King John?
John McCain won the South Carolina primary. As such, he is virtually ordained President, if the press' leaky salivary glands are any indication. While Romney picked up 17 delegates in Nevada, giving him 59 to date, it was McCain's 19 delegates from SC (giving him 33 in all, leaving him third behind the Huckster) that virtually assures his ascendancy to the Oval Office.
See, not since 1980 has a Republican candidate lost SC and won the nomination. 1980... 1980... Who was that? Any 28 year trend must have some validity to it. Let's see, that would be... uh, 3 contested primaries? I wouldn't hang my hat on that just yet.
Well, yeah, but it was important for McCain to nab a state in the South. That would show that Southerners like him. Interestingly, only about half the state's primary voters this time out were native South Carolinians. Naturally, the AP couldn't tell us where the others came from, but my sources indicate that many of those outsiders are transplanted Yanks. (Am I right, Bato?) I would be interested to see how their votes were divided. Thompson... Huckabee...
I'm not saying that McCain won't win the nomination. I'm just saying... let Republicans decide it. We don't need no stinking media creating momentum for him at the expense of the rest. I have faith that, for the most part, Repubs can make up their own minds. But whoever decided to let undeclared voters influence our nominating process had about as much sense as a bucket of water.
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Dang Yankees, always trying to get South Carolina to do things the yankee way.
Yankees probably played a part, but they tend to vote for the Democrats. You have to remember that there are a substantial number of veterans that vote Republican. Most veterans are from off (making them non-native), but decided to make SC their permanent home after getting out of the service.
These veterans don't vote like Yankees.
The vote in SC was split between the Upstate Huckabee crowd(identical to Arkansas), and the Lowcountry (much more libertarian, and where the veterans tend to live)McCain supporters. Evangelicals don't have a big presence in the Lowcountry, and quite frankly are the butt of jokes.
The McCain vote may have been just as much anti-Huckabee as it was pro-McCain.
Don't know why you would vote for McCain over Thompson, though.
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