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Adam Smith: I know liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrats are friends of mine. John McCain is no Liberal Democrat.

You say John McCain carried a lot of liberals...thats because he is a liberal.

Don Brennan

If anyone is a good republican... RON PAUL IS THE MAN!

No surprise here. Conservatives haven't voted for McAmnesty in a single state yet.

This garbage that McAmnesty is the only won who can win in Nov is utter rubbish. He can't excite, much less unify and rally, his own party. They don't trust him…and for good reason. On too many occasions McAmnesty has snubbed his nose at Republican values and Republicans themselves. Why? Because he doesn't truly believe in Republican values. He likes being the "maverick". No thanks. I'd like somebody I can count on.

This time around Huckabee traded his American flag for a Confederate one to go forth with the cross in the other hand pandering to neochristians.

ROMNEY -THOMPSON-O8

Mike VE you say the same thing on each page, lame.

McCain and Huckabee should merge and stop Romney.

This would be great to leave Rudy to come in and swoop up the prize.

Huck, is the right person for leadership in this great nation.

Huckabee is a wolf is sheep's clothing. I wish he would go HOME!

Don't forget the rest of Huckabee's demographic. He is favored heavily among the pro-inquisition/pro homosexual bigot/misogynist too. Or you can simply collectively refer to these voters as his "base". Religion has its place, but it isn't in politics.

Thompson is a cheater; he ran in South Carolina just to help his longtime friend, John McCain. They won this time; however, that sort of tactic won't work in the general election.

Fred woke up long enough to help bring down Huckabee. Maybe McCain will reward for that dirty trick.

Though I am not supporting a Republican, I am still glad to see that McCain won S. Carolina! Anyone but Huckabee for president!! We don't need a preacher in the White House.

Blow hard Hickupman is not a conservative by any means people, he is a lib in republican clothes.

Wake up America!

Go Mitt!

Those heavy duty corporate campaign contributions have served Romney & McCain well - the Council of Foreign Relations is now 6 for 6...with wins by Romney (3), McCain (2), Huckster (1). The republican party is living proof that America has lost it's way...how else can you explain wins by a Hypocrite (Huckster), a War-monger (J. "bomb bomb iran" McCain), and the best Hair in Big Pharma (Mittster). Others too also benefited from the CFR's big start - the Tri-Lateral Commission and the Bilderbergers also stand to win big...also Bechtel, Blackwater, Halliburton & other members of the America's military industrial complex stand to win another trillion in contracts, oh happy days! But how do we plan to pay for all these bullets, bombs, bandaids & boulevards of democracy - they'll just print it up OR borrow it from China...nothing to worry about here! My mortgage rate is fixed and I can handle $8/gallon gas & $10/loaf bread - LET'S KILL ARABS AND FORGET ABOUT THAT OTHER STUFF, RIGHT!

Palestinians don't deserve to live (so sayeth the NeoCons) and Iraqi's will learn to love an Iraqi Americana OR they too can die - the NeoCons know what's best for EVERYBODY in the world, right! Musharraf, a military dictator was better for America than the elected officials that county chose, right? And we, the sheeple of the NeoCons, apparently support those killings, right! And the millions killed by genocide in darfur mean nothing, right...just like the millions killed each yr by AIDS in Africa, right! And those millions orphaned by AIDS in Africa mean nothing right, it's MORE IMPORTANT to kill Iraqi's and Palestinians with our dollars.

Great job Neo Cons...great job CFR...you've convinced the sheep that all is well!

American apathy is the killer now...I'm done blaming the mainstream media and the inner-elite - that TV tube has rotted their brains & debt slavery is the form they've chosen, by consent!

If we continue to tolerate violence against innocent human life, we will have lost all basis to contiinue as a free society. We must have change in the people's hearts if we are to remain a free society. We must have a rally around officials that will passionately support the sanctity of human life. Huckabee is the man for the hour.

How can I trust a man who flip-flops on medical coverage? Or says he does not have a lobbyist running his campaign when lobbyists clearly are advising his chameleon campaign?

Wasn't Mitt for gay rights and abortion rights? Check the books. He was.

And Mitt Romney has changed his views so many times, Mike, he is definitely an agent of change.

I am voting for MITT ROMNEY!!!!!

Mitt has not been in Washington for years like John McLaim, Clinton and Obama.

Mitt has held executive positions as a Govenor and in private business, Obama, Clinton and John McLaim have only worked in Washington they do not have a clue about private business or the American economy.

Mitt is a conservative that’s why the media hates him; John McLaim is a liberal just look who he associates with Kennedy, Feingold, the gang of 14, ect. and that’s why the media loves John McLaim.

Mitt is against amnesty for illegal aliens; Obama, Clinton and John McLaim are for amnesty for illegal aliens.

Mitt is for tax cuts, Obama, Clinton and John McLaim are against tax cuts and want to raise our taxes.

Mitt is for conservative judges, Obama, Clinton and John McLaim are for liberal judges.

Mitt wants to free Americans and American business from the federal government Obama, Clinton and John McLaim want big government and are responsible for big government we have.

Mitt will fight to protect this country and build a strong military; Obama, Clinton and John McLaim stood by when al-Qaeda attacked our interests in the 1990 and the 1980s.

Mitt Romney is the right change for America

Vote for Mitt!!!

Romney for 08 and beyond!

The only republican that can beat Hillary is Ron Paul

.... people keep babbling about a "true conservative" Please define? I thought Barry Goldwater was the last of a dying breed.

It's getting so when a majority of voters hear the word "conservative" – it causes them to shudder – thinking of the past 7 years ... personally speaking, I have no inclination to go back to the 19th century ... that's what conservative means, isn't it – clinging desperately to the past – either socially or religiously? The good ol' days?

