McCain, Clinton Win Florida Primaries
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pulled out a five point victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Florida GOP primary. While there is still no clear victor for the GOP nomination, this win was particularly important victory for McCain. After McCains victory in the South Carolina primary, pundits repeatedly made the point that McCain had yet to win a closed GOP primary. The New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries are open primaries allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot. Closed primaries, like Florida’s, only allow registered Republicans to vote.
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Florida GOP Primary Results |
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| John McCain |
36% |
| Mitt Romney |
31% |
| Rudy Giuliani |
15% |
| Mike Huckabee |
13% |
| Ron Paul |
3% |
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) managed to beat Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) with 50% of the Democrat vote compared to Obama’s 33%, with 14% going to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. This should not be viewed as a particular victory for Clinton. Given that the DNC forced candidates to pledge not to campaign in Florida after Clinton had already built an organization in the state gave her a huge advantage. Despite this huge advantage, Obama still pulled within 17 points, far less than his victory over Clinton in South Carolina.
cross posted at the Campaign Edge
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The Florida result demonstrates that the sheeple will vote along the lines that the media tells them to vote. the media blacked-out any information about Ron Paul, then shunned Mitt, while talking non-stop about Rudy and McCain.
To hear the national media, it was as if the race was only between Rudy and McCain. All of the coverage was personality profiles, with almost no discussions of substantive issues.
Ron Paul has the most comprehensive plan, yet the media never talks about HIS ideas. Perhaps if Ron Paul spoke in eight second sound bites, then the media could understand, or at least report his positions to the public.
I voted today via absentee ballot in Virginia for Ron Paul. I will support the eventual nominee, but for now, I am supporting the man who is the most qualified and who has pledged to return to the People our Constitutional government.
Perhaps more citizens will choose not to be media led sheep and they too, will vote for Ron Paul.