike Huckabee and John McCain as they vote tomorrow, February 5.
“For identification purposes only, the Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK) is president of Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital, chairman of the Committee on Church and Society for the Evangelical Church Alliance and co-founder of the annual National Memorial for the Pre-born and their Mothers and Fathers, the only pro-life worship service held inside the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington, DC.
It’s time to Rally to Romney so we can block McCain!
Or we could — thought of all thoughts — vote for who we’d like to win. Of course, that might be old fashioned of me, but somehow I feel like that’s the goal in voting. Let’s not vote for the person we THINK might be the best candidate in another eight months (because, really, we don’t know), and let’s not vote for one candidate to block another.
And if someone will explain why they’d like to rally to Romney to me, that would be great. He’s a bit more conservative than McCain, but (in my view at the least), he’s a bit less trustworthy (see any debate, than read FactCheck.org afterwards to verify). The man lies like there’s no tomorrow.
Please read:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/02/10/politics/fromtheroad/entry3813882.shtml
TORA! TORA! TORA!