Wednesday, January 09, 2008

JOHN MCCAIN, RON PAUL

Pro-War McCain Carried... Anti-War Voters?!?

Team McCain calls attention to a fascinating, almost bizarre statistic:

This is an amazing statistic: 
 
Exit polls found 64 percent of Tuesday's Republican voters still support the conflict — and Romney, whose criticism of Bush's management of the war has been muted, led McCain among those voters. But among the 34 percent who said they disapproved of the war, McCain had a wide advantage over the GOP field — even over Texas Rep. Ron Paul, the sole advocate of a U.S. withdrawal in the Republican field.
 
John McCain brings credibility to the issue of the war—so much that he, the most ardent advocate of the war—attracts the votes of those who oppose it.  That means something in the general election.  People who want to see the war through and bring along others who oppose it in order to unite America have a champion in John McCain.

They've got reason to brag, and I can only imagine the incredulous shock among Ron Paul's crowd this morning. How do you lose to McCain among antiwar voters? 

McCain has one of his conference calls with bloggers coming this afternoon. Stay tuned here for reports.

01/09 11:30 AMShare