Romney’s Michigan Win Slows McCain’s Momentum
This CNN exit poll for the Michigan Primary looks a lot like the New Hampshire one. McCain wins the Democrats and Independents. Mitt Romney wins the Republicans by a pretty comfortable margin. So the million dollar question is how will McCain compete in the closed primaries when he can’t count on crossover votes?
Tonight’s Romney win is a serious blow to McCain. By slowing his momentum, McCain no longer looks like the inevitable nominee. And without that forgone conclusion feeling, I have no idea how John McCain woos Republicans who don’t appear to be too fond of him yet. On the other hand, Romney is sitting pretty if he continues to hold serve with Republican voters.
The media punched McCain’s ticket to the nomination and wrote Romney’s epitaph way too early.
Archived in: Democrats, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Presidential Politics, Republican Primary, RepublicansJanuary 15, 2008 at 10:40 pm | Trackback
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“Leading” the campaign can be evaluated on two levels, the base level being polls.
More important is what is happening between each candidate and the blemish perfect TV screens right in our own livingrooms, as long as we keep our eyes and ears open.
Twice now Governor Romney has led the pack’s direction by his own initiative. The first was his Faith Speech. He did not have to present it to the nation but he did, clearly, and in my opinion he correctly defined the separation of a man’s religion and said man’s Executive Office.
Yesterday the Governor led with his natural understanding of the connection between a national economy and the jobs which provide voters self-sustenance. Limiting the will of Americans is just plain stupid, and a mistake Governor Romney will not make.