Educate yourself, Linda. It is a 4-way Republican race… Go Ron Paul!

P A T H E T I C!
Goes to show how twisted the systym really is. Do want either of these two, McCain and/or Huckabee to be our next president???? Their totally kniving!

A vote for Hillary is a vote for Bill. He had his chance and was almost impeached why would any one want him a third time. Hillary's experience is Bill's failures also. It is easy to recognize that . We want a Radical Change in Govermment. Barack represent that change. Marion

So Mike Huckabee has yet to win an actual presidential primary ELECTION. He won Iowa's caucuses and won West Virginia's convention by the good graces of Senator McCain.

This doesn't bode well for the GOP as the American people will ELECT our next president.

Surely the GOP can find someone better than Mike Huckabee to be the Republican standard bearer.

THE ONLY 2 TRUE CONSERVATIVES DIDNT GET A CHANCE,, THOMPSON AND HUNTER, PUSHED OUT BY EARLY PRIMARIES. WHY CANT WE HAVE ALL STATES VOTE AT ONE TIME,THEN THE TRUE WINNER WOULD EMERGE

POLITICAL DECOY

I think political attacks are good (as long as they do not go as far as the Dems in SC); it raises concerns and questions that need to be addressed. Personal attacks are inappropriate and show lack leadership character (as pointed out in regards to Huckabee not being fit for the Oval Office). McCain has not done either of these. I do think what happened in WV was politically unethical. Is this going to become a political strategy we want to be employed in the future: political decoy? This would come back to greatly hurt American politics and Democracy worldwide. If McCain is endorsing Huckabee, so be it and then he should drop out of the race. If he did not “orchestrate” it, then he has little control and shows poor leadership. Whoever wins in the end, whether it be Clinton, McCain, Obama, Romeny, or Huckabee, let’s at least preserve our dignity and individual significance as voters without behind the scene political favors and deals.

Logic, please?

Yes, multi rounds eliminates candidates to focus supporters. But McCain was not "knocked" out or was his 15%. Thus logically if votes were appropriately casting then he would have >15% in the next round pulling a percent or two from Paul. This could have pushed for a third round between Huckabee and Romney. If then Huckabee won, good for him. But in the case of what happened there was political fraud. Huckabee - political decoy.

McCain had >15% of the supporters, but just didn't want Romney to get the delegates. So his 14% voted for Huckabee (plus 3% form Paul). That equals 51%. Simple enough. Math 101. Romney got 7% of Pauls 10%. So, you figure?

Why is McCain so affraid? He most likely will win anyways. Nixon was afraid.

HUCKABEE IS READY FOR Obama/Clinton !!!!

GO HUCKABEE GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shame on McCain and Huckabee. If they can't win this fair and square, they don't deserve to win anything. Go Mitt, and thanks for not cheating.

You and McCain have made a deal. The fix is in. Talk about old time dirty politics.
No integrity at all.
I will vote Romney.

Hey, remember that not too long ago we wanted our troops home? Now that the economy is in the dumps we are more concerned about our money. I guess I can't say I'm surprised. Maybe if we brought our troops home we could save enough money to boost the economy. If only there were a candidate that said they would immediately bring the troops home and bring financial stability. ; )

Mitt Romney is effectively destroying the Republican party. He is using millions to run as the only true conservative choice when in fact he is the most liberal of the candidates.

In doing this, he has completely smeared the obvious choice for president, the true pro-life, pro-family, pro-military, small government Republican Mike Huckabee.

Thus, we are going to get Mr. Want to Please the Liberals John McCain. Way to go Romney. You destroyed our party! Congratulations. Since you are a liberal guy, this was probably your aim all along.

Yes, Huckster, a very 'signficant' win. You really lost and only 'won' because of the McCain conspiracy. Congratulations.

All of you whining about "dirty politics" didn't mind when the candidates delegates pooled together to form a "family values" plank to take first place away from Ron Paul in Louisiana. By the way Huckabee gave 3 delegates to Ron Paul in West Virginia for his delegate support ! So Huckabee gets 15 not 18.

If Obama does not win it all, the world as we know it will come to an end.

WELL WHAT DID YA EXPECT, HUCKABEE ONLY WON CAUSE WV IS A SUBURB OF ARKANSAS,ISNT IT

HUCKABEE ONLY PULLED THAT WIN OFF CAUSE WEST VIRGINIA IS A SUBURB OF ARKANSAS,ISNT IT

HEY KEN, WE SEE WHERE YOUR BRAIN IS, BEND OVER AND LOOK. HILLARY,OBAMA, AND MCAIN WANT TO BURY THIS NATION. THEY ARE NO MORE AMERICAN THAN PUTIN IS.. THEY DONT CARE FOR YOU, THEY JUST WANT YOUR VOTE SO THEY CAN DESTROY THE AMRICAN WAY OF LIFE.. THEY FEEL WE OWE IT TO THE WORLD,. . TO LIVE UNDER THIRD WORLD VIEWS. THE ONLY THING YOU SAID TRUE WAS BUSH HELPED GET US HERE, THEY ARE ALL IN BED TOGETHER.

Enough. I don't want to hear a single person ever say again that Huck isn't out to screw Romney. This has proven it once and for all.

Wake up Conservatives - this is exactly the type of sleazy, Washington insider "leadership" you'll get from John McAmnesty–back-room, self-serving deals

Well Huckabee is a better choice over Romney. PAUL will win it all…

You mud throwers who claim to know what you dont are making your own candidates look bad. Huckabee is the only candidate worth voting for in the general election. The rest are not worth the time to cast my vote.

Romney has an arrogant personality, he is a fake conservative that panders to all, just like McCamnesty and Tax happy Spender Huckabee.

Can you smell it lads, what the wind carries? The fix is on for Huckabee VP, and a November loss.

