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whoever called mccain a fossil ...You should be so lucky to live to be a senior....Can you survive years of torture in a prison camp???? Just because one does not look young anymore does not mean they are not healthy and alive inside.........death comes to young and old alike...so this jerk who is rooting for huckabee should shut up........I am not for MCCain as i want a change in Washington....it has nothing to do with his age...it is his stance on war....free trade...is why.........You cannot send millions of immigrants back home Some of their children are in Iraq........He a great hero and i respect him greatly......and at least he is truthful...not like the people in washington now or some running for president..........So whoever you people are who call him these names..just shut up..He has more dignity than you will ever have........

RON PAUL IN 2008

Give the man a break.He is the only honest one of the group. And actually has good ideas if people would stop listening to the media.(unfair and unbalanced)

Go Ron

You are all brainwashed by the media. Why not just give them all your pieces of identification and let them go to the polls for you.
Have they asked any serious questions during the debate?
Rommney says he will save the economy and shut the borders.Has he actually explained how he will do this.
McCain should be running for the job of the Presidency of Mexico.And just because he was a P.O.W makes him an authority on everything about the military and foriegn relations?
Rudy is just an idiot.He sucked at being Mayor of NYC.
Huckerbee is standing for , well I 'm really not sure what he does stand for.
Obama just yells out change and everyone cheers.
Clinton – need I say anything about her.
Yet eveyone says Paul is a wacko.
He wants the borders shut, a balanced budget, no more unfair free trade agreements, no to abortion, personal freedoms back.
So he wants to bring the military home, whats wrong with that. We have been protecting other countries borders yet leave ours unprotected. He wants us out of a war we should never have been in in the first place.
I might have thought the war was for our protection, beat them on their home turf you know.But if the politicians wanted to protect us the borders would have been shut long ago.
Ron Paul in 2008

Huckabee's Economic Plan Attacks all South Carolina Retailers and their Salesmen.

Huckabee ecomonic FairTax plan encourages Americans to not buy anything new and that is exactly what they will do to avoid a 30% Fairtax on everything we buy new. My wife will figure it out fast. Buy tomatoes at a retail store and pay a 30% Fairtax plus 6% sales tax on the retail price or avoid the retail store mark up and buy from the local farmers markets at wholesale. Also, no one will buy a new car when you are faced with not only a state sales tax, if your state has one, but a 30% FairTax which for the average family car would be about $8000-$10000 add on tax for a new van.

Huckabee even recommends that all US Citizens can save taxes under his plan by buying used cars. Read his Economic webpage on his 'un' FairTax proposal which really is the old National Sales Tax that has been rejected for 20 or so years.

Huckabee's Economy website:

"The FairTax will replace the Internal Revenue Code with a consumption
tax........ We'll be taxed on what we decide to buy, not what we happen
to earn.... The tax will apply only to new goods, so we can reduce our
taxes further by buying a used car or computer."

So Huckabee is running on an economic platform that will depress the retail industry especially in lower-density cities where the public has easy access to wholesalers such as farmers and farmers markets and alot of wholesale warehouse businesses. Everyone has access to Used cars and internet used article sites like Ebay. If Huckabee is elected no middle class or lower citizen nationwide will ever buy a new car again. If I buy a 1 year old car I save about $10000 on the price PLUS $8000-$10000 on Huckabee's FairTax. Hum! This is hard to figure out? What do I do? I know – First I will immediately buy Ebay stock and make a killing on its rise to $1000 per share and I will also short sell Ford and GM stock and also make a killing as they fall to $1 per share. And I will always buy at least a 1 year old or older car. All Americans will do the same which means a deep recession for Detroit and pink slips for auto workers and for all South Carolina auto dealer salemen. Sounds like he's the candidate with the economic plan for South Carolina!!!!! Pinks slips for the retail industry!

Even worse – In order for the FairTax to raise the same funds as the current income tax system Huckabee will have to tax INTERNET purchases! No politician wants to act the fight over State's wanting to charge sales taxes on Internet sales. Will any of them sign a bill to place a consumption tax (income tax) on internet sales? Talk about getting kicked out fast!

Huckabee likes to attack others with slogans so here is his slogan for South Carolina retailers and their salesmen that vote for him:

A vote for Huckabee is a vote for 'the President that will lay you off.'

