Republicans and Democrats wanted coronations for their respective front runners. As McCain is living out the mainstream GOP fantasy, Democrats will see their candidates' campaign money depleted for the general election if The Obaminator keeps going. He and Clinton are only a few delegates apart, and they will spend enough time hammering at each other while McCain will save his war chest as he leaves his three opponents in the dust.
What gave McCain the win while more hardcore Conservatives tossed their support behind either Romney or Huckabee? According to several sound bites from local voters and radio talk show callers, it was the national security issue: McCain is the only one of the four who many rank and file GOPers saw as Commander-In-Chief material. McCain's win, however, is not a mandate on his political positions and actions. Enough conservatives are still offering clear messages that they need to be paid attention to when the general election comes. Several religious Christians selected Huckabee or Romney, depending on geography. There is also a considerable argument that there are more Ron Paul platform supporters than Ron Paul voters. While he will win the Republican Party nomination, McCain is being sent a message that fiscal and (to a degree) social conservatism should still have a powerful place in the party. McCain needs to pay attention when it comes to a potential choice for Vice President.
On the Democratic side, John Edwards knew it was time to drop out when he found that the primary on his side had devolved into a group of sheep who will do anything Bill Clinton tells them to do versus a group of clones who will do anything Ted Kennedy tells them to. Their rich donors had, for their sake, better fork over more cash soon or else their nomination winner may be borrowing money from Mike Gravel's campaign war chest./p>
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