The morning after Super Tuesday... the repub edition

[woodstock]

For those of you on the right...

Race Projected Winner* Pledged Delegates*
Iowa caucuses Huckabee 17
Wyoming caucuses Romney 9
New Hampshire primary McCain 7
Michigan primary Romney 24
Nevada caucuses Romney 18
South Carolina primary McCain 19
Florida primary McCain 57
Maine caucuses Romney 18
Alabama primary Huckabee 14
Alaska caucuses Romney 12
Arizona primary McCain 50
Arkansas primary Huckabee 25
California primary McCain
Colorado caucuses Romney 22
Connecticut primary McCain 27
Delaware primary McCain 18
Georgia primary Huckabee 45
Illinois primary McCain 54
Massachusetts primary Romney 21
Minnesota caucuses Romney 36
Missouri primary McCain 58
Montana caucuses Romney 25
New Jersey primary McCain 52
New York primary McCain 101
North Dakota caucuses Romney 8
Oklahoma primary McCain 32
Tennessee primary Huckabee 21
Utah primary Romney 36
West Virginia caucuses

John McCain
Pledged: 542Unpledged RNC*: 17Total: 559

Mitt Romney
Pledged: 256Unpledged RNC*: 9Total: 265

Mike Huckabee
Pledged: 166Unpledged RNC*: 3Total: 169

Ron Paul
Pledged: 16Unpledged RNC*: 0Total: 16

[speaker]

Good, woody.

[CSense]

Good, woody.

Hey! no sexual references please

BTW, I"m wondering who the veep running mate McCain will select. I'm leaning towards Huckabee (needs those conservatives) but I could see him with both Lieberman and Kerry (should Hillary get the nod).

[woodstock]

the afternoon changes...

from cnn.com

John McCain
Pledged: 555
Unpledged RNC*: 17
Total: 572

Mitt Romney
Pledged: 241
Unpledged RNC*: 9
Total: 250

Mike Huckabee
Pledged: 157
Unpledged RNC*: 3
Total: 160

[gshowell]

The day after results didn't conform with the projections. Which is okay.

Remember, yesterday.... McCain was supposed to have the nomination wrapped up.

Oh well...

[dags]

Hey! no sexual references please

BTW, I"m wondering who the veep running mate McCain will select. I'm leaning towards Huckabee (needs those conservatives) but I could see him with both Lieberman and Kerry (should Hillary get the nod).

I like Huckabee as his vp but does he really need to appease the conservatives? Would they vote for Obama or Clinton over him? I would say Lieberman might be a better fit to get some of the independent and left votes that he will need.

[Linda_D]

I like Huckabee as his vp but does he really need to appease the conservatives? Would they vote for Obama or Clinton over him? I would say Lieberman might be a better fit to get some of the independent and left votes that he will need.

Going with Huckabee to "appease" conservatives would likely cost McCain independent votes without gaining much from the conservatives. On the other hand, going with Lieberman seems to be setting up a "pro Iraq war" ticket that will turn off many voters.

[CSense]

I like Huckabee as his vp but does he really need to appease the conservatives? Would they vote for Obama or Clinton over him? I would say Lieberman might be a better fit to get some of the independent and left votes that he will need.

If yesterday's election was any indication, then yes Huckabee would bring in the conservative vote, looked what he did to Romney. However, there has been rumor that Lindsay Graham might consider the position.

IMO, McCain signifies the 'left side' of the Republican party and already garners many independent votes, he needs to capture the Republican base which is more conservative, thus looking for someone like Huckabee or Graham.

For him to grab a Lieberman or Kerry, IMO his strategy would be to take away Democratic and more independents away from the Democratic candidate, while expecting more conservative voters to stay home.

I'm not sure if either strategy would work but if I was him I'd stick to picking up the Republican base.

[woodstock]

I'm not up on the repub candidates except for some of the sound bites on the news... but the lastest in totals (at the time of this post)

John McCain
Pledged: 663
Unpledged RNC*: 17
Total: 680

Mitt Romney
Pledged: 261
Unpledged RNC*: 9
Total: 270

Mike Huckabee
Pledged: 173
Unpledged RNC*: 3
Total: 176

Here's where they stand w/delegates:

Alabama
Huckabee 20
McCain 16


Alaska
Romney 12
Huckabee 6
Paul 5
McCain 3


Arizona
McCain 53


Arkansas
Huckabee 29
McCain 1
Romney 1


California
McCain 116
Romney 3

Colorado
Romney 22


Connecticut
McCain 27


Delaware
McCain 18


Florida
McCain 57


Georgia
Huckabee 45
McCain 3



Illinois
McCain 55
Romney 3


Iowa
Huckabee 17
Romney 12
McCain 3
Paul 2


Kansas
McCain 2
Romney 1

Louisiana
McCain 3


Maine
Romney 19
McCain 1

Massachusetts
Romney 23
McCain 18


Michigan
Romney 24
McCain 5
Huckabee 1

Minnesota
Romney 38


Missouri
McCain 58


Montana
Romney 25


Nevada
Romney 18
McCain 4
Paul 4
Huckabee 2

New Hampshire
McCain 7
Romney 4
Huckabee 1


New Jersey
McCain 52


New York
McCain 101

North Dakota
Romney 8
McCain 6
Huckabee 5
Paul 5


Oklahoma
McCain 32
Huckabee 6

South Carolina
McCain 19
Huckabee 5

Tennessee
Huckabee 21
McCain 15
Romney 9

Utah
Romney 36

West Virginia
Huckabee 18
Romney 1

Wyoming
Romney 9