The 2008 election is not about War or Religion. 'Its the Ecomony Stupid'. Have McCain or Huckabee had any significant experience in a national for-profit business? We know they both have significant experience in spending others money.

Its your choice South Carolina – Retail industry depression, internet purchases being taxed or choose a different candidate that can bring ecomonic growth for everyone without punishing others to do it.

Joe – a republican in the financial industry

That Senator McCain thinks that his country is a higher priority than the Republican Party is not a negative but a positive. He is first an American and second a Republican, which is why he will win the Primary and the National election. He was against most of the Republican establishment in asking for Rumsfeld's resignation and in asking for the surge in troops (which would have made this war a lot shorter). Colin Powell had 500,000 troops when he went into Kuwait and Iraq...Rumsfeld had a lot less under his plan. We are finally seeing that Senator McCain was right.

Think about it... do you want someone who places America first in his priorities or someone who places his/her political party or political agenda ahead of his/her country. I will pick someone who has consistently shown that he places his country ahead of any agenda, including himself, be it as a POW (Senator McCain could have left), as a senator (some of his positions don't thrill the establishment) or his popularity (he will not win the Ms Congeniality award in DC).

I may not agree with McCain in all his choices, but I do know that all his choices will be based (and have been based) on what he believes to be best for the US. Our first decision on choice for President must be for someone who places the US ahead of any other agenda, and Senator McCain has shown and proven he does that over any other candidate.

That Senator McCain thinks that his country is a higher priority than the Republican Party is not a negative but a positive. He is first an American and second a Republican, which is why he will win the Primary and the National election. He was against most of the Republican establishment in asking for Rumsfeld's resignation and in asking for the surge in troops (which would have made this war a lot shorter). Colin Powell had 500,000 troops when he went into Kuwait and Iraq...Rumsfeld had a lot less under his plan. We are finally seeing that Senator McCain was right.

Think about it... do you want someone who places America first in his priorities or someone who places his/her political party or political agenda ahead of his/her country. I will pick someone who has consistently shown that he places his country ahead of any agenda, including himself, be it as a POW (Senator McCain could have left), as a senator (some of his positions don't thrill the establishment) or his popularity (he will not win the Ms Congeniality award in DC).

I may not agree with McCain in all his choices, but I do know that all his choices will be based (and have been based) on what he believes to be best for the US. Our first decision on choice for President must be for someone who places the US ahead of any other agenda, and Senator McCain has shown and proven he does that over any other candidate.

TO Matt, Cleveland OH

Thank you for your intelligent response (lol).

I know where your sympathies lie. It doesn't matter. Just say "HELLO" to Bill O'Reilly and the others at Fixed News Network.

Just for the record, Matt, I do not think Obama has a chance in hell of winning the primary or the election.

Matt, Cleveland OH

Funny you should say that, Matt of Cleveland, OH. I don't think Obama has a chance of winning the primary or the election.

I also think you should stick to the FIXED NEWS NETWORK because you are not interested in the truth. Say "hello" to Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the Fixed News Staff for me, please.

I LIKE MIKE. I HATE ALL RIGHT WINGNUTS AND I HATE ALL LIBERALS.

To all you clueless people who don't understand how to interpret polling, you need to get real. Just because John McCain isn't some right-wing dogmatic conservative with intransigent views on immigration, he is clearly them most qualified, strongest leader with the broadest appeal on either side.

That's why he is already beating Clinton and Obama in many national polls.

McCain is easily the best hope we have for winning in November. It's not even close. He's the only candidate who can get the lion's share of independent voters from Obama. And in case you haven't noticed what happened in Iowa and NH, it's the independent voters who will decide this election...NOT the party faithfuls. Sorry, folks. Get real and quit worrying about the stupid, minor details on some immigration bill. We're not going to deport 20 million people, OK?

Go McCain.

If McCain is elected, draft won't return because he will attract new recruits. You won't be needed.

If Hillary is elected, draft may return because the forces will lose more people. She called General Petraeus, a Princeton Ph.D. in international relations, a liar. She is no commander-in-chief material.

Cindy McCain reminds me of Nancy Reagan.
McCain is not old. President Reagan was in his 70's when he was elected for the first term. If you see how vibrant McCain's 95 year old mother looks, he is just a baby.

Go McCain 2008!

