Tuesday, January 08, 2008

McCain: We're going to win the nomination


A confident John McCain told Associated Press he will use this New Hampshire victory as a springboard toward winning the Republican nomination:

"We showed the people of this country what a real comeback looks like," McCain told The Associated Press in an interview as he savored his triumph. "We're going to move on to Michigan and South Carolina and win the nomination."

Later, he told cheering supporters that together, "we have taken a step, but only a first step toward repairing the broken politics of the past and restoring the trust of the American people in their government."


The Arizona senator rode a wave of support from independent voters to defeat former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, a showing that reprised his victory in the traditional first-in-the-nation primary in 2000.

It was a bitter blow for Romney, who spent millions of dollars of his own money in hopes of winning the kickoff Iowa caucuses and the first primary - and finished second in both. Even so, the businessman-turned politician said he would meet McCain next week in the Michigan primary, and he cast himself as just what the country needed to fix Washington. "I don't care who gets the credit, Republican or Democrat. I've got no scores to settle," he told supporters.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Romney gets Michigan. South Carolina to Huckabee, Nevada to Rudy, Florida to Rudy or Huckabee. Maine to McCain. Super Tuesday the northeast to Rudy, the south to Huckabee, the west split between Romney and McCain. California to Rudy. The Canadian border states to McCain. Missouri and Illinois will swing and get a chance to decide the nominee. Rudy is trying hard to win here with Bond's help. He's smart to attach himself to Bond rather than the Blunts. That may secure him the nomination. If Missouri and Illinois go to anyone other than Rudy then the race goes to Texas and Ohio. Texas might go Huckabee. Ohio would go to Rudy. If it is McCain in Ohio then this thing might go to a contested convention. Too bad because Clinton will wrap it up pretty quick now.