Endorsements Piling Up For McCain
(CBS)
From CBS News' Andante Higgins:
WASHINGTON, DC – The endorsements from the Republican establishment keep rolling in for John McCain – George H.W. Bush plans to endorse him on Monday in Houston, and Mitt Romney offered his support yesterday.
"Frankly, I was very appreciative of the fact that Gov. Romney endorsed as soon as he did. As we all know, primaries are rough and so many times it takes a little time to have the unity that we're seeking and especially appreciative that he quickly came on board. He was very gracious in his remarks and we had a very pleasant conversation," McCain said while traveling on his press bus after Romney's endorsement in Boston.
McCain also reflected upon his loss to George W. Bush in 2000, saying he understands how difficult it is to lose in the primaries and to throw your support to another candidate. "I will freely admit – I know what it's like to lose. I know it's tough," he said. McCain went on to campaign for President Bush during that election, and the Arizona senator says he knows how hard it is for Romney supporters to immediately throw their support behind a former competitor. "Whenever you go out and you man a phone bank for hours and you walk literally door to door for hours on behalf of the candidate you believe in, it's tough to lose. We all know that. And it takes a while but we're all Republicans. We obviously want to win the election."
McCain said Romney agreed to do whatever is necessary to help him do that. "Governor Romney got over 4 million votes last time I counted and I'll be eager to have him campaign with me around the country," he said. "There's places that he is still extremely popular and I think he can be effective not only for me but for our congressional and senatorial candidates." McCain said he hopes Romney can be particularly helpful in Michigan and the Midwest.
But not every Republican is rushing to the McCain bandwagon. Mike Huckabee insists he'll be in the race until a nominee is officially declared, and spoke out against Romney's endorsement as a "me, too" notion. While Senator McCain says that he respects Huckabee's decision to remain in the race, he made a broader appeal for unity within the GOP. "I think what we try to do in the Republican Party, and I think it's true in the other party as well, is once the people have decided or the individual has decided that it's no longer a good idea to continue that we unify the party. All of us were asked early on, will you support the nominee of the party. And I think that Governor Romney obviously feels that I will be the nominee of the party," McCain said.
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Politics is a game of chess, where the master strategist wins, not necessarily the best man. Much like war, in a way....
The word "should" is a cognitive distortion. You cannot conduct your life in this realm. Move on....
Just like Huckabee, you are focused on Romney, when you both needed to be focusing on McCain. You are STILL focused on Romney when you need to be focusing on McCain.
For some reason you don''t seem to see McCain as the major impediment to your goal, even when the nomination is only inches from his grasp. Instead, you continue to attack someone who has been out of the race for over a week when the question has always been how to beat McCain!
I''m sure they don''t teach Marines to focus on the enemy they have already killed, so what''s with that...?
Perhaps you can ask Huckabee''s campaign why they didn''t rethink their strategy and focus on McCain -- and then on Romney -- once McCain was out of the race...?
Most who have watched this have believed that Huckabee has a quite different agenda than you do.
The Republican establishment and liberal media are worried they will lose power if Lincoln or Huckabee were President.
Both Lincoln and Huckabee want to give freedom to all people. Lincoln (to abolish slavery) and Huckabee (to abolish income tax).
The establishment and media should have learned their lesson back in the 1860''s from Abraham Lincoln, but instead they hoard on their money and their selfish desires once again.
With Monday being President''s day, they should reflect on lesson''s learned here, but instead the Republican establishment and Liberal media will again walk past a dying man on a road to Damascus, not offering to help like the age old bibical story goes. The Pharisee and Saducces did the same thing to the common ordinary citizens.
Both Lincoln and Huckabee could go the easy way, but instead the are sticking out their neck to help everyone, not just the few.
Both Lincoln and Huckabee are very humble men, caring about others more than themselves. Both men want to take America to higher ground and create a new American spirit.
Let''s rally around Lincoln and Huckabee, they are truly honest, humble, trustworthy, charismatic and caring people.
So since the Republican establishment thinks they are so smart, be prepared to lose the white house.
Our GOP leaders should have stepped in a long time ago and put a stop the the unethical campaign Romney was running. Especially when he robo called millions of people prior to Super Tuesday to tell un suspecting Americans that Huckabee had dropped out of the race.
Huckabee should be leading right now. Just because he is not, doesn''''t mean he shouldn''''t be.
I am sickened that we have an awesome leader who is getting short shafted.