@Jed Merrill, I also wouldn't mind seeing a Romney/Hunter ticket, but for some reason Hunter just is not getting any support. Most likely because he's a conservitive and the MSM will not allow his name to be mentioned.
Something else your not seeing from the MSM....Romney raised $5mil for the general election in one day. And this was the day after he lost NH. Who else can even come close to matching this....Ron Paul doesn't count because if the Ron Paul backers would be intelectually honest with themselves, he is not going anywhere.
Romeny – President
Giuliani/Hunter/Thompson- VP???
Sec Of State – Giuliani/Hunter/Thompson(may be too old)??
Sec Of Def – McCain/Norman Schwartskoff/Petraeus
Court Jester – Ron Paul (Sorry had to add it).

If McCain is elected the DRAFT will return and it won't be the illegals he allows in that will be drafted!

To whoever suggested a Romney/Thompson ticket, I am beginning to lean that way. Thompson does not seem like a man of much energy, but he has more integrity than Huckabee and a clearer stand on the issues.

Only Romney is going to get us into the White House. He will blow Obama and Hillary to smithereens in the debates, as a man of real issues and intelligent solutions on everything under the sun.

I could vote for Romney/Giuliani, too, but Huckabee is starting to put a bad taste in my mouth. He has shed a lot of physical weight, but he is still a little heavy in his big government thinking, spending. He doesn't see right through the issues, as Romney does. He has people sense, but no common sense or economy sense.

I would never vote for Mike Huckabee. He is a religious bigot. His isn't a true Christian. No true Chrsitian would resort to the despicable tactics he and his supporters have used. Stooping to anti-Mormonism is a disgrace.

The same things could be said about an Evangelical Christian. Anyone who believes that the bible is the literal and inerrent word of God and that you should base your life on it as though it is all true, is irrational, they believe in nonsense. How could anyone ever trust their warped judgement.

It is all just ugly.

I'm sorry to say that as a life long Republican if he is elected he will NEVER be my president and I will use all my energy to work against ANYTHING and EVERYTHING he tries to do. He is loathsome.

Sounds like Romney is doing better than I thought in SC. If he beats McCain in Michigan, which I believe he will, look for him to be competitive in South Carolina.

how do you think is the most conservation for the GOP that has a chance of winning nationally?

Ron Paul for President 2008 ! The only candidate that understands the U.S. Constitution. The choice is clear !

@ Danny. Funny you should mention TRUE CONSERVITIVE REPUBLICANS as Romney backers. However, these three also support Thompson. Romney/Thompson or Thompson/Romney ticket!!!! True Reagan conservitives.
@Ainars, you need to do some more research on McCain. Check out who voted agains the marriage amendment (one man and one woman constitutes marriage, incase you really are in the dark)... Also, every candidate is against torcher and what has McCain actually done to defend life??? McCain has turned his back on the Republican party too many times and has no Republican base support. .
The Repulicans in this country have not been able to put there choice for candidate in the lead yet because these stupid OPEN caucauses and OPEN primaries have been sabataged by the Democrats posing as independents. The only true Republican primary so far has been Wyoming and Romney won that easily. Unfortunatly the MSM Liberals have not mentioned Wyoming.

It saddens me to think that anyone remotely aware of the facts, issues and the voters that comprise a republican election could believe that John McCain is too liberal.

John McCain has served this country honourably and faithfully. He put the good of the republcian party and his ciountry ahead of his personal feelings and supported President Bush after South Carolina and in 2004.

He was the lone voice that said Runsfeldt strategy was wrong and he needed to go. As a former POW, he spoke against water boardxing. Mitt Romney sayd that is not torture. As someone who has been water boarded.. that is false Mitt .. its torture.

There are issues I dont agree with Senator McCain on.. but I know he will do whats right for America.

If McCain had been elected in 2000 , we wouldnt be in Iraq NOW

. Truly America needs John McCain as its president.

If Romney didn't own Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck he would not even be in this race still!

Huckabee is for the true working class!

Mccain is best candidate. He was against Rumsfeld. He support mariage and life. He is against tourchur, against lobying. He is more than 20 twenty years epierence. There is no best candidate in America today, than John Maccain.

I've read the posts, and there seems to be more personal bashing of the candidates going on than discussion of the issues. The truth is that John McCain is a good Republican with the fatal flaw of being a warmonger. That has nothing to do with his age or his looks. Mitt Romney only has his looks going for him, as he will tell us anything we want to hear–just empty promises. Thompson and Huckabee both showed how much they are itching for a reason to send the infidels "to their 40 virgins" and to "the gates of hell." That doesn't sound like anyone I'd like talking to foreign leaders.

