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March 4, 2008

Victorious in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont, McCain Projected to Win Republican Nomination

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Senator John McCain at a campaign stop in San Antonio, TX by Eric Gay/AP

CNN, NBC, and the AP are projecting Senator John McCain will clinch the Republican presidential campaign, after winning the primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island and clinching the 1,191 delegates needed. A source tells NBC that President Bush has invited McCain to the White House tomorrow and will endorse him. McCain will be having a victory party in Dallas tonight, complete with banner that says "1,191."

Former governor Mike Huckabee has conceded to McCain and acknowledged the fine campaign McCain has run and how proud he is of his underfunded, underdog campaign. ABC News notes that Huckabee's surprising campaign had victims along the way - Senator Sam Brownback, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former governor Mitt Romney.

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Comments (3)

McCain looks really old in that photo.

 

Word. And this was one of the better pictures available!

 

McCain looks old because he is old. He is 71. He has wrinkles and white hair. I'm not sure what that has to do with his qualifications.

He isn't senile, isn't about to drop dead, and holding public office isn't about bench-pressing or modeling... if it was, we could do better than any of the people currently running.

I think it's right to criticize McCain for policy disagreements or whatever, but acting like anyone over age 70 should be discarded on that basis alone is pretty foolish.

 
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