The illegal aliens can only hope for a McCain presidency. He is their only Republican hope. Romney will give them all a one way ticket home.

Viva La McCain!

Rico,
The problem is McCain is hardly a conservative! He might as well be a democrat!

Quick, hide the fact that SC is full of military...1 in 4 families?? Na, McCain didn't have any advantage. No more than Romney does with the Mormons!! Ha Ha. Huckabee, why only evangelicals will vote for him, if at all. Big surprises! Has any of this made the news?

The weird part about this story is that neither McCain nor Huckabee is a true conservative. The reason conservative voters supported Huckabee over McCain is not that Huckabee is more appealing to conservatives. Rather, his liberalism is simply not as well known nationally as McCain's.

Sure they Conservatives went for Huckabee, but what was also telling was that they were all Evangelicals that also voted heavily based on Huckabee being a Baptist. Same thing happened in Iowa – people voting for a Populist (not a true Conservative) just because they get warm fuzzies all over.

Mike Huckabee is your true conservative. Romney is your true liberal! People do a little homework and look into Romney's voting record on gun control and pro-abortion. Rush Limbaugh works for Clear Channel which is owned by Bain which is owned by Flip Romney. People wake up to what Romney is pulling in this election. With the help of his employees (Talk show crowd) he has hidden his liberal record. Wake up republicans! Hillary will tell you all about Flip Flop Romney later if you are not ready to hear it now!

Some real sound advice from an organization called evangelicals for Mitt.

The results show that Thompson played the spoiler, took enough votes in the conservative/evangelical strongholds in the upstate and handed the primary to McCain.

As I type this Carl Cameron is babbling about how McCain beat Huck. Yes he did, BUT he fails to mention the role Thompson played in the race splitting the vote with Huck as well as the role Mitt Romney pulling out of the state early last week (a postive for Johnny Mac).

I have to say CNN's election coverage tonight is much better than FOX's and as a Republican, that is something I am not used to admitting.

@ Adam Smith:
(is that even your real name or an homage to one of the greatest economists?)
ALL of the Republican candidates are corporatists like Bush, except for Ron Paul!

I am glad that you realize that John McCain is a corporatist (well obviously, considering that he is the military-industrial complex's best friend). Mitt Romney is also a corporatist. His idea of fiscal conservatism is running the country like a business (i.e. not a laissez-faire hands-off approach). He will privatize everything that suits the agenda (cut welfare, etc.) but do nothing to limit the size of government or the power of the M-IC. Huckabee is a Williams Jennings Bryan socialist. That about sums up the top 3.

As for the bottom 3, Ron Paul is the most fiscally conservative followed by Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. Ron Paul is the only non-corporatist running in the Republican field. Dr. Paul is a fan of the Austrian School and if, Adam Smith, you are a fan of your namesake, it would be best to endorse him.

I do not want to suggest that Bush = Hitler or that ALL the Republicans and "Fascists" or "Nazis" (so don't accuse me of falling to Godwin's Law) but the neoconservatives who hijacked the Republican Party are not fiscal conservatives in the traditional sense. They are corporatists and the economic policy advocated by the neo-con GOP is very similar to fascist economics (less welfare for the unter-mensch, more taxes for the State; merger of corporation and state, mixed market system; powerful military-industrial complex).

Basically, Ron Paul is the only candidate from either party who is NOT a KEYNESIAN. The Democrats are "welfare Keynesians" ("left-wing Keynesians") and the Republicans are corporatists ("right-wing Keynesians").

@ Rico:
As it stands, McCain may have the best chance at getting elected, but he is still unelectable. John McCain is an imperialist nut! Some of the GOP base still mistrusts him, while no liberal would vote for him.

Huckabee can't win against a Democrat in the general election because he greatly offends moderate voters.

The sad part is that religious conservatives don't see that Huckabee is splitting the conservative vote and making it possible for McCain to win.

Think about it. The majority of voters will vote against McCain and yet because the conservative vote is split, McCain could win.

Huckabee should never be in this race because he knows that nobody but the Christian Right will vote for him. Look what happened in Michigan and New Hampshire and now South Carolina.

Huckabee serves only to split the conservative vote.

Huckabee needs to bow out.

Think it would be hard to even look tough as an evangelical Preacher turned President. Sure don't trust him enough to take care of my Grandkids and that's a fact!

Huckabee's stance on the confederate flag was huge in a place like South Carolina.

Pandering at it's best.

It shows S. Carolina isn't so much populated with evangelicals anymore...lots of retired military though.

Conservatives need to wake up and realize that McCain is their only hope.
He's the only one who has a chance vs. Hillary or the O'bama change(hope) train.
A bible beater, shape shifting panderman, or sleazy / sketchy New Yorker won't cut it.

Check out the how the Rep. Dem. matchups shake out on real clear politics.

If you vote for John McCain you might as well call yourself a liberal democrat. McCain and Ted Kennedy put togather the sham called comprehensive immigration reform. McCain,if elected president , will perform exactly like George Bush because he is a corporatist and shares almost all of Bushes other beliefs. A sure fire failure.

Huckabee is doomed outside of the south, he will be eaten alive by non-farmer/hillbilly voters.

Exit Polls: Conservatives go for Huckabee

Shocker, CNN!

HILLARY '08

I'm a born again Christian who thinks the pulpit is no place for our president. Huckabee may have strong support but he is probably finished after SC. I am glad to see McCain maintaining the lead. Huckabee's comments about the confederate flag were patronizing. The results right now show that many in SC could see through his attempts to use his faith to win their vote.