WELL MCCAIN PROVED AGAIN HOW LIBERAL HE IS. HE GOT THAT FROM HIS FREINDS THE CLINTONS. IF YOU CANT BEAT EM, BUY SOMEONE OFF TO MAKE SURE YOU WIN. WE SHOULD PUT THE OLD HORSE OUT TO PASTURE , WELL FIRST WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A THIRD WORLD PASTURE………..

It doesn't matter to me if Romney, Huckabee, or McCain wins the nomination. Either way I'll be throwing up.

WELL MCCAIN PROVED AGAIN HOW LIBERAL HE IS. HE GOT THAT FROM HIS FREINDS THE CLINTONS. IF YOU CANT BEAT EM, BUY SOMEONE OFF TO MAKE SURE YOU WIN. WE SHOULD PUT THE OLD HORSE OUT TO PASTURE , WELL FIRST WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A THIRD WORLD PASTURE.

I think the point is clear: America does not want Romney to be president - that's fine with me.

Huckabee wants to change the Constitution so it's like the bible. That's what republicans are voting for in Huckabee. Wake up people.

*

Huckabee is the Clinton's new Perot Factor, with no need to save the "spoiling" for the general election, as McCain has no chance of competing nationally. What the Clinton machine plans to do to McCain in the general election will make the "swift boating" move look like childs play. McCain's "hero" status will become "zero" status, "in technicolor". One need not look too deeply into Huckabee's ethics, team, donors and background to do the Clinton-collusion math. The Clinton's KNOW the value of the Perot Factor. AND THE CLINTON MACHINE KNOWS — installing McCain is the only way Hill can win; that to install McCain the conservative vote must be split. Enter the Huckabee / Perot Factor. Child's play. Huckter's a Clinton shill, plain and simple, but laughably, McCain thinks the Huck's working for him. McCain is blinded by ego, anger and ambition…. Anon

Win or lose in WVa, [R] = LOSER in Nov. All you [R] LOSERS supported a LOSER president for 8 years and a LOSER congress for more than 10 years. You have LOSER policies, and a LOSER ideology. You can bet that I'll savor every second of your LOSS in Nov. And when Hillary or Barak sit in the oval office and bash the remnant [R]s in congress, extinguishing the rest of those LOSER policies, I will take great pleasure in the whining rhetoric that will be sure to follow from your favorite [R] blowhard leaders and talkshow hosts and all you wing-nuts on this thread. Let the festering hate-mongering on the right begin!…..oh, that's right, it never stopped.

More of the same, Politics! Just what we need. And voters fall for it.

WOW, "STEVE O "CAN READ AND WRITE.

"STEVE O" STAY OFF THE COMPUTER

Did everyone think it would remain Romney ahead by a few votes? They hold a revote for a reason. It gives the voters of the other candidates to change thier votes so there can be a clear winner. This is how caucuses work. This is not a primary. This is not dirty politics but rather how a caucus works. Only one revote is actually rather good.

The fix was in, just as it was in FL with Crist. The timing on that had been planned well in advance. The brokered deal to swing votes from mcCain to Huckabee to keep Romney from winning also fixed. Back room deals and Washington politics, same old crap from the same old man, with the Huckster in the back pocket. Sick isn't it?

BROOKLYN DREAMER, THAT WAS HILARIOUS. YOU MUST OF COMMUTED TO COLLEGE TOGETHER. CLOWN COLLEGE?????????

"it appears"? Are you all completely stupid at CNN? That IS what happened!, to the tune of 15% (all but 1%) switched over to Huckabee when it was clear that McCain couldn't win, and this was on the behest of the McCain campaign as stated by his own supporters. TELL IT LIKE IT IS CNN!!!

Congratulations Gov. Huckabee!!!

As a former Miss West Virginia, I support Ron "Dr. No" Paul.
Awshuckabee, McPain and the George Hamilton look-a-like are all fakes.
Since I cannot vote from the grave Mr. Gumb put me in,
the least I can do is appear here in CNN's cyber wasteland
and blather on with you bunch of sorry, sad sacks.

Sha-
Your "Huckaboo" will never come close to winning. He won in West Virginia because he cut a deal with McCain- the writing is on the wall.

ROMNEY 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sha-
Your "Huckaboo" will never come close to winning. He won in West Virginia because he cut a deal with McCain- the writing is on the wall.

ROMNEY 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a Democrat; If Obama wins the Nomination I am voting Republican this Nov. No Hussein for me in the White House. If Clinton wins, i will vote for her. Go Hillary!

AND! the media really needs to give Mike Huckabee equal time as well as the rest of the these candidates! But it's about money I think. The candidates with the most money get the most coverage.?? Thats what politics is about anymore. Lets be fair. The last debate was a disgrace. Give them all equal time.

I hope and pray this you people nominate this man…. i am keeping my fingers and my toes crossed so i can see him get pummled by ANY democratice candidate in the general. Please Please pretty please with a a cherry on top nominate this man that would loose to Bush in a battle of wits

If Huckabee isn't on the balot in November I will not vote for any of these other candidates. That will be a first for me!

Gee, lots of people LIKE the idea of a second vote. Now it's "dirty politics" ?

In any case, for me it's GO DEMOCRATS in 2008!

I am a Southern Baptist and quite truthfully Mike Huckabee scares me. The thought of changing our Constitution to go along with the Bible is not what our founding fathers had in mind. We are a nation of many beliefs and up until now we have got along pretty well. Change the Constitution and all that will be lost.
I try to keep my mouth shut in church, but then my church is not all that political. Our pastor says his vote is private and so are ours.

lol

Romney supporters: Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I guess it sucks when your man can't buy everyone's vote ^_^

Mike Huckleberry
John McCan't
Mitt Ruinme

All have one thing in common above all else:

**Losers of the White House in 2008**

You are all very sad. Why can't he just win. Talk about whining. How terrible to talk about the people of West Virginia like that. And I am still trying to figure out how it could possibly have been planned betweeen Huckabee and McCain. They knew that it would go to 2 rounds and all? Could someone please explain how this could have possibly been plotted?