Listen up, GOP: I am one of those Democrats you're hoping to get, and I would vote for Ron Paul over any Democratic candidate, but I'd vote for any Democratic candidate over any of the other Republican candidates. Enough said?

Do the news media have a big bunch of polls sitting somewhere in a file cabinet that they pull out whenever they've decided its time to coronate another candidate. Its utterly tedious and destructive to democracy. These polls are just generated by hyping a candidate in the media and then calling around and saying "say, did you see the great piece we ran on McCain the comeback kid yesterday?"

The best thing of all is the stupid key-terms on the CNN bar at the top of the page. For a month it has been "Election 2008" and after Iowa it said "Obama" and "Huckabee" and then the day after NH it changed to "Clinton" and "McCain". It's not just CNN, but this is flagrant throughout the US news coverage –

(Picture your CNN waiter) "So, you're interested in the election? Wouldn't you like to hear about our special offers today sir? We've got Clinton and McCain going cheap and tasty? I'm afraid we're all out of Richardson and Thompson. In fact, why don't I just bring you what I think you need to know and then I'll tell you whether you liked it or not?"

I don't completely discount polls – they meant something until Jan 3rd – but now they are too powerful for the news media to resist playing with.

Isn't this is the same state that continued to elect Strom Thurman – when he was like 98?? Ok...now New Hampshire and South Carolina can't vote anymore....theres something in the water

Dear friends,

All of you who think that McCain is great for our country, a straight shooter and honest, I would highly recommend taking note of the Cato Institute's podcast of 9 JAN, "McCain – Myth of a Maverick" (http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php).

To Nando:
"GOP please put this OLD man on your ticket he will Be easy pickings for BARAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIM and BLONDE !!!!!!!!!!

BARAK OBAMA 08,12"

Why are you Obama supporters so vitriolic and hateful? If you have something of substance to say, then go ahead; I guess you are only good at bashing your opponents with irrelevant and childish comments.

Man I forget which candidate had the Nerve to say "do we really want to see a woman grow old in the White House?" but what a nerve. Look at this guy (Mccain) he looks like "death warmed over" but Ron Paul looks even older. Honestly I don't know what make these old men have to come out and run for President – they won't live long enough to finish their term – and notice how they all get the pretty younger wives – cause thery're all millionaires. Guy, retire and enjoy you Millions, America is not ready for "death warmed over" running our country.

Give us a break about Ron Paul. He is a real phony. Let me give you an example. He speaks out a lot about "earmarks." I saw someone interviewing him recently and they put him on the spot about the subject. Apparently, his congressional district in Texas gets all kinds of earmarks that "he" puts into the various bills. Then, knowing that the bills will pass, he votes against them saying , "I vote against all earmarks." Now, if that isn't a big phony, I don't know what one is. Have any of you heard about him doing such things. Also, don't care much about his view on taxes. I believe he and Huckabee support the so called, "Fairtax" nonsense.

When McCain gets knocked out, he should endorse Ron Paul.

At last, a great person appears to be getting some attention. We still have some for decent folk.

The only hope republicans have to win in November is John McCain with the hope that Obama does not win the Dem nominee. I believe that there are many if not the majority of mid-west and southern democrats that will not vote for Hillary Clinton and would be willing to vote McCain if he was to win the nominee. And I am one of them. McCain can win a national election if only your party would get behind him and not some person that is just a social conservative and a lacky to corp america, because obviously that does not work, thanks for Bush..

Also McCain is the only person running on both sides of the aisle that has never changed his stance on the war and from the beginning has had the plan to win it, and only now people (bush) are listening with the Surge.. McCain preached this 6 years ago and only now they listen..

When will Huckabee supporters wake up and realize that he is a liberal in all things but the "Fair Tax" and social issues?! He wanted to give scholarship money to illegal aliens saying that they shouldn't be penalized for the crimes of their parents! How about the citizen children who couldn't get a scholarship because it was given away to an illegal alien? He increased taxes, and pardoned or parolled way too many criminals! The Democrats could use a video against him like Bush used against Dukakis! He says he was reelected because he was a conservative, but Bill Clinton was also reelected, and I wouldn't consider his policies all that conservative. I also have an issue against a person that won't run a negative ad, but then will play it to the reporters so that they can run it for him for free! See like a bit of hypocrisy to me!

