I don't profess to understand the presidential candidate announcement dance, but am getting the hang of it. First they announce they are thinking about running, then they announce they are setting up an exploratory committee, then they announce they are going to announce. I guess the last step is the actual announcement that they are definitely, for sure, not kidding, gonna run. That is what John McCain will be doing today in New Hampshire. Then they run, which is what they have been doing all along.
I have been tough on McCain in the past, but will be nice today and link to blogging on some recent polls showing McCain increasing his favorables and doing well in S.C. McCain has been strong on the war in Iraq, which certainly must be helping him among Republican primary voters. Actually, the more I look at what the Democrats have to offer, the more proud I am of the GOP slate of candidates.
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"As you know, I have bee... (Below threshold)1. Posted by DJ Drummond | April 25, 2007 12:40 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
"As you know, I have been collecting money and posturing like a streetside hooker for months now.
"It's time to make my intention clear.
"I, John McCain, hereby announce my intention to ...
"keep getting money and trying to get media facetime.
"Thank you"
- I'm John McCain, and I approve of my ego.
1. Posted by DJ Drummond | April 25, 2007 12:40 PM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 12:40
2. Posted by Jim Addison | April 25, 2007 1:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
McCain is actually making his formal "announcement" in five different states, including South Carolina, today. That's great, because we don't have newspapers or TV or the interweb thing to find out what happens elsewhere, ya know!
Not to pick on McCain for this, because it's a farce they all seem to enjoy putting on. The absolute all-time kicker of an "announcement announcement" had to be Chuck Hagel's ballyhooed presser in Lincoln, when he stirred up half the national press corps to fly out to Nebraska to hear Hagel announce . . . that he had nothing to announce one way or the other!
That one deserves some sort of prize.
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The poll showing McCain on top in SC is a Zogby two-nighter of 512 total respondents and a margin of error of ± 4.5%. It gives McCain 22% to Rudy's 19%, well within the margin, and declined support for both since the last "real" poll showed Rudy leading 26%-25%, also within the MOE.
Remember, though, that McCain won 42% of the SC GOP primary vote in 2000. Looks like his level of support has slipped by about half . . . actually, much of his vote last time was from crossover Democrats looking to give Bush a black eye (SC Democrats held caucuses to save money in 2000, since their nomination wasn't seriously contested, and we have no party registration). Those folks will probably be more interested in the Hillary-Obama-Edwards fight this cycle.
2. Posted by Jim Addison | April 25, 2007 1:31 PM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 13:31
3. Posted by Todd | April 25, 2007 3:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You also forget to announce a new poll from Ayers-McHenry that shows McCain leading Giuliani by 9 in SC.
McCain 24%
Giuliani 15%
Romney 10%
3. Posted by Todd | April 25, 2007 3:38 PM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 15:38