KY: McCain loses 28 points to Paul, Huckabee and NOBODY

[KSinTX]

McCain won only 72 points in the Republican primary in Kentucky today = his WORST performance since becoming the presumptive nominee. Ron Paul, the only remaining viable candidate took just 7 percent of the vote while Huckabee and some unnamed candidate held a whopping 21 percent combined. Huckabee had only 8 percent, while uncommitted had 5. Three points vanished to write-ins and local candidates.

McCain hasn't broken 80 percent in ANY primary since becoming the presumptive nominee. Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have sucked 25 percent or more of the Republican vote CONSSTENTLY even after Huck dropped out. McCain's pulled just 76/77/74/73 in the last four contests (WV/IN/NC/PA respectively). ONLY in PA was Paul, the only viable contender, in the number two slot. The first primary after Huckabee ended his bid and endorsed McCain, McCain drew only 55 percent of Republican votes and Huckabee STILL got 29 percent of them.

This information is glossed over by pundits gnashing their teeth over the still very active Democratic party primary, but this is a huge weakness for the Republicans. If you look at the numbers, he is actually moving down against no one.

[Botany]

1. Come on november

:bounce:

[KSinTX]

2. This just gets better and better!

[Juche]

3. Great

It is lose/lose for him.

Move to the right and try to appeal to conservatives on social and economic issues, and lose the support of moderates and independents.

Stay in the 'middle' (at least pretend you are in the middle and assume the media won't challenge it) and lose the right wing to 3rd parties and apathy.

[KSinTX]

4. Ah yes, Bob Barr's a'comin'

I can't understand why no one has hit this at all. He's actually losing ground among his base and now he's fundraising with Bush. This is going downhill fast on a toboggan.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Gotta rec this observation.

Combine this with McCain needing the RNC to raise money for him...you've got an (R) candidate that excites no one in his Party, but there's plenty of people who can't stand him. He's such a maverick, he appeals to no one. He tacks to the middle at the expense of his base. He's stuck in nowhereland.

[IndependentDem]

6. now Ron Paul is at 14% in Oregon!!!

Gooooooooooo Ron Paul!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ColbertWatcher]

7. LOL Too funny! Thank you for posting! n/t

[hokies4ever]

8. How does this compare in a historical context?

In other words, in past recent Republican primaries, once the frontrunner is determined, what percentage of the vote has he gotten in the remaining primaries? Hard to conclude if this is a huge problem for McCain without this kind of context.