Huckabee is supposed to be a man of GOD. Instead he is behaving as a spoiler. At this point he has no chance to win. He is obviously helping McCain. That will back fire.
Edward made a good decision a couple days ago. He knew that he couldn't win anymore. He existed graciously to let the real contest happen between OBAMA and the two Clinton's.

I was giving McCain the benefit of the doubt until I saw the results of the West VA convention. Although I very much prefer Romney over the others, I didn't agree with Ann Coulter's recommendation to support the democrat over a McCain nomination.

However, over the past few days, McCain has really shown himself for what he is … a politician with no better values than the democrats. Today's twisting of Romney's reference to the Bob Dole's campaign was laughable. His lie about Romney's support of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq was completely outrageous. And now, today's stunt with the West VA convention, the delegates switching to Huckabee to block the rightful winner … despicable.

I expected that Romney would have to deal with these kinds of things in the general election when running against Hillary Clinton. I didn't expect it from someone who calls himself a Republican.

Come on, John. You're better than that! At least I thought you were. And so, if you win the nomination, I'll be voting for a democrat for the first time in my life.

Another thing, what planet are you people living on that you don't know that this is how politics work? Its a blood sport, and this happens every day in every political system there is. What part of it is dirty? Fred "sleepy" Thompson did a Tonya Harding on Huckabee in South Carolina with the blessings of Mccain and that was ok with everyone then. Get over it, politics is life, and we all do it, and all nations do it amongst themselves even. If can't play that game, you will make a lousy president.

Head line should read 'McCain and Huckabee game the system'.

I wish the media would drop the Minster part from Gov.Huckabee intros. what he has been doing lately certainly is not a represent the Christian values a Minister should have. And to make remarks as "we tell them what to do with their polls," that's not something a Christian , much less a minister should or would say. Someone ask him what promises he has from McCain? Hope it was worth it. What does a man profit to gain the whole world but lose his soul. He should know the answer to that one. Very disappointed in him.

The mainstream media and the pundents thought it was inevitable that Juan McClame would win. But the actual voters showed that Huckabee is the true winner and the true conservative. McCain needs to drop out since he's stealing votes from Huck.

john February 5, 2008 4:22 pm ET

McCain: a Republican in name only.

Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat and a union president. Then he became a conservative Republican. Finally, he died of Alzheimer's disease.

Let that be a warning to all you conservative Republicans….

Romney is so FAKE, he makes me sick. Goes to show money cant buy elections.
Go McCain and Huckabee!!!

What makes you think mccain's votes would have gone to Romney? He didn't get 50% of the vote on his own, did he? The fact is, anybody needed help from other supporters to get the win here, and the fact that Romeny has alienated not only McCain but also huckabee, and probably Ron Paul voters, (the whole reading Achmedinajad's press releases comment in the debate) why would you expect he would get any of those voters? There is something to running a clean, now isn't there Mittheads?

I was a voting delegate at today's WV Presidential Convention. Make no mistake, this was NOT a victory for Mike Huckabee, this was Washington style politics as usual aimed at preventing a Romney boost. The people of West Virginia spoke and the political machinery of the WV Republican Party did NOT listen. There WILL be repercussions for the current party leaders in this state.

I am not surprised on how Gov. Huckabee won West Virginia. Sen. McCain supporters all switched to Huckabee after he was declared not viable. Oh by the way James Dobson said he would not support McCain. A message too Republicans the 2000 election came down to 247 votes. 2004 came down to 861. If McCain is the nominee I will vote democrat and become a Reagan Democrat. I know alot more conservatives who will do the same.

What a self-destructive move by the left side of the Republican party….

May as well hand the crown the the Democrats and sit out another 4 years.

I am hoping for a McCain/Huckabee ticket. I don't want our illegal schoolchildren learing about evolution.

This is going to happen in alot more states to come. McCain will be unable to hold half the states so his votes will go to Huckabee. Huckabee can just sit back and watch this fight go to the bitter end. A seat at the cabinet is a victory for Huckabee next year.

Dole/Dukakis 08!!!

Is Huckabee running for president, or as McCain's vice president? He's sure helping McCain! He's such a distraction. Americans need to focus on the real choice: Romney or McCain.

McCain and Romney should drop out, stop stealing Huckabee's votes, and stop avoiding the inevitable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After what happened in West Virginia, I think Romney should drop out of the race.
His intelligence is not appreciated. Let people enjoy old bureaucrat McCain. After all, people deserve their governments.

Huckabee supporters fail to understand we have to remove the income tax. An overhaul on this tax system is close to impossible. The man went to Iowa and was a good old boy. He went to New Hampshire and was a war monger. He danced around the confederate flag in South Carolina. He used his religious ties to corrupt the pulpit with voters that supported a candidate based on religion. He failed as Arkansas governor with his immigration and economic policies. Most uneducated people believe in "talk" of candidates. I guess the Huckabee kool-aid was potent enough to draw in the Christian loon legions to vote for a man who only stands on the Fair Tax issue with everything else being an illusion. He is a second tier candidate, not even Vice Presidential material. He may resonate his religious nutcase views with some. But anyone who has done any research on how he plans to appoint court justices and his past will understand that he is another war mongering Bush puppet that supplies the same rhetoric of the current administration. He is not viable. He is not relevant. His supporters are in denial about his past, his strengths, and his religious views. Coming out as ant-Mormon provides the simplistic level of reasoning of this backwoods loon.

