Think about what McCain pulled off...

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I'm semi-impressed that he beat Huckabee.  Its also impressive that McCain has been able to resurrect his campaign after so many declared it dead over the summer.  However, just as much of the credit for those victories goes toward the general confusion on the Republican side as it does to McCain.  So, I'm not ready to bow down to McCain's awesome strategy or campaigning prowess.  If you consider him the current front runner its only by a hair.  Romney is still leading in delegates and cash.  McCain has far from clinched this thing and he could still go down in flames at any moment.  Right now the two biggest things he will need to overcome are the delusion Giuliani supporters in FL as well as Romney's ability to use his cash to compete in a wide range of media markets come Feb 5th.

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The political animal in me is deeply impressed.

However, he owes a great deal to Huckabee and Giuliani - Huckabee's viability sucking up conservatives and Giuliani's implosion.

I do wonder what kind of position he'll be in should he get the nomination, whether his attempts to suck up to the Christian-right will come back to haunt him also the South Carolina comments about his "strong pro-life record" may hurt him among women - given the liklihood that the female vote will shift back hard to the Dems - he can barely afford to lose any more.

You are acting as if every women in the country is pro-choice, that is strongly not the case.

Women are, as a majority, pro-choice.

and they also make up a majority of the electorate at least when it comes to voter participation.