McCain and Huckabee create the GOP's golden ticket
Michael Roberts
Issue date: 2/12/08 Section: Opinion
Could a 72-year-old man win the presidential election? Could a former pastor unite an entire country? With McCain's victories on Super Tuesday and the surprising end of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, McCain's recent "frontrunner" status would certainly make it seem that he is going to get the nomination from the Republican Party. I would even go so far as to speculate that Mike Huckabee may indeed end up being on the ticket in November as well, as his choice for vice-president.
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, is currently trailing by 450 delegates to McCain in the primaries and caucuses that have occurred, but he vows to continue campaigning.
In order to receive the Republican Party's nomination in September, he would need at least one more than 50 percent of the total delegates. This would mean that he would need, at the bare minimum, 1,191 delegates.
Huckabee, to give him the proper credit, did demonstrate somewhat of a strong showing on Super Tuesday. He ended the night being awarded wins in political contests in Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia.
However, no one suspects that he will be able to conjure up the delegates necessary to pass McCain and take the nomination for president. Still, these are two extremely strong candidates for president, each with strong bases of support for their national campaigns.
McCain is known for being able to work with the Democrats and for his experience in national security. He has a record of crossing party lines to achieve goals, (which unfortunately is an attribute he receives a lot of flak for from members of his own party), and for understanding the issues of foreign policy in today's world (from all his years in the Senate).
What makes McCain unique among the rest of the GOP's legislative representation is his ability to bring in more moderates to vote for him than any other Republican hopeful could have hoped to do.
As far as his stances on foreign policies, they could be best summed up in his own words regarding the War on Terror: "Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our president and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will."
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, is currently trailing by 450 delegates to McCain in the primaries and caucuses that have occurred, but he vows to continue campaigning.
In order to receive the Republican Party's nomination in September, he would need at least one more than 50 percent of the total delegates. This would mean that he would need, at the bare minimum, 1,191 delegates.
Huckabee, to give him the proper credit, did demonstrate somewhat of a strong showing on Super Tuesday. He ended the night being awarded wins in political contests in Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia.
However, no one suspects that he will be able to conjure up the delegates necessary to pass McCain and take the nomination for president. Still, these are two extremely strong candidates for president, each with strong bases of support for their national campaigns.
McCain is known for being able to work with the Democrats and for his experience in national security. He has a record of crossing party lines to achieve goals, (which unfortunately is an attribute he receives a lot of flak for from members of his own party), and for understanding the issues of foreign policy in today's world (from all his years in the Senate).
What makes McCain unique among the rest of the GOP's legislative representation is his ability to bring in more moderates to vote for him than any other Republican hopeful could have hoped to do.
As far as his stances on foreign policies, they could be best summed up in his own words regarding the War on Terror: "Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our president and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will."
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bryan dewey
posted 2/14/08 @ 6:45 PM EST
Young republicans... man.. there were way too many of you at Loyola when I was there and it appears there's still some ignorant folks left on campus. Get your head out of your ass and out of the traditional beliefs you've been forcibly spoonfed and open up your ears and eyes for once. (Continued…)
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