There was definitely an aura of sadness, breath holding and contemplation last night at the Reason Magazine party to watch the results come in from voting in the various states. Why? because people were pretty sure that McCain was going to come out ahead of Romney. Because even if Romney won a majority of races, a lot of conservatives are unsure of him...but Romney did not win a majority or races, McCain still came out ahead of the pack..and Huckabee did reasonably well. There was a feeling that the party had lost its way, or we are finding our way, we just don't know it yet. Or ultimately, a new party will develop and many things will change.
In fact, it looks like the two (Huckabee and McCain) are together to stop Romney and make the way for themselves....McCain this year will go to CPAC which starts tomorrow, although if you go over to the Omni Shoreham tonight you will see that there are already some parties happening...McCain plans to make a speech tomorrow and possibly according to a Human Events article use a video of Reagan which just seems gross and pompous to introduce himself.
Why? Well read this:
According to my source, McCain has prepared a video featuring President Ronald Reagan to make the introduction. If McCain uses this video, it is very likely to backfire badly. This is the group before which Ronald Reagan said in 1975 that, “A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.”.Very few of the 2008 CPAC crowd will see McCain as the successor to Reagan and Reagan’s principles. McCain has sacrificed conservatives’ fundamental beliefs throughout his Senate career. If McCain uses this introduction, the boos will be very loud
The fact of the matter is that most conservatives who really run the votes don't want McCain, except for the fact that he could beat Hillary. Hillary vs. McCain would just be a race based on celebrity of all things instead of cold facts. The two are both more moderate and very much apart of mainstream pop culture.
Despite Hillary's more moderate leanings than Barak Obama, she scares most people because she is 1/2 of the Clinton's. A couple that governed together when Bill was president and left a wake of chaos, anger, negativity, political turmoil and frankly dead bodies behind them...one could blame them for 9/11, one could blame them for voter apathy and disillusionment, one could blame them for wasting our time with Monica Lewinsky, or one could blame them for the fact that they seem to have learned nothing from their past mistakes.
Whatever the case if Hillary is the Democrats nominee-McCain with his temper and celebrity is the best one to beat her...it's just that he doesn't excite the conservatives anymore because of his past behavior, and that means low turn out on voting day, unless you speculate that many liberals will vote for McCain simply because they too have been hurt by Hillary and the Clinton machine therefore McCain doesn't need the conservative vote? Surely he must or he would not go to CPAC at all, except he blew it off last year and it hurt him later. The fact that his campaign came back from the dead is amazing. One must give him applause for that feat.
Anyways.
It makes one wonder what this race would look like if Romney who is not quitting the race simply kept going and became the nominee..against Barak Obama?? Obama did win the majority or races yesterday....hmm.