Wake Up America!

You are being duped.

The American voters are like sheep.... led willy-nilly and by the nose chasing "new" notions dictated by polls, demographically unrepresentative primary results (New Hampshire), and the media. Toss on a slate of elusive claims and promises made by candidates as the icing and the voters begin lining up and bleating. McCain's campaign was deader than a fossil in the Arizona desert. A single victory in a demographically obscure New England state and suddenly he's the flavor of the day?? His positions haven't changed since late 2007, have they even changed since 2004? So what's new and inspiring about him? I guess all you have to do is say the word "Change" about a hundred times, win an obscure primary, and act macho and you're morphed into the "new " politician.

i think jen ceder falls has it right on...GOMER PYLE i just said last night ..wow huckabee missed his calling he should have been a comedian-he has all these one-liners !...and here i read it on this blog...ha ah .

good tital for a comedy.

GOMER PYLE GOES TO WASHINGTON

Hypothetical Question: How would our country be different if Kove/Bush/Cheney hadn't run one of the dirtiest campaigns ever in SC .... and if the voters had seen through the lies and helped elect McCain in 2000??

What is truly scary about this southern state is the response to Preacher Mike as quoted today:

"In a 90-minute debate that touched on economic issues, foreign policy and immigration, Huckabee drew the loudest applause of the night from the audience when he was asked about having quoted a Biblical passage saying a wife "has to submit herself graciously" to her husband."

Here we go again ... back to the 19th century or before!

In the honest european countries you aren't allowed to poll when the election has started – they should follow that in the US

are there ANY obama supporters who are older than 13 on here? do they even have any adults supervising his campaign?

geez jen all this time we thought you were a demwit – now we see that you are just another antihillary groupie = you're the ones who voted huck number one in iowa so don't boo hoo hoo too...

the rest of us are really fed up with having the polls, pundits, iowa, NH and the media drive the elections and tell us who we're going to end up with for president!!!!

A 360 degree-leadership change is required in the USA. This means a change of the party at the center and a brand new guy in charge. These two requirements sum up to only one man – OBAMA. Unfortunately, I am not an American and wont be voting anyway. But if the US wants to regain its moral leadership role in the world, they must change the way their country has been running in the last 8 years. Clinton is not an option because she is not different from the Bush guys. You need a new beginning and BARAK OBAMA will provide that new beginning.

The US is more than a country. You have to show the rest of the world the way forward. Recall that Bush's rigged elections resulted in election riggings all over the world. Therefore, ensure that you do the right things now: we are watching. We are willing to follow your leadership only if, it is right and just.

What is this? You can only mention Ron Paul when you're calling him a racist?

Good to hear. The comments above about Romney being the GOP pick in November is absurd. Romney will not be the pick. Listen up here: YOU CANT BUY AN ELECTION. Romney lost in Iowa, after spending millions. Romney lost in New Hampshire, after spending millions. The only reason he won in Wyoming is because NO CANDIDATES tried there. McCain has more experience than Romney, BY FAR. Not to Mention the USA will not ELECT a MORMON. If you legitimately think a MORMON will be elected, you dont know the United States.

What the U.S and indeed the world need at this stage of her evolution is a strong mind with humane instincts......Hillary Clinton epitomizes these characteristics.

Way to go John! I'm a Democrat but most Americans probably support John McCain on some level even if we won't be voting for him. I am sure he lends credibility to your party.

When People start asking if they want a WAR MONGER for a leader McCain will be toast.

McCain has some crazy ideas, the question is what is he going to gut to pay for it.

Hillary is a manipulator so she would be even worse.

First off, the Republican polling was very accurate, so the polling problems might be only on the Democratic side. Everyone should just be a little more civil when talking about people and their intentions. I'd like to see some more LIBERAL DEMOCRACY in the republic.

I insist that that no one in the Republican Party can beat the Democrats in November unless they receive the support of the evangelical conservatives. These folks will not support, with energy, anyone who is not clear in his stand on abortion and the traditional family, These two points are non-negotiables. As it stands, only Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee qualify. So, any other candidate who might win the Republican nomination, however we feel about him, will mean an automatic Democratic win. in November.

