Tuesday, January 29, 2008

JOHN MCCAIN, MITT ROMNEY

Mazel Tov, John McCain; This Is a Big Win

AP and Fox News call Florida for McCain.

A close second place isn't any reason for Mitt Romney to hang his head in shame over.

But here's where it really hurts. We've had three major McCain-Romney showdowns - New Hampshire, Michigan, and now Florida. McCain won in New Hampshire, but hey, he won there in 2000, it was home turf for him. Romney won Michigan, but hey, it was a state where his dad is fondly remembered. Now, on pretty much neutral turf, with a diverse set of key demographics, with a lot of voters, a lot of population centers, a lot of driving issues... McCain comes out on top.

And Romney had an 8-to-1 advantage in television advertising.

If the story of Giuliani is endorsing McCain is true, you figure New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut slip into the McCain pile next Tuesday.

Romney's chances aren't dead, but his path ahead is rocky and difficult.

01/29 09:15 PMShare