Official SC Republican Primary Results Thread

[Person Man]

Go Hick!

[Person Man]

Well, if McCain does win tonight, you are probably looking at the next president of the united states, especially if hillary is the democratic nominee. the republican race is over.

Who knows.... he bases his campaign on an unpopular war.

[Person Man]

Romney is polling close to Huckabee in early returns.

Likely won't happen, but if Romney finishes ahead of Huckabee, that would be hilarious.

If Romney gets a silver....he could have a campaign to rival the McKain.

[Person Man]

He's coming out of the closet.

[Person Man]

33-31 now

I'm giddy.

[Person Man]

The Golden Arches...

[Person Man]

Where is this website?

[Person Man]

Now we are going to have to deal with McCain....

Iraq is kinda sunny, though..

[Person Man]

27% in 36-28... ARE WE FUGGIN LOVIN' IT YET?

[Person Man]

Whether waxing or waning, McCain has consistently maintained his lead -why isn't CNN or some other news network calling this race for him already? 

Because the networks do not yet have 99.5% confidence that he won. When/if they do, they will.

THEN WE WILL BE LOVIN' IT!!

[Person Man]

Can we get a surge protector?

[Person Man]

30-33 again. But we are still lovin' it...

[Person Man]

McCain by 3. I guess we are lovin' it. Does this make McCain the next republican nominee?

[Person Man]

But isn't this the smallest margin that any candidate has won in SC?

[Person Man]

What happens next?

[Person Man]

Wrong thread, but where are we in the Dem race?

[Person Man]

That was a GREAT concession speech by Huckabee.

It was.  I don't care if CARLHAYDEN doesn't like him, I still do.  He was gracious and grateful.  He seemed sincere.  And I think it was an inspiring, if not rousing, speech tonight.

Yeah even as a Democrat I thought it was pretty good. Especially with his part on workers. While I think it is just stupid to vote for the Republicans if you are a worker, if I was a Republican I would be pushing hard for reaching out to workers.

But you have to understand that some workers don't want to answer to union bosses.    In the Iowa legislature, a bill nicknamed "fair share," which would allow non-union employees to be charged union dues if it becomes law, was defeated in the previous legislative term in the state House of Representatives but may be re-introduced sometime this term.  The bill passed last year in the state senate and failed in the house.  The Democrats have a smaller majority in the house, and a shift of 3 votes is enough to defeat the bill.  My state rep, Doris Kelley, recently answered an email message I sent her about it.  She wrote back calling herself a "pro-business Democrat" and says she has no plans to change her opposition vote, fortunately.  But she also said she thinks that they'll re-introduce the bill and that it'll be tougher this time because one of the pro-business Democrats retired and was replaced by a more collectivist Democrat.

I'm not saying I agree with Huckabee on many issues.  I don't agree with him, in fact, or with any Democrats and at least two republicans (Romney and Huckabee) on the solution to our nation's health care crisis, for example.  I think we all agree that the problem is simple:  we pay 16% of our aggregate GDP for healthcare.  But we disagree on the solution.  Huckabee is basically Democrat-lite on this issue (and many others.)  I feel like we need less government not more.  It was government involvement, beginning in the late 50s, that began to drive up the costs, and it's increased government involvement in healthcare that maintains the high cost.  There's no reason a band-aid, which costs you seven cents at Wal-Mart, should cost seven dollars if a physician or a registered nurse puts it on.  The reason:  bureaucracy.  government. 

Well, my only point wasn't that I agree wholeheartedly with Huckabee, only that I think he's one of the more sincere and gracious of the candidates.  I'd consider voting for him if he got the nomination.  I don't think I could say that about all the republicans (or democrats) running just now.

L-IA?

[Person Man]

Wrong thread, but where are we in the Dem race?

well, as of tonight, the soft delegate count is:

Clinton 38
Obama 36
Edwards 18
(2025 needed to nominate)

And, while we're at it, for republicans it is:

Romney 59
McCain 23
Huckabee 20
Thompson 11
Paul 8
Hunter 1
(1191 needed)

So it's way early.  The market hates uncertainty, as they say.  But I thrive on it.  I like to check the delegate count once in a while to remind myself that in spite of all the media hype, it's really too early for candidates to be dropping out or for folks to start selling off pharmaceutical stocks yet.

Oh, Angry Weasel, I'm waiting for the nominating convention in May to see who they like.  But I'm still hoping for Paul to rack up enough to barter it off for some policy agenda concessions to whichever Republican comes close enough to really need his supporters' support.

Anxious?