I AM A DEMOCRAT...BEFORE THIS LAST YEAR OR SO...BEFORE JOHN MCCAIN NUZZLED UP TO THE BUTT OF GEORGE W. I ALWAYS SAID I COULD VOTE FOR HIM. AFTER THIS LAST YEAR OR SO THAT IS NO LONGER AN OPTION. JOHN MCCAIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH WARMED UP A LITTLE.

I am lost in this country

Ron Paul is clearly the only realistic candidate. I hate to think this, but the way the primaries have gone thus far I get the feeling that somebody is playing the american people as the fool.

-Zeek

To my good friends in South Carolina I say please don't be fooled by John McCain. He says one thing and does another. Just look at his voting record. Check it out at http://www.congress.org. He's not at all serious about illegal immigration, he's just saying what it takes to get elected. I'm from NC and we both have a major problem with illegal aliens among our states. We must elect a man that's serious about fixing this problem.

The perfect matchup in Novemeber would be Obama vs. McCain. Either one would be a win for America. What we need is someone who can be the uniter that Bush said he would be back in 2000, and these are the two best qualified to get the job done.

If Obama gets the Democratic nomination, he beats any of the Republican candidates, McCain included, hands down. If Hillary gets it, she loses to any of them save for Mitt. The simple reason is that Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are both vicious and divisive. All I ever hear from either of their mouths are attacks on other candidates, and it's that kind of political sniping that has led to the broken government we have now.

I hope McCain doesn't bring his mommy with him to S.C. . I can never tell who the older looking one is.

McCain wants to be in Iraq and at war for 100 years. I thought the surge worked?

Who cares with a warmonger?

On the conservative spectrum, Romney is clearly the most conservative and by far the most capable of leading the country following a push presidency.

The tough guy antics of Fred, Rudy, and McCain... and the sticky sweet story-telling Huckabee are not what we need right now.

Rather, a disciplined, level minded CEO who can lead.

Huckabee touts "we need a president who reminds you of the guy you work with, not the guy that layed you off." I say, if you got layed off you probably deserved it and luckily the CEO had enough vision and foresight to do something about it.

Jerad – you must not be from MA... I lived outside Boston when dear ol' Mitt was governor and he was not a conservative – neither social nor fiscal. Don't believe in his conversion to the right. This is only to gain your vote. McCain is the real thing. While you may not agree with everything he supports, you know exactly what he stands for. Mitt is just a Republican version of Slick Wille...and Nobody wants to go through that again.

McCain is the best in class for the GOP. Giving Rudy or Mitt the power of the Whitehouse would be dangerous.

How can anyone send Mccain the Seth Lord to the Whitehouse. He was in washington for 27 years, what has he done to help move this country forward, he can't even fix his AZ's immigration problems, what make you think he can fix our nation. If he become the president, BEWARE, we will have the whole Mexico moving to this country, because the seth lord want to use your tax dollar to pay for their medical, education.and welfare,etc,etc,etc. You might as well kiss your hard earn money goodbye. Let's not forget that the seth lord was at the bottom of his naval class, ranked 750 out of 759. We need to send someone that can think, and not falling asleep during the meeting. Go home mccain.

I WATCHED THE DEBATES!!..............AGAIN................WHAT IS WITH FOX??
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH STAGING IN MY LIFE. CNN IS THE ONLY NEWS CHANNEL THAT I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER ( PERIOD ) PLEASE TELL ME WHY SO MANY AMERICANS FEEL THE NEED TO BE SO MEAN TOWARD OTHERS AND CANNOT SEE THAT SIMPLE KINDESS WILL GET US MUCH FURTHER IN OUR COUNTRY TO OTHERS, THAN KNOCKING DOWN DOORS TO HURT OTHERS ??
( WAKE UP AMERICA ) ITS TIME TO BE KIND TO OUR NEIGHBORS ) !
I AM PERSONALLY AM SO SICK OF 99 % OF THE CANADIATES TELLING ME WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE...................( CHANGE MEANS ) SAVING THE WORKING MAN !!

The "comeback" kid? Comeback to what? The old Republican Merit System, like Bob Dole got? He will get CREAMED, like Dole did. Remember the bomb, bomb Iran song? Or the Mc Cain Feingold stuff, and sneaky amnesty things? This old guy is past the due date and recycled Washington inside, "same old same old" ho hum. Get a clue guys.

Here we go again with the polls. How stupid is the media?