Anyone who views McCain as someone above the dirty politics that infest Washington need to only look at the results from WV!!! Clearly McCain told his supporters to switch to Huckabee in the 2nd round of the caucus to prevent Romney from winning there. McCain obviously does not think Huckabee can beat him… what political candidate would tell his supporters to vote for someone he considered a viable opponent. McCain is scared - he knows that conservatives are angry and that Mitt Romney can beat him. Clearly McCain and Huckabee have some sort of alliance going on… and it must be stopped!!!! COME ON CALIFORNIA!!!! Don't be fooled by the so called straight shooter McCain!! If you want change within the GOP VOTE MITT ROMNEY in 2008.

Walt, yes, it is McAmnesty's fault. Romney won the first round of voting pretty handily. Huck only won, and we all know it, because all the McCain people colluded with the Huckster to move over.

Wake up Conservatives - this is exactly the type of sleazy, Washington insider "leadership" you'll get from John McAmnesty–back-room, self-serving deals

thank God , mike win ……..Anyway if people vote to mike they are blessed.we need rial man in the white house ,real man know jesus christ .

Romney actually won the popular vote the first time around 10% over Huckabee! Romeny is the true winner of West Virginia! Huckabee has now proven he is a spoiler, and McCain is dirty cheap trick policitian.

You people ever hear of the FAIR TAX? You keep 100% of your pay and get 100 dollars a month for each person in your home from the gov. The IRS is GONE and so are ALL current taxes. The best thing for our economy by a long shot! What an idea… Keep what you make and decide for yourself if you want health insurance. I guess all the DEMS with there wealfair hands out don't like it. Why would they? They might have to work for a living. I like Mike! mikehuckabee.com…A Buck for Huck! Give and you shall recieve.

To all you fanatics on the left and right:

We here in the middle have sat for years while you, the few, have told us, the many, how your liberal or conservative ideals are going to feed and educate our families. End result, big business has gotten bigger, fat socialist government has gotten fatter, and the rest of us have had to work all the harder to take care of our own. Now we moderates, the majority, finally have a couple candidates who speak for us and it is time to take back the country from the “few” and give it back to the people, we the “many” moderates. My two cents and that’s about all I have left after paying all the bills during the past 20 years while we had the wrong people leading this country. Let’s fix it at the polls today!

Huckleberry is slime. as is McCain. do you really think we are that stupid to believe there is nothing going on here? the Huckster stays in for one of two reasons (or both): he is angling for VP with McCain or he is holding the personal grudge against Romney. this has no place here. you won't win scumbag, so get out. Paul looks so much more presidential to me now.

ILoveAmerica, Romney's own religion you know ACCEPTS the Genesis account of history, same as Huckabee's. They just add an extra book of nonsense on top of it all that teaches that one day, Mitt Romney himself can become a God.

Now THAT is scary.

Educate yourself before throwing stones at one candidate's beliefs.

Can someone please explain how mitt is the true conservitive? 6 months ago he was pro choice, he was for stem cell research, for gun control, gay rights, must i go on, The choices we have are not good but Huckabee is the closest one to a AUTHENTIC coservitive we have, Come on we blasted John Kerry for being a flip Floper but no not mitt. Go Huck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

GO MIKE, GO!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to Huckabee for sticking in there…at this point, as long as Romney is not the republican candidate, I will be satisfied with our next president if it ends up being a republican.

As far as all of these Hillary haters, I think Bill Maher put it best on Larry King last night. People hating Hillary is simply a reflection on themselves and who THEY are.

In any event, our next leader will not be George W. Bush, so EVERY American is a winner in this race!

McCain and Huckabee cheating together to beat Romney…..anyone suprised?

The evangelical pastors have got their congregations SCARED to vote for Romney, believing Huckabee has been "called by God" to stop the Mormon. What idiots! They will do anything they are told.

Huckabee is only competing 1) to get VP seat 2) to stop a Mormon.

Absolutely shameful.

McCain alone cannot beat him.
Huckabee alone cannot beat him.

So they have to join together (both under false pretenses) to claim the victory.

Huckabee is too principled to make a back room deal.
Stop looking for conspiracies where they don't exist.
Mike is the REAL "straight talker".

huckabee is a genine guy who plays a musical instrument and worships GOD and relates with ordinary folks. May God bless himm as he wins. this proves americans want fair and moderate leaders. go huck. chuck and mcain.

Fox new reports that Senator McCain HIMSELF was behind getting his supporters to throw their vote behind Huckabee to stop Romney. Amazing.
There are also reports of robocalls in CA from the McCain camp claiming Romney as "anti-god".

I'm ashamed to be a republican.

Keep it in perspective guys — It doesn't much matter who wins the Republican nomination, in WV or anywhere else. Come November, the Democrats are gonna clean their clock!

I have lost my faith in the republican party. I now firmly believe most republicans are idiots mindlessly getting their lead from right wing talk radio without thinking for themselves. Idiots like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are ruining the reputation of all republicans trying to make the most money and pandering to the lowest common denominator. Too bad there are not too many thinking republicans left (or maybe, hopefully, they are just being silent).

The McCain camp could have suggested the McCain supporters vote for Huckabee, but they still had to cast their vote. If any of them thought that Romney was worth voting for they would have. It was the people's choice, and they chose not to vote for Willard.

ILoveAmerica February 5, 2008 4:07 pm ET

The whole Republican Party has become a joke.

It's been a joke since at least 2000.

PUKE! who would vote for this redneck?!

The McCain camp could have suggested the McCain supporters vote for Huckabee, but they still had to cast their vote. If any of them thought that Romney was worth voting for they would have. It was the peoples choice, and they chose not to vote for Willard.

as a democrat who (like everyone else) is witnessing america falling apart financially in bush's last miserable year loitering in DC…..its fun to watch the HuckMan do so well…
He's both messing with MisFit Mitt's votes……and allowing america to come to a faster decision about the obvious that we hope it has the brains to come to…

and………hopefully, most republicans will stay home in November.

Buh, byeee GOP….

It's WEST VIRGINIA…need I say more.

WELL MAYBE IT WONT BE McCAIN THAT HILLARY BEATS IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Further proof of the power of the "Colbert Bump" !

