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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:20 PM
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Interesting breakdown of the divisions of the Republican party
McCain still has alot of people even in his own party that probably would never vote for him...


"For the Republicans, South Carolina is immensely important. While New Hampshire got a lot of attention, the Republicans are going to get creamed in New England in November, so it hardly matters. The South is a different story. This is Republican heartland, where they win elections. Who plays best in the South is extremely important.

To a first approximation, the modern Republican party (as opposed to the Barry Goldwater Republican party or the Dwight Eisenhower Republican party) has four main factions, each with different priorities. The factions might be labeled: Wall St., national security, evangelicals, and libertarians".

Wall St. Republicans love Romney, really care only about tax cuts
National security Republicans love McCain, mostly care about terrorism and Iraq
Evangelical Republicans love Huckabee, care about God, gays, guns, and immigration
Libertarian Republicans love Paul, care about Iraq, guns, privacy, and immigration

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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:26 PM
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1. I think that Huckabee's stance on the tax reform situation
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 11:27 PM by truedelphi
Is underestimated.
Huckabee is not in the power lock of Wall Street that Romney, and others are in.
I think he understands that the message to the middle income person of tax reform for that bracket is long overdue. It is one reson why M$M hits on him - M$M is nothing but huge Corporate interests - none of which desire seeing the next break of tax cuts going to any entities other than them.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:28 PM
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2. I do not see Freddy bear in that list
IS there a group of women who get hot over a daddy figure?
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