As John McCain's profile rises among his Republican rivals, his close and deep relationships with lobbyists are certain to haunt him despite his carefully-crafted image as an "independent" and a "maverick." In an election year charged with anger at Washington insiders, McCain is the ultimate insider, with more lobbyists working on his staff, advising him, or raising funds for his campaign than any of his rivals. As your paper observed Dec. 31 ("McCain's Unlikely Ties to K Street"), McCain campaign manager Rick Davis is a former lobbyist who has represented major telecom interests, with which McCain's dealings as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee have drawn particular concern (These include actions by McCain in 2003-2004 favoring Cablevision Systems Corporation while soliciting $200,000 in contributions from Cablevision for his "Reform Institute."). McCain's senior adviser is Charles Black of lobbying firm BKSH & Associates, which has also represented telecom interests as well as drug companies and defense contractors, among others. While most candidates deal with lobbyists to some degree, McCain outdeals them all.

See Washington Post, 12/31/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/30/AR2007123002848.html

Sorry to crash the McCain bashers party, but the guy is a real American hero. If you want another Regan, you will have to trust that someone can be a politician and have integrity. If my choices are "how do I feel about abortion today" Romney, Gomer Huckleberry or "lets see if Pumpkin wants me to pick up a loaf of bread on the way home from the state of the union" Giuliani, I'd have to vote for Les Paul.
(He has a better chance of winning in November than Ron)

I go all the way for Ron Paul who represents America as a strong country. He beleives in the Constitution and the rights for the American people. Ron Paul in "08" as president.

Hubba! Hubba! Yeah, that is McCain's wife, at least his second one. We haven't seen much of her in the media on the campaign trail. McCain suffered from "Slick Willy syndrome", he cheated on his first wife, like Bill Clinton is or did with Hillary.

As far as Huckabee being a phony get your facts straight he is the only one who could unite us right now. Between the Clintons and the Bushes we are so divided we need a guy like this

Romney is the GOP version of John Kerry. If he is our best chance to win we are in trouble. McCain or Huckabee either one could attract support. Once people begin to learn about the Huckabee years in Arkansas they will see that he is not just the Christian candidate. He would be a candidate that the average American could relate to and that would be something new for the Republican party.

Hillary Clinton is too polarizing to be good for this country. Weve had enough Clintonesque time already. We already know what the meaning of is is dont we??
Please people anyone but hitlarry!@!!!!!!

To ak:

You belittle Fox with the "Fixed News Network" but you post on the "Clinton News Work"? Any poll coming from this propaganda machine is just as bad. Besides, Fox doesn't want McCain to win at all: it's Romney, Romney, Romney.

Stick to your "praise Obama!" blogs.

McCain is TOO OLD! 71 now, 72 in Nov, 76 in 2012election year, which would make him 80 at the end of a 2nd term. Now STOP this nonsense, people.
If you vote for McCain, you are voting for a 1 term President. PERIOD!
That's not the best we can do, fellow Republicans.
The brain starts to lose it's memory at 30; that's 41/42 years of slowly slipping. No one over 65 has any business running for this serious of a job!
Figure this out, folks, he's a great guy and yeah, I would like to get bin Laden, too, but WAKE UP, he's TOO OLD!

Good Lord here you guys go with the polls again... THE POLLS MEANS NOTHING.. DIDNT NH TEACH YOU GUYS A LESSON!! .....CLINTON 08

Huckabee is a phony, a criminal's sympathizer and a hypocrite. He cannot carry on an intelligent adult conversation (believe me, I'm in Iowa, I've heard them all) without coming up with a freakin' Gomer Pyle comment which causes many of us to think he may believe that the Presidential role is for a comedian! He even commented on having Colbert as a running mate. I think this guy is seriously poking fun at us with his joke of a campaign and he's laughing all the way to South Carolina now. He's hijacked the Republican Party and too many of them are drinking his Kook-aid.
NO to Huckabee!
NO to Clinton!
NO to continued division of this country!

We need someone like Romney. God bless you Romney. Our country needs you more than you need us. President Romney '08

@pt: Great observation! What's with Republican presidential candidates and trophy wives. Is that what America's image-obsessed culture decayed to?

So 40% of the vote (according to FAUX News & Opinion Dynamics) remains for Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, and Ron Paul. GO RON PAUL! You beat Rudy and Fred one time each, now beat them both! Do well enough and you can stop the Huckster!

On the other hand, can we really trust a poll projecting that McCain will win South Carolina. No doubt Jewish Zionists in New Hampshire hoisted McCain to first place, but I thought Thompson was projected to win S. Carolina...

