2008 Woodie Awards
It's not my fault
by Adam Perillo
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: Connections
Super Tuesday and the ballot bowl are over and the results are more indecisive than ever. The Democrats are in a heated race with almost equal delegate votes. It's so close that winning any state will have minimal effect on the outcome.
The Republicans are an entirely different story. John McCain is devastating the poles with more than triple the delegate votes than Mike Huckabee. Saturday's primaries are starting to change the outlook. Barack Obama easily claimed victory in Louisiana, and Huckabee took Kansas by a landslide.
It's mathematically impossible for Huckabee to obtain the 1,191 votes needed for him to win. It's also becoming impossible for either democratic candidate to mathematically win the 2,025 votes they need. They can all prevent each other from winning. Then they will all go to the convention in July and fight it out. It's about eight weeks before the election. It gives people the chance to make either a more informed decision, or to form a misinformed bias.
It seems a lot of people are ready to check D on the ballot just because they want a drastic change from the eight years of the Bush administration. This will most likely be the biggest Democrat voting turnout since 1996. The Republican Party is at an incredible disadvantage. They're going to have to have a balanced candidate to win the election.
I think McCain is balanced. He isn't the super conservative the Republicans want, but he isn't the liberal leader the Democrats want. Unlike the other Republicans, he supports rights for same sex partners and to an extent stem cell research. In the end I'm sure McCain will be the nomination for the Republicans despite his weak super conservatism, but the Democrats is really a coin toss.
The most powerful weapon the Democrats could have would be both Hillary Clinton and Obama on the same ticket, one for president and the other for vice president. If that happens McCain and the entire Republican party does not have a chance. This election can make or break history.
The Republicans are an entirely different story. John McCain is devastating the poles with more than triple the delegate votes than Mike Huckabee. Saturday's primaries are starting to change the outlook. Barack Obama easily claimed victory in Louisiana, and Huckabee took Kansas by a landslide.
It's mathematically impossible for Huckabee to obtain the 1,191 votes needed for him to win. It's also becoming impossible for either democratic candidate to mathematically win the 2,025 votes they need. They can all prevent each other from winning. Then they will all go to the convention in July and fight it out. It's about eight weeks before the election. It gives people the chance to make either a more informed decision, or to form a misinformed bias.
It seems a lot of people are ready to check D on the ballot just because they want a drastic change from the eight years of the Bush administration. This will most likely be the biggest Democrat voting turnout since 1996. The Republican Party is at an incredible disadvantage. They're going to have to have a balanced candidate to win the election.
I think McCain is balanced. He isn't the super conservative the Republicans want, but he isn't the liberal leader the Democrats want. Unlike the other Republicans, he supports rights for same sex partners and to an extent stem cell research. In the end I'm sure McCain will be the nomination for the Republicans despite his weak super conservatism, but the Democrats is really a coin toss.
The most powerful weapon the Democrats could have would be both Hillary Clinton and Obama on the same ticket, one for president and the other for vice president. If that happens McCain and the entire Republican party does not have a chance. This election can make or break history.
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