The Obama/Hilary Spectacle – Good or Bad for McCain?

Now that Mike Huckabee is out of the race John McCain seems to be loosing his media attention. Many gave Mike Huckabee a hard time for staying in the race so long, but I think now it is clear that John McCain is going to have a difficult time in the next eight months.

It looks as if the Obama Hilary contest will either go to convention or will be decided in the later months of the election. The question is is this good or bad for Republicans. Obama and Hilary being at each others throats make both of them, especially Obama, more seasoned politicians. In my opinion Obama will be the Democratic nominee, and when that happens Hilary will have already gone at him with everything she’s got. This is a bad scenario for John McCain.

Republicans only chance is if the majority of Americans are for Lower taxes and a stable presence in Iraq, and that they know that this is where McCain and Obama differ. Republicans are going to have to make this an issues election and hope for the best. McCain does not have the core support that Obama has, so he will have to rely heavily on independents.

McCain can win, but only if we talk about issues and not about the ability to lead.

So It's McCain Huh?

So, John McCain is the Republican Nominee. Whether we like it or not John McCain is the Republican Nominee. I would like to first give credit to Governor Huckabee. Mike Huckabee really ran a wonderful campaign. He remained positive and went out with dignity. Good luck to him in the future. We now have John McCain against whoever the democrat is.

The media seems to be projecting that whoever the Democratic Nominee is; he/she will have the advantage. I don’t buy it. I understand that the Democrats are turning out to the polls in force, but the general election is always another animal.

A Republican Nominee in the general election must do two things, and many times they conflict. He must attract independents and turnout evangelicals. Bush relied more on the latter and McCain will most likely rely on the former. Although an evangelical VP could help.

A Democratic Nominee in the General election must also attract independents and must project hope. Now while Obama does project hope, I don’t think that any candidate will do a great job of attracting Independents. Many would disagree with me, but their records are simply too liberal. Americans do not want to be socialist. This is where Senator McCain has a clear advantage.

We have eight months to see how it plays out. We will see what happens.

A Hawk and a Dove

Mary Sammons

I am going to say it, get it out in the open. I am a Christian, a born again, evangelical Christian. So it might not surprise you to know that I support Mike Huckabee for President. I support even amidst all the pundits and even people I know saying he has no chance. But what might surprise you is to know why I support him. Of course I support him because he is pro-life and supports traditional marriage. But I also support him because of his ideas on immigration, the economy, border security and becoming energy independent.
The focus has been so much on his faith and issues like abortion and gay marriage that some fail to see because they cannot get past those two issues and the fact that he has been a pastor, a Southern Baptist one at that. He has a solid plan to help us become energy independent and he wants to eliminate the IRS and institute a Fair Tax. Frankly, anyone who wants to get rid of the IRS has my vote. Wouldn’t it be nice to keep more of what we make? Wouldn’t it be nice to get away from being so dependent on foreign oil and leave behind $3.00+ a gallon for gas? These plans would take time, as all things do but who else has such an aggressive approach? Huck also has an aggressive approach for securing our boarders and dealing with the illegal immigrant population. This is where McCain loses me and Huck wins me over. I admit to being much more liberal in my younger college days and thought Bill and Hillary were the best thing since sliced bread but in a post-911 world we don’t need to play around with national security. I thought Pat Buchannan was crazy to want to completely seal off the border years ago. Maybe he wasn’t so crazy after all. All the bleeding heart liberals who want to grant these folks amnesty and a path to citizenship fail to see they are just rewarding them for committing a crime. Huck wants to secure the border and get the illegals documented within 120 days or they are sent back.
No candidate is perfect and there are probably areas where I would disagree with Huck. I am for strict gun control, one way this conservative is still a leftie, and he is very pro second amendment. But when I look at his platform overall, he is a man I can get behind and be proud to see in the White House. This in a nutshell is why I heart Huckabee.