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If the country is as opposed to the "religious right" as liberals say it is, wouldn't the nomination of Mike Huckabee by the Republicans be the best way to insure a Democrat victory in November?

Why then are some Democrat voters in Michigan supporting Romney in the Michigan Republican Primary? Wouldn't the Democrats be better off giving Huckabee a boost by giving him a victory in Michigan?

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No chance of that happening. He's a major nutjob. Huckabee will fade off in a week. McCain will prevail and the race will be interesting.

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McCain is almost as crazy as Huckabee. He tends to lean too far to the left for many Republicans.

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JDens wrote:

McCain is almost as crazy as Huckabee. He tends to lean too far to the left for many Republicans.

Why would the Democrats want two liberal candidates?

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If the republican candidate is to far out, many would vote for a third party. James Dobson has already said if the republican party nominates a pro choice candidate, the religious right will support someone outside the party. If that happens the democrats are in.

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To answer the real question... why did some Democrats want Romney to win Michigan... the answer is simple (and no we don't want Romney to be president).

If Romney had lost Michigan, he probably would have dropped out. This would have simplified the Republican contest.

With Romney in the race it means more Republican on Republican attack ads. It means more money wasted in the primary. The fact that Romney has a big war chest that he is not afraid to use for some nasty ads against Republicans is a good thing for the Democrats.

Not only that, but Romney is a particularly weak candidate. He has dramatically changed position and is an obvious opportunist.

Romney is the Kerry of the Republican party and Democrats are not at all worried about running against him.

But the goal of Michigan was not to help Romney win ultimately... it was just to make sure he stays in the race. The more the merrier.

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Romney is more like the Ralph Nader of 2000.

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JDens wrote:

If the republican candidate is to far out, many would vote for a third party. James Dobson has already said if the republican party nominates a pro choice candidate, the religious right will support someone outside the party. If that happens the democrats are in.

I doubt that Dobson speaks for the entire religious right and I don't see any 3rd party alternative for the religious right at the moment so that scenario is moot.

But going back to my point, if the country is as opposed to the religious right as the Democrats claim it is, then a religious right candidate would be the easiest candidate for the Democrats to beat in November. So why didn't the Democrats help a religious right candidate get the Republican nomination when it had a chance to do so? I gather that the country isn't as opposed to the religious right as the liberals believe it is.

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ebrown_p wrote:

To answer the real question... why did some Democrats want Romney to win Michigan... the answer is simple (and no we don't want Romney to be president).

If Romney had lost Michigan, he probably would have dropped out. This would have simplified the Republican contest.

With Romney in the race it means more Republican on Republican attack ads. It means more money wasted in the primary. The fact that Romney has a big war chest that he is not afraid to use for some nasty ads against Republicans is a good thing for the Democrats.

Not only that, but Romney is a particularly weak candidate. He has dramatically changed position and is an obvious opportunist.

Romney is the Kerry of the Republican party and Democrats are not at all worried about running against him.

But the goal of Michigan was not to help Romney win ultimately... it was just to make sure he stays in the race. The more the merrier.

Except that Romney likely won't do very well in the South and without the South a candidate cannot be nominated. Romney was likely out of the race after Iowa, but he just won't admit it. If Romney had any real support, his roots in Michigan should have garnered him better than a 6-8 point victory over McCain.

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