Unbelievable! Political corruption at its worst! War Hero? Baptist minister? Anyone who would vote for one of these two people should be ashamed of themselves for not doing their homework. This obvious backroom deal in an election by the people just makes me sick to my stomach.

Go Mitt Romney!

Let's be clear about one thing. Huckabee didn't win WV. McAmnesty gave him a nice little present for all of his whining and attacking of Romney.

This won't get posted, but I have to try….

Cheaters. Look at what a RINO and a puppet just did to the best candidate the GOP has.

I wonder if the people who criticize Romney for being Mormon have even read the Mormon's book. I have and I see nothing wrong in it. Vote for or against the man, not his religion. Sheesh.

If Romney's religion has hurt him as a person, I'd hate to think about how successful he could have been without it.

If the worst people can do to criticize Mitt is go after his religion, that's good enough for me.

That settles it. I've made up my mind. I'm voting Romney.

I'm am an Indepentet and I will not vote for any candidate of either party that will not enforce our border and ports security. Illegal aliens are costing taxpayers millions every day.Wake up people before its to late! The only person of either party that will do that is Romney and I have my reservations on some of his policies to. Hope we get a stong Independent canidate to run against what is the
worst of evils The .American people deserves better than that!

Congratulations for Mike Huckabee!

I just voted for Hillary as did all of my close friends. I hope Huckabee wins the repug primaries…all of them.

Hillary '08.

Live it up, Huckabum….from now on it'll be back in the single digits.

McCain voters switching to Huckabee to twist the vote? Sounds dirty. Sounds republican

cnn COVERING A MEANINGLESS FORREST GUMP STATE AND MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT!! SURPRISE! SURPRISE! THE ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER AND CNN PULLING THE CRAP OF WHO THEY THINK WILL WIN THE ELECTIONS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF YOU VOTED OR NOT, WHY DON'T YOU IDIOT MEDIA HACKS JUST WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO SEE WHO WON, OH YES, YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST BLOWHARDS TO SAY YOUR CANDIDATE WON.

TWO CRIMMINALS LIKE HICKUPBEE AND MCCAN'T AT IT'S BEST, IF EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO MORONS WIN THE ELECTIONS, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR OBAMA!

Hey Walt, Belton TX what are you stupid or were you dropped at birth! you dingleberry moron! It wouldn't be bad if Mickupbee beat Romney, but when you have two hacks like McCan't and Hillbilly Gomer Pyle lookalike cheating and making back room deals, then that is where you have the crimminal minds of two moronic idiots, corrections, three moronic idiots, you are right with them you moron!

Romney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huckabee is giving all of you evangelicals a bad name. What a religious bigot!

I like huckabee on republican side but, Im voting for Obama 08.

Huckabee is a joke, who stand a 0% chance of winning the nomination. He has no business to still be involved in this race; either he is completely delusional, or he has struck a deal with a very devious John McCain.

Choose the Real Conservative! Go Mitt!!

Congratulations on the win, keep doing what works, the base guitar !!!!!

HILLARY! THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Great Job Huckabee. Im a democrat from Arkansas, but I really want you to get the nomination then regardless of anything, we will have an Arkansan in the white house.

I think the winner take all primary system is WRONG. Primaries should be proportional. This back room deal was unethical. I'm an Obama supporter, but I think the system has been unfair on the Republican side this year.

This is so great. Romney the liberal in sheep's clothing and the fringe lunatics that make up the right wing media must be FLIPPING OUT right about.

I LOVE IT.

Obama 2008!

I heard Huckabee was offering free special kool-aid at his victory celebration.

It is McCain's fault that Huckleberry beat the moron Romney? Too many fruit loops in the cereal this morning?

Yet another Democrat for "conservative" McCain to make a deal with:

advisor Mike MacKinnon, formerly employed by Texas Democrat Ann Richards!

McCain: a Republican in name only.

Just as the article says, Huckabee spokesman Jim Pinkerton has released the following statement:. “Mike Huckabee is the best communicator in the party—in the country. If people get to know him, they will vote for him. Just as they did in West Virginia. Which, of course, has a great tradition of being a key primary state.” THE BIG "IF" HERE IS IS WHETHER OR NOT THE MEDIA AND MODERATORS WILL HELP YOU TO GET TO KNOW THE REAL HUCKABEE because what Pinkerton says, here, is true. VOTE HUCKABEE!

I'm a life long conservative, but if McCain get the nomination, I'm not voting because of crap like this. McCain's dirty politics are unconscionable and shouldn't be supported by ANY republican.

Thisis typical of the underhanded politics practiced by McCain and his supporters. This stop Romney at any cost will cost the GOP a win in November.
What good is it to win the battle and lose the war. Neither McCain nor Huckabee can beat the Democrats in November. Huckabee's base is too narrow and McCain's is too old and tied to the Bush Administration. The Democrats are cheering because they will have a field day running against Bush. not McCain.

I don't understand how people can pull so hard for Mitt Romney when he makes comments like the following, Romney told FOX that Dole was "probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me."

These are *prepared* comments, people. Imagine how abrasive he is going to be working "off the cuff" on the international scene, particularly in 3rd world countries. We need a president who thinks before he speaks and can show some maturity and tack - that person is *not* Mitt Romney.

Did those who switched votes flip flop or cut and run?
In any case, a minority of the state's minority party made a poor choice.

Hillary 08

But I like Huckabee too! Good job Huckabee and McCain

I'm for Huckabee and McCain if Obama sneaks in .

Romney is not conservative….he's a pretender!

I said just about the same thing as Rush ….

I wrote Mitt sometime back asking for a job, true story.Anyways what I asked for was very simple,"Can I get paid to laugh at you for burning all the Republican money for losing a presidential race?"
He did say he would be a great economic president. mitt is a loser.

