Ignore the Polls, the only One that Counts is Still in Progress
I don’t mean to imply any disrespect to anyone posting early poll results, I can’t deny they are fun, but…….the only poll that counts is still in progress and they call this poll “a primary election”.
If you are a registered voter in Florida and you support the candidacy of Mitt Romney, get to the polls and vote: NO MATTER WHAT THE POLLS SAY!!!
It doesn’t matter if they say Mitt is up by 40% points are if he is down by 40% points. I see stories alleging the activity of Independents being allowed to vote. I have no clue if the stories are accurate or not. I do know this. There are certain elements in our society who don’t respect one of the most awesome documents on the face of the earth, an American ballot.
Don’t let anything the media says tonight discourage you from voting. After you have voted for Mitt Romney, there will be plenty of time this evening to follow the election returns. You will be able to say to yourself; “I did my duty and now the rest is up to the voters of Florida.”
Remember the title to Hugh Hewitt’s book: “If It’s Not Close, They Can’t Cheat.”
~~John Cronin~~
January 29th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Hmm. I wonder what our sanctimonious Huckabee is going to say about the last minute dirty attack ads by McCain in Florida. McCain’s attacks were both personal and patently untrue. For some reason, I think that Huckabee won’t have too much of a problem with them and will tell Romney supporters to stop whinning. Bigotry shows in many faces.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
McCain 33, Romney 32? [Rich Lowry]
That’s what’s going around as the early exits. If you haven’t voted, get out and do it—every vote might really count down there. I asked a friend (not supporting anyone) if Romney still has a chance if that exit poll is accurate: “Oh yes. That’s well within the margin of error. Plus, the final wave isn’t in, and often late voters will differ by several points from those who vote earlier in the day. Which way they will differ—I have no idea.”
January 29th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
McCain 64.7, Romney 36. That’s the latest from Intrade. This is actually good news, when the “crash” I referred to happened, Mitt was down to 15 and McCain was at 85. Mitt is still in this, but it will be an uphill climb. Every vote counts!
January 29th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
61 - 36.5, the numbers are volatile but Mitt is moving in the right direction for now.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The Intrade Market is going CRAZY now! As ‘bigmo’ has reported before me. The BIG question is “what’s making Romney move from 15% to now 39% in just the last 20 minuets?! I have to believe some exit polls are being posted on local Florida TV stations! Hang on tight! There just might be something BIG happening!!!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I am holding my breath. Intrade is all over the place.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I think there are large numbers of voters going Mitt Romeny’s way in the panhandle.
The exit polls are showing basically a deadheat. They wont be able to call the election until late. Everything is basically going to depend on the late sure, which direction that one goes. Mitt or McCain. I have a hard time believing McCain would win an election dominated so far by conservatives and with the economy as the number one issue. Another point is that the exit polls make certain demographic assumptions which are sometimes not reliable in a state that changes so fast as Florida.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Remember exit poll that favor John Kerry in 2004?
January 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
McCain by 4 among voters most concerned with the economy?! WTF???!
Gee, thanks for staying neutral, Jeb… Not impossible, but its definitely going to be hard for Mitt to pull off….
January 29th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I am always worried when people start saying ” the only poll that matters is the one on election day.” Isn’t that line always the kiss of death? I am hoping something changes but the last few days have not been kind to us and so far the results seem to be showing that….
January 29th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
McCain has lied and cheated his way through his campaign. Where is his honor?
January 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I’m so jittery… I just can’t watch TV tonight. I just hope Romney will pull through.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
McCain jumps out to a comfortable lead - 34% McCain, 30% Romney…….
January 29th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
McCain snatches a 20,000 vote lead. What!?!
January 29th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I just want to say that no matter how this turns out, and it’s not looking good, everybody on this site and maybe 1/3 of Florida knows that Mitt would be the best president. We have all been fighting the unbelievable force and power of the media who has given McCain millions upon millions of dollars of free coverage after they long ago chose him for us to be the republican candidate. How can anybody succeed against such unbelievable forces? If/when Mitt loses tonight, we know that McCain’s momentum due to the media influence will be too much to stop. Sad, but true. But when all is said and done, I hope and pray that the republicans get taken out this year. If the republicans have slid so far to the left that McCain is now an acceptable choice, then they no longer really know what they stand for. They deserve to lose.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Amen Linda!
January 29th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Linda, I love your comment. Would you mind if I snagged it and posted it on my website?
January 31st, 2008 at 12:05 am
Is this not making everyone crazy? I mean even if liberal Republicans knew what he was up to they’d flip out! That’s why they’re still Republicans!!! Why is this not being talked about? Also, Mitt should really talk about the founing fathers wanting decent, respected men coming from their communities and contributing what they could, then returning to their livelihoods and families. They never intended for men to be carrer politicians! It, as they said, leads to unholy alliances! (Mitt is a perfect example of this…)
Please pass the following around…
Take a listen to and a look at the interchange…
Go to http://mydd.com/story/2007/4/3/11936/97033 to hear John Kerry giving this interview.
John Kerry: “McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004”
“Talked to Tom Daschle about jumping the isle and becoming a Democrat”
Jonathan Singer: “On Monday afternoon I had the chance to speak with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party’s nominee for President in 2004. During the interview, which covers a range of topics and which I will be posting later this afternoon, an item of particular interest jumped out at me: According to Sen. Kerry, it was John McCain’s staff who approached his campaign about potentially filling the Vice President slot on the Democratic ticket in 2004.”
Jonathan Singer: “There’s a story in The Hill, I think on Tuesday, by Bob Cusack on the front page of the paper talking about how John McCain’s people — John Weaver — had approached Tom Daschle and a New York Congressman, I don’t remember his name, about switching parties. And I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about what your discussions were with him in 2004, how far it went, who approached whom… if there was any “there” there.”
John Kerry: “I don’t know all the details of it. I know that Tom, from a conversation with him, was in conversation with a number of Republicans back then. It doesn’t surprise me completely because his people similarly approached me to engage in a discussion about his potentially being on the ticket as Vice President.”
Singer: “Okay. And just to confirm, you said it, but this is something they approached you rather than…”
Kerry: “Absolutely correct. John Weaver of his shop…” [JK answers phone]
For many Republicans, it has been bad enough that John McCain has voted and worked with Democrats against the majority of Republican Senators on a number of occasions in recent years. For Republicans, I would imagine that reports that he approached the Democrats about leaving the Senate GOP caucus in 2001 represent a borderline unpardonable offense. But it seems that reaching out to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee to talk about running on that party’s ticket would be tantamount to the highest form of political treason to Republicans.
This story could hardly come at a worse time for McCain.