mccain. wow.

[CultureKing]

Kansas is neither surprising nor that embarrassing but Washington is both.

how is washington suprising? You have to remember that the Republican party in Washington is pretty extreme, remember how they gave Pat Robertson a win in 1988, his only win as I recall. The reason McCain did so well in 2000 was because the democratic race was already decided and there were many people switching to vote in the republican caucus.

I guess it isn't too surprising if you consider the "nuts" in eastern Washington but are they really that sizable?

As part of the Washington GOP, yes they are. The GOP in Washington basically is Eastern Washington plus Lewis couty (a county that seems to be angry at the fact that while it is in Western Washington it doesn't have any water-front real estate). Eastern washington is about as conservative as the pan handle of Idaho (with the exception of Spokane, which is more moderate)

[Eraserhead]

lol @ Paul almost winning Washington.

[TheresNoMoney]

lol @ Paul almost winning Washington.

How the hell did he do so well in Washington? It was his best state by a good 6% or 7%.

[Gabu]

I guess it isn't too surprising if you consider the "nuts" in eastern Washington but are they really that sizable?

The Washington GOP is among the worst in the country in many ways.  Terrible organization, incompetence at all levels, and fields awful candidates.  They are pretty much the entire reason why Washington is a swing state and yet the Democrats control absolutely everything.

[Eraserhead]

lol @ Paul almost winning Washington.

How the hell did he do so well in Washington? It was his best state by a good 6% or 7%.

So very close... it would have been great to see him finally get a win.

[Torie]

McCain will end up with more delegates won tonight than Huckabee. While losing Louisiana, by keeping Huckabee under 50%, he "won" all the delegates. In Washington, he will get at least half of them I suspect. That leaves the Kansas caucus state for Huckabee.

[CultureKing]

McCain will end up with more delegates won tonight than Huckabee. While losing Louisiana, by keeping Huckabee under 50%, he "won" all the delegates. In Washington, he will get at least half of them I suspect. That leaves the Kansas caucus state for Huckabee.

Only half of Washington's delegates were awarded tonight, and also it is proportional so McCain will not be getting a large number of delegates from Washington.

The republicans and Democrats of Washington did their respective parts.

[politicaltipster]

McCain really needs to start campaigning otherwise he could do badly in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Losing a state where he had a 25 point lead in the polls must be a wake-up call. I don't think he could lose the nomination but he needs to get to 1,100 delegate so he can move to the centre as quickly as possible and not have to worry about CPAC, NRO or any of the other organs of the right.

[MasterJedi]

McCain really needs to start campaigning otherwise he could do badly in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Losing a state where he had a 25 point lead in the polls must be a wake-up call. I don't think he could lose the nomination but he needs to get to 1,100 delegate so he can move to the centre as quickly as possible and not have to worry about CPAC, NRO or any of the other organs of the right.

He was only ahead by that much in the primary which is still yet to come where he could still do that well.

[Kevin]

McCain really needs to start campaigning otherwise he could do badly in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Losing a state where he had a 25 point lead in the polls must be a wake-up call. I don't think he could lose the nomination but he needs to get to 1,100 delegate so he can move to the centre as quickly as possible and not have to worry about CPAC, NRO or any of the other organs of the right.

McCain will win Virginia as the Demographics are too much in his favor except around Lynchburg which is a stronghold for the Christian Right. However that's too little to count.