I support Hilliary Clinton..having said that I do not agree with having a caucus. We should have just primaries. Romney won this state and because of the caucus rules they were all able to vote again just not for their guy, so the Bee won. If a republican were to win the white house I would hope for Romney as I could support him but no way would I support McCain or the Bee. The country will be stung with either of those two.

This is no surprise win, this is only part of the destruction of the republican party. Good work West Virginia, we democrats love this.

Puppet Huckabee and all the GOP cronies in the world won't stop true conservatives in November from making Jon McCain the biggest election-day loser since the demise of Nixon should McCain succeed in his wrangle for the nomination.

Im a democrate supporting Hillary Clinton but if i had to cheer for a republican it would be Huckabee!!!!!

H I L L A R Y 08

Prince Mitt has spent forty million dollars of his own money on his campaign already - and in West Virginia, he can't even beat a guy who truly believes that the Earth is just 6,000 years old, and Adam and Eve were the first human beings!

The whole Republican Party has become a joke.

Congratulations …Huckabee, you deserve it. You are a true American, a true Republican Conservative, and a True Leader and I am proud of you. Don't quit, stay in this race til the end. You have that right…Keep going………..

All this hard pushy stuff coming from Fox news and the radio talk shows is pitiful. I will no longer watch Fox News because of there stand and the way they have done all the candidates except there pretty boy floyd ,Romney the Barbie Doll. And the Romney supporters want to make a fuss out of anything and put people down,you are just a bunch of whiney, sore losers. We already told you you can't buy this election and you can't force feed people either. We are sick of listening to you all and Hannity is a whimp. So sit back tonight and watch Romney figure out the known facts tonight, that he needs to quit. He's lnot going to get it…..

I voted for Huckabee and my second choice would not have been Romney…

LOL….I choked on my beans when I saw the CNN headline "Huckabee wins WV" right now. Like that's a huge surprise, or makes any difference whatsoever….yee haw..bang bang.

Sorry folks, if ya want a Theocratic government (that means government run by religious doctrine by the way), you'll have to go to the middle east. Americans have had enough of that nonsense.

Huckabee only won because McCain's folks CUT A DEAL with Huckabee's folks to deny Romney the victory.

In the first round of caucuses, ROMNEY WON! Huckabee came in second, and McCain came in a distant third. McCain's folks cut a deal with Huckabee–and McCain's folks then voted for Huckabee—ONLY to DENY Romney the victory.

This is ridiculous. This can't happen in a state where we actually vote.

What a joke! The people in the McCain group saw that no one in a majority was buying his nonsense, so they get behind an unqualified candidate just to spite Romney???? Way to think with your heads, folks. I'm just going to consider Romney the winner since he only lost the delegates because of ridiculous garbage politics. Vote for our only competent candidate, Super Tuesday people!

I hope this the last state this guy wins. How can you be a presidential candidate and not believe in evolution. He probably believe anitibiotics are magic pills.

Huckabee will NOT win the republican nomination, but contrats to him, but this is as far as he will go!

Prince Mitt has spent forty million dollars of his own money on his campaign already - and he can't even beat a guy who truly belives that the earth is 6,000 years old, and Adam and Eve were the first human beings!

The whole Republican Party has become a joke.

Why do people like Mitt Romney? I'm still very confused. Oh it's his hair cut. nice. Americans aren't stupid after all!

WAKE UP PEOPLE! Come on! This isn't funny anymore.

Like I mean, don't get me wrong, it was funny for like a couple months. but seriously. now it's time to stop the joking around.

Yeah..President of West Virginia

JohnMcCain and Huckabee ganged up on Romney in West Virginia .Huckabee is now eligible to join the gang of 14 with McCain

aww! listen at the Mitten Kittens wine!
Thanks GOD! Authenticity over came the Great FAKE Romney!
THANK W. VIRGINIA for starting a DOMININO EFFECT FOR OUR HUCK-A-BOO! I AM SO HAPPY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO…
ROMNEY MAY NOW WANT TO TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE AFTER HE GETS DEFEATED IN THE SOUTH BY HUCKABEE AND IN THE NORTH BY MCCAIN. A GOOD CEO KNOWS WHEN TO FOLD AND THAT WOULD BE A SURE SIGN THAT HE CAN NOT WIN, THEN YOU AN GET DOWN TO THE REAL DEAL….I TRULY HAVE CAUGHT THE HUCK-A-BUGGG!!!! AND NO RUSH FLIM-BAUGH LAURA, SEAN HANITY OR ANYONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO SHAPE MY VOTE. HUCKABEE WILL WIN AND WIN BIG. WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TRUE CONSERVATISM, HUCK WILL DEFEAT MCCAIN AND IT LOOKS LIKE MCCAIN COULD BE LOOK AT A VP TICKET AND ROMNEY A POLITICAL COFFEN! OUT OF THEM ALL, ROMNEY HAS HANDLED HIS CAMPAIGN FINANCES THE WORST. SOME CEO!

GO HUCK GO! I'M VOTING FOR YOU ALL THE WAY. MY VOTE IS NOTE 4 SALE!

I can't wait for McCain to go the primaries! He will be chopped liver after the Dems get ahold of him. He thinks Romney put out attack ads, wait till they show people through commercials all of his weaknesses. Hillary said today she will tell the people that he knows nothing about the economy and wants a 100 year war.

Oh, I can't wait for it to get down and dirty!

I voted Romney today and I WILL NEVER vote McAmesty…

A vote for Goober, er.. I mean Huckabee, is a vote for McCrypt.

I think the every day citizen of this great United States is waking up to the fact that Romney will stand for whatever is convienient, and that he is just as big a liberal as McCain.

Try looking in the mirror and ask yourself (do I really believe everything that Romney is telling me, or is he a good looking, smooth talking snake oil salesman?)

