Comments on: Reason #1: Wright has rallied the GOP Base behind McCain http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/reason-1-wright-has-rallied-the-gop-base-behind-mccain/ Tips and commetary on 'political prediction markets'. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ross Smith http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/reason-1-wright-has-rallied-the-gop-base-behind-mccain/#comment-1271 Ross Smith Thu, 15 May 2008 19:37:11 +0000 http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/?p=942#comment-1271 Please let us know how your Intrade funds are distributed. It is getting hard to see the worth of your predictions. Clinton longs? Is the market really so insane that it's basically 60/40 in favor of Obama? Please let us know how your Intrade funds are distributed. It is getting hard to see the worth of your predictions. Clinton longs? Is the market really so insane that it’s basically 60/40 in favor of Obama?

]]> By: OHIO JOE http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/reason-1-wright-has-rallied-the-gop-base-behind-mccain/#comment-1269 OHIO JOE Thu, 15 May 2008 17:42:10 +0000 http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/?p=942#comment-1269 I cannot speak for IL or LA, but MS-1, all politics is local. When the Republicans held on to their special election seat in North West Ohio last fall, the local candidates were more important than the national picture. Special elections need to be taken with a grain salt. I cannot speak for IL or LA, but MS-1, all politics is local. When the Republicans held on to their special election seat in North West Ohio last fall, the local candidates were more important than the national picture. Special elections need to be taken with a grain salt.

]]> By: Jack http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/reason-1-wright-has-rallied-the-gop-base-behind-mccain/#comment-1266 Jack Thu, 15 May 2008 16:12:22 +0000 http://thepoliticaltipster.wordpress.com/?p=942#comment-1266 I don't know... if the GOP was rallying behind McCain (or behind the party in general), then there is no way they would've lost the special elections in IL-14, LA-6, and LA-1. All three districts are Republican, yet voted for the Democrat. (Rev. Wright was even featured prominently in the last two, but it didn't about to any success.) This can only mean one thing: the GOP <i>is</i> fractured and Rev. Wright isn't a big enough issue to unite the party behind THEMSELVES. I think that the GOP is more of a flag for the party to unite behind than their candidate, John McCain. If they can't even hang on to their own districts, then I don't think they'll hold on to the presidency. I don’t know… if the GOP was rallying behind McCain (or behind the party in general), then there is no way they would’ve lost the special elections in IL-14, LA-6, and LA-1. All three districts are Republican, yet voted for the Democrat. (Rev. Wright was even featured prominently in the last two, but it didn’t about to any success.)

This can only mean one thing: the GOP is fractured and Rev. Wright isn’t a big enough issue to unite the party behind THEMSELVES.

I think that the GOP is more of a flag for the party to unite behind than their candidate, John McCain. If they can’t even hang on to their own districts, then I don’t think they’ll hold on to the presidency.

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