There is something about the words "Christian Leader" emblazoned upon one''s chest that does not strike me as particularly humble.
Yet I see this assertion again and again -- that Huckabee is humble. What could these folks possibly mean...
It occurs to me finally that what they mean is that Huckabee is poor.
He is from financially "humble" circumstances as opposed to the candidates who have wealth, either created or married into it....
I assert that it is possible for man of few means to be more prideful than a man of great means. Pride isn''t about wealth. It is about enmity for others.
If one feels glad that one possesses more stuff than his neighbor, and feels disdain for him becasue of his circumstances, then one is prideful.
If a man feels morally superior to a man who is wealthier than him, he is equally prideful.
If a man has to have the last word and always be right, even when he is wrong, he is prideful -- even if he is poor as dirt.
If a rich man isn''t ever willing to get his hands dirty, he might be prideful. A very wealthy man who is willing to put in his own physical effort to help others is likely quite humble.
You can''t measure humility in dollars, folks....
They don''''t like Mike Huckabee''''s charm, charisma and optimistic attidude. They feel threatened that they will lose control of their power hungry system.
They walk around pretending to care about the ordinary citizen, but in reality only care about their power and money.
Don''''t be tricked into thinking they are for you. They have a attitude problem, they think the common ordinary American''''s are too stupid and they must control them.
The American people must rally around the charisma of Mike Huckabee. He deeply cares about ordinary Americans.
He wants to "share" his power with you, not "show" his power like the other power hungry establishments want to do.
It''''s time to show the establishments that the American people can think for themselves. Let''''s rally around Mike Huckabee, a honest trustworthy and humble man.
I am truly saddened by the hate you have for others that don''t happen to agree with you. Some of Huckabee''s ploys have been disigniuous and misleading - call it what you want, but Chritlike does not spring to mind. I would say that Mitt did not make a single personal or spiritual attack on ANYONE. He stuck to the issues and voting records; remember the "facts are funny things?" Mitt did an excellent job and can hold his head up AND sleep at night. Attacking Mitt for getting an education and working hard - must sound good to easily manipulated people who think the world owes them a living- but who could sleep at night after that sham? Remember the parable of the talents? We are supposed be educated, work hard and share what we have. What kind of person makes that a bad thing? Only someone that doesn''t understand the scriptures. That you hate Mitt, hate his supports, hate the media, hate everyone and everything sends the message that you don''t have a great deal of peace. I would never be able to vote for "the huckster" even if McCain fell ill and couldn''t continue his race. I am not a McCain fan either and am in quite a quandry at the moment, but I don''t "hate" any of them.
Pick Governor Huckabee. We still have a choice.
One more thing....It is pretty sad that Huckabee has admitted that he doesn''t have any plans for the future, and "what else would I do?" if he wasn''t running for president. Is this the unselfish route to take, or is he pandering to states for future votes? Trust me, there isn''t enough blogging space to include all of the offers Mitt will receive for bailing out companies, leading in the business world, or working on a heady government project. He will be so busy making headlines it''ll make Huck''s head spin.
What backroom deal is it that you think Romney agreed to...?
Has Huckabee engaged in backroom deals...? West Virginia, perhaps...?
McCain and Huckabee had a virtual love-fest going on for quite some time. Was that agreed upon...?
Did Huckabee miscalculate who Romney''s people would support after he and McCain voted Romney off the island...?
Unfortunately, Huckabee spent a LOT of political capital offending and alienting many different groups in the process of securing his own base, which he likely could have secured WITHOUT offending and alienating Romney''s base. But those were his decisions.
At this point I don''t see Romney''s people supporting either of them. I dunno. Maybe Huckabee''s supporters will stay home too.
The Dems have this one wrapped up.
Write in Ron Paul.
I''d be careful. I don''t think anybody in America would heckle someone for being a Marine -- well -- anywhere other than in Berkeley -- unless he called up some virulently anti-military talkshow, in which case he would have received what he sorta expected.
I''m betting what occurred was that a certain radio station did not think being a servicemember gave him a RIGHT to have something that belonged to them -- their airtime. They were willing to share their property, but at their discretion.
We only have rights to things which others do not have to provide, even if we really want them....
We are all grateful to his service to our country, but none of us can truly perform service while counting up what is owed to us afterwards. Otherwise, we''ll end up as insincere and manipulative control freaks. We have to be altruistic all the way -- with our left hand not knowing what our right is doing.