Did you know that in Las Vegas you had to be at the Caucus in order to vote.
People during that half hour session were working. The mailman, UPS, and on and on. I don't know whose brainstorm that was but it was to save money… Tra la.
I'll fix them. The next election I want an ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Look into this and let it be known that there are plenty people who never had a chance to vote in Las Vegas because you HAD TO BE AT THE CAUCUS IN ORDER TO VOTE AND THE VOTING SESSION LASTED ONE HALF HOUR!!!!!!!
Check into this CNN and make it known.
I wasn't able to vote because I couldn't make it at their specified time, so now I feel like a foreigner. At 90, I had yet to miss a vote and now because of their stupid idea I missed my first time. Please make it known. It isn't fair.

It's fitting that Rush Limpballs is a "heavy" in the republican party. I like to see ole' Rush "throw his weight around". It just shows how demented the republicans are that they can't eject this piece of waste from their proud over-fed…

Rush, Cheney, O'reilly, Bush, Hannity (the knuckle dragging mouth breathing moron), that insane blonde lady, Romney - they're all the same person to me.

Thanks GOD! Authenticity over came the Great FAKE Romney!
THANK W. VIRGINIA for starting a DOMININO EFFECT FOR OUR HUCK-A-BOO! I AM SO HAPPY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO…
ROMNEY MAY NOW WANT TO TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE AFTER HE GETS DEFEATED IN THE SOUTH BY HUCKABEE AND IN THE NORTH BY MCCAIN. A GOOD CEO KNOWS WHEN TO FOLD AND THAT WOULD BE A SURE SIGN THAT HE CAN NOT WIN, THEN YOU AN GET DOWN TO THE REAL DEAL….I TRULY HAVE CAUGHT THE HUCK-A-BUGGG!!!! AND NO RUSH FLIM-BAUGH LAURA, SEAN HANITY OR ANYONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO SHAPE MY VOTE. HUCKABEE WILL WIN AND WIN BIG. WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TRUE CONSERVATISM, HUCK WILL DEFEAT MCCAIN AND IT LOOKS LIKE MCCAIN COULD BE LOOK AT A VP TICKET AND ROMNEY A POLITICAL COFFEN! OUT OF THEM ALL, ROMNEY HAS HANDLED HIS CAMPAIGN FINANCES THE WORST. SOME CEO!

GO HUCK GO! I'M VOTING FOR YOU ALL THE WAY. MY VOTE IS NOTE 4 SALE!

Excellent strategy on the part of McCain supporters. While it may seem kind of tricky, I always love to see conventions or caucuses that play out like chess games.

Congrats to Huckabee.

Romney supporters are so hypocritical … let's get this strait … here's what Romney supporters were saying:

"Huckabee has no chance to win and is only going to split the conservative vote. Therefore, if you're conservative, you should vote for your second choice … (being Mitt, of course)."

Now, when the McCain voters came in a "distant third", seeing that their candidate had no chance to win, they conceded and voted for their second choice.

They simply did what Romney supporters have been asking Huckabee supporters to do … vote for someone who has a chance.

A note to the conservative talk shows: Stop telling me who to vote for and not vote for. I'll vote for the candidate that I believe in.

Humm… it appears that there is still people interested in Social conservationism.
Huckabee is prolife, has pledged not to grant amnesty, raise taxes and has repealed whatever other untruthful talking point that romney's camp and cons. talk show host has used. What else do you want?
The only thing I think he is vulnerable is that he wants to let children on illegals aliens study. But if you think about it, is not such a bad thing to do.

The McCain votes went to Huckabee–the scenario here perhaps is that between McCain and Romney, voters prefer Romney. But between Romney and Huckabee, voters prefer Huckabee.

So the voters did the right thing to switch their votes to Huckabee. It proves that they don't like Romney and McCain.

Looks like Romney needed Ron Paul's votes in the 2nd round and didn't get them. There's a real story for CNN; finding out where the Ron Paul votes went in WV. If Romney wins Cal. Paul just may end up holding the delegate balance of power. Fascinating.

CONGRATULATIONS HUCK!!!

In the words of T.D Jakes "GET READY GET READY GET READY!!!"

You want a change….

Romney should drop out. He is taking Huckabees votes. Shame on Romney!

Huckabee winning anything is very scary! I guess going to clown college pays.

This country needs Mitt, shame on them. McCain is a Bushee and Huckabee is something this country does not need. Someone should tell him about the separation of church and the state. Bet Huckabee would want to change that if he became president. The perfect campaign MItt versus Hilary. Let the best person win.

Its a sad day. That Huckabee has to back door deal a blow to Mitt Romney. Look at the numbers, more people wanted Romney and the only way Huckabee could do it is to back door deal it. Romney has placed consistantly #1 or #2 in every primary except 1 of all the primaries so far. More consistant than any of the candidates out there. Romney is the clear only one that can honestly have a chance to win against Mcain. All Huckabee is doing is handing the presidency over to Mcain. Huckabee is spliting the vote. If he was a person of common sense and if he really is a honest man he be honest with himself 1st and conservative republicans he should or would graceously bow out like a gentleman and let the only one who can stand a chance against the liberal republican (Mcain). It doenst take a rocket scientist to know he is only hurting the conservative cause. Admitt it Mike, you dont have what it takes by yourself to take on Mcain even if you want to. Romney would have a hard time but at least he has a strong showing on his own and with your group behind him he couldnt fail. Together you and Romney stand, Divided both you will fall.

Go Huckabee!! He is the only one who has a chance against Obama or McCain in the general election. The Democrats have to much momentum from "the people," we need a people president who has the experience, communication skills and ideas to lead us. I hope his victory will gain momentum in other states!!! I wish the best for Huckabee and for all Americans for that matter!!

GO Huckabee!

American politics is in play!

This is my Second e-mail with the same message. The first one is not showing.

