McCain.

[Bread and Circus]

Actually some of the biggest news of the last 24 hours is McCain's new clear frontrunner status and likelyhood of taking Super Tuesday and probably the nomination.

The next election will be won on the swing states likely via turnout and swing voters.

A lot of the election will depend on how Iraq and the "surge" is spun in the few months prior to November.

It's important to know what we are likely to be up against.

McCain will not be a pushover. Despite broad Dem support it will come down to swing states and swing voters as it nearly all does.

[NightWatcher]

1. and vote for the Dem, regardless of who it is

[krabigirl]

2. Does America really want another warmonger?

One who says there will be many more wars? I doubt it. If he tones that part down, then he's MUCH more of a threat.

[ingac70]

3. His problem is he can't tone it down...

Iraq is all he has. The economy is faltering and he has come out and said he “doesn’t really understand economics” .

[NeedleCast]

6. He Will

As soon as the Primaries are over, he will. He's got to get the 20%'ers on board right now, along with the religious right. Until the end of the primaries, McCain's message will pretty much have to be More War, More Jesus (despite the fact that the two should be mutually exclusive...)

If McCain wins the primary - and I think he will at this point - the war message will get toned down because the bottom line on the warmongers and the religious right will have become vote for McCain or don't vote. McCain will move more towards immigration and economy and anything else that becomes the topic de jour and try to keep away from war talk other than passing mentions that Republicans as a whole are "stronger on national security."

[Zorra]

10. Most of America is so ignorant it has no idea he is a warmonger. n/t

[ecstatic]

4. At this point, it's critical that all our voting machines are tested and secure

With the first woman or minority candidate, the repugs now have a chance to steal the election and blame it on the bigotry of Americans, and at the same time, implying that American voters wanted a war hero. BS. This McCain love is media manufactured. He did wow some progressives a few years back, but that's it. The repugs yesterday were forced to hold their nose and vote on electability based on MSM lies.

[Bread and Circus]

5. McCain has two things going for him, his national security experience and he is a true reformer

do not underestimate him with independents.

[Neshanic]

11. So true, and they will underestimate him to our collective peril.

[Sadie4629]

7. From what I understand

the Florida primary was an "open primary," meaning you didn't have to be a registered member of a party to vote in that party's primary. Since the Democratic primary didn't matter (no delegates at stake) I think that what happened was a lot of people who would have voted Democratic chose to vote McCain in the primary, maybe just to screw with Mitt, or whatever. In the Super Tuesday primaries that likely won't happen. Still think Romney is going to end up with the nomination.

[Bread and Circus]

8. Everytime I see a "snub" thread I'm bumping this...

we've got bigger things to worry about.

[VolcanoJen]

9. I'm absolutely ecstatic that it's McCain.

He's very easy to frame.

- Your jobs are never coming back!!!

- The illegal aliens are never leaving!!!

- My friends, we'll be in Iraq for 100 years, and we've got even more wars to look forward to!!!

[Bread and Circus]

12. ok... I will check those notes with President Gore and Kerry...

after they beat that village idiot George Bush.

The GE is not a national election. It will come down to a few swing states. Remember that.