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.

[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)

[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.