I do not understand why anybody would vote for John McCain. The man is an imperialist tyrant. Remember when he said he had no problem with keeping American troops in Iraq for 100 years? The United States has already been policing the world for over a century! We do not need another century of American Empire. Why would anyone vote for that imperialist hack? I dislike Bush, and never did like him, but I would rather elect Bush dictator for life than elect McCain for a single four-year term!

McCain can't do it anyways. He's too old & liberal.

Well, one thing that WILL come out of SC. Thompson's late entry will be rewarded with an early exit.

Is that McCain's wife? The comeback kid still got it.

Obama leads by 9-10% and Clinton wins New Hamshire.

So then CNN since your poll losers win the actual voting, you project that Romney or Huckabee will win South Carolina, No?

Fox is more credible than CNN.

A recent study by George Mason Univ. said FOX had the fairest coverage of candidates

Look out for possible Push Poll phone calls from "Independant Polling Companies" spreading lies about McCain's alleged "treachery" whilst a Vietnam P.O.W and his "fathering of an illegitimate black child" soon

Looks like McCain might win in Michigan and in South Carolina. If that happens, the race will effectively be over, for everyone else, including Rudy. The wild card will be whether or not McCain makes a gaff that sinks his viability as a candidate.

Have they forgot about Huck already?

So, you still believe in polls?

Here comes so more bogus polls!

McCain will be a disaster for the Republican party. He's sure to lose a national election. Not only will he be painted (rather correctly) as a downright warmonger, but he'll look like he belongs in a nursing home next to Obama. The man is a fossil. America needs someone new.

does anybody think that bill clinton"s affairs in the white house and arkansas when he was governor hurt hillary"s chances?

the dumbest man in the political race.
finishd 594 out of 597 at the naval academy.

lives in cindy's daddy's house.
not even clinton that cheap although he likes public housing.

john mccain and george bush are secretly democrats.

I prefer John McCain to win the presidentail election, he is honesty and tell the trueth about what American people need.

The "bounce" he got from New Hampshire in 2000 didn't last. Southern voters
prefer southern candidates. Huckabee will win because he will remind voters
there that McCain sponsored, along with Ted Kennedy, amnesty for illegal
aliens. This stuff is anethma in the Palmetto State.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: these numbers don't add up.
McCain: 25
Romney: 18 (25-7)
Huckabee: 17
Thompson: 9

25+18+17+9 = 69%

Assuming the numbers are supposed to add up close to 100%, where is the other 30% or so?
It is missing like those pieces of the pie chart we were exposed to during the Iowa caucus and NH primary coverage!!

Sorry to correct the McCain supporters, but when McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts he said he voted against them because it gave an advantage to the rich and took from the middle class. This is the same argument that Kennedy and Kerry gave for voting against the tax cuts. This is a recorded FACT. So now McCain is not only lying about his imagration plan (AMNISTY), now he’s lying about why he voted against the tax cuts. I ask the McCain supporters to do some research on your candidate before casting your vote. You may be suprised at what you find. Unless you are “in the closet Liberals”.

GOP please put this OLD man on your ticket he will Be easy pickings for BARAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIM and BLONDE !!!!!!!!!!

BARAK OBAMA 08,12

South Carolina Republicans have to wake up! McCain is way too liberal to survive a national election. Have we forgotten McCain -Feingold, his vote against the Bush tax cuts, his opposition to the Federal Marriage Ammendment, and his weak stance on illegal immigration? Is this our conservative candidate for President? I don't think so. Giuliani's late-state strategy is going to fail him. Thompson never caught fire. Huckabee can't survive outside the bible-belt. Mitt Romney is our best chance in November '08. He has the vision, leadership abilities, experience, and strength to lead this country into the 21st century. We cannot send the same people back to Washington and expect a different result. He has done the best in the caucuses and primaries thus far. He is leading in the delegate count by 30 – 21 over Huckabee according to CNN. He is going to win Michigan and do very well in Nevada, or he will win there too. It is going to be Mitt Romney is November!

I was impressed with the polls until I looked at who did the polling. Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll. I can't believe CNN is giving any credit to Fixed News Polling.

THE POLL WAS DONE BY FIXED NEWS NETWORK, FOLKS. Take it for what it's worth.

here we go again with the polls!

Good news!!!!!!