Enough of the Clintons. Bill Clinton only wants his wife to win so HE can get the power back, not because he wants her to win. What a selfish, self-centered, spoiled little boy he is.

Bob Dole to Russ Limbaugh
nothing against Bob Dole's war record, but Russ Limbaugh??? Seriously???
What has become of the Republican party that Russ Limbaugh plays a heavy part??
Oh my goodness, how sad-

Stupid is as stupid does…great work West Virginia…

About Pinkerton's comment - No, American's won't vote for Huckabee. We have seen all we need to and we don't like him. By the way, your little thing about saying WV voted for Huckabee! no they didnt, they voted against Romney because of McCain's lame tactic

**** THE FIX IS IN***

JOHN McCAIN AND MIKE HUCKABEE CONSPIRED TO FIX THE WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY AND STOLE IT FROM ROMNEYS CLEAR MAJORITY.

CHEAT AND DECEIT, McCAIN AND HUCKABEE

OUR NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. HOW PROUD WE SHOULD BE !

Wow, not hard to lose faith in a Party when you see these kind of dirty tricks being played. What is the deal with only 1k people coming out for this?

And why do they have 2 ballots?

It's fairly obvious these past couple of weeks that Romney really knows he can't compete with Huckabee when Huckabee is allowed to speak. That's why Romney's Robocalls tried to convince voters that it was a 2-man race. It worked for some–I've had to inform some people that Huckabee was still in the race.

The media + Romney don't want a real conservative like Huckabee around. Give Huckabee the same airtime as Romney and he'll beat Mitt every time. Use your moneybags to bury him, and apparently he'll still beat the liberal spender.

Romney's (and the Democrats) spending on this election gives me no confidence they understand what frugal means. I don't want them running this country as they've proven they'll run their campaigns–money, money, money.

CNN…WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO POST MY COMMENT!!!!?

I wouldn't care who was running in the Republican party, they wouldn't get my vote!!! Look at how the current Republican President has the US in a recession!!!! But if you ask any of them how has BUSH left the country in the last eight years, they will say anything but the truth which is A HOT MESS!!!

Go Obama, if not him, Go Hillary, if not one of them GOD HELP US ALL!!!!

Congratulations Mr Huckabee! It is a 3 way republican race ! Go vote America, you are important.

The reason why many Christian will stay home, and not vote in November:
There may not be a candidate, who is against the killing of millions of innocent people for convenience.
A person comes into the world at conception (This is a fact, not a opinion). We won’t vote, because we don’t want to stand guilty before God, for giving a nod of approval to, voting for, anyone who approves the killing of millions of innocent people for convenience (abortion).

I imagined it happened something like this:

Moderator: That concludes the voting–
*door explodes off the hinges*
Chuck Norris: Sorry I'm late.
Moderator [gulps] …the, uh, first round of voting, that is…

Justin writes…

That's the dirtiest thing I ever saw…Romney beat them all in the first ballot then the McCain Huckabee campaigned teamed up and pulled off their dirty trick<<<

That's not dirty it's smart. McCain never had a chance to win that state but he had the power to deny it to Mitt. Wasn't it your boy Mitt who just the other day said "Stop whining. It's politics and that's the way the game is played?" Trust me if the roles were reversed Mitt would have shafted McCain just as McCain shafted Mitt. Now take your candidates' own advice and quit whining.

PROOF MCLAIM CAN NOT BEAT ROMNEY WITHOUT HELP FROM HUCKLEBERRY

EVERY VOTE FOR HUCKLEBERRY IS A VOTE FOR JOHN MCLAIM

WAKE UP CONSERVATIVES, JOHN MCLAIM IS A LIBERAL

THE FIRST VOTE MITT HAD 41% OF THE VOTE A LARGE MAJORITY

I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR JOHN MCLAIM

VOTE FOR MITT THE ONLY CHOICE

Huckabee won by someone else's support. He didn't win because there was that many people that supported him. There was more people that supported the idea to not let Romney win then there was people to support Huckabee. That is so pathetic. Romney should have won that race. This is just further evidence that "A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain". Also that Huckabee is McCain's little string puppet to win the nomination. McCain wouldn't touch Huckabee with a ten foot pole for his VP. Huckabee is dreaming. McCain isn't going to be electable in November because a lot of his base is going to stay home rather than vote for him. C'mon voters, get out there and vote or caucus for Mitt Romney! He is our country's last hope for survival in the world.

It is completely unbelievable that people would say Huckabee is taking votes from another candidate, that he is undemocratic and should drop out of the race. I'm sorry but last time I checked the Constitution it says any American born citizen of the right age can run for President. That includes Huckabee.

If Romney were indeed the best candidate then the majority of voters would have chose him. The voters did not. That's democracy.

I love me a good theocracy.

People obviously are misinformed, particularly in WV.

Hey, didn't you get the memo from Romney? "stop whining!"

So Mike Huckabee needs McCain's coattails to ride on! I figured as much
from this fading preacher man. I wonder whose bed he'll be putting his
shoes under next? Clinton? Obama? How pathetic.

Congrats to John McCain! A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain! This is pathetic…

Go Mitt!

Congratulations Mike! Thanks for standing up to the political machine!

Go Huckabye.

Fired Up! Ready to Go!…Obama in '08!

The people who voted for McCain who switched their vote to Huck, their vote was still for McCain. To vote from Huck is a vote for McCain.

It's a convention, the second vote people have to drop the lower people, and pick one of the leading ones.

McCain's people went to Huckabee's because of dirty poltics, your'e right… but because of Mitt's mud slinging, flip-flopping, and pandering politics. Mitt's been a complete slime ball, and everyone who's not supporting him, hates him. Hey, when you have to bully people with Negetive campaigning and ego, it's going to get you in the end.

Nice win Huck!

Ron Paul got 3 of Mike Huckabee's national delegates. He got 10.4% of the vote in the first round. Not too shabby for a "fringe" candidat