Super Tuesday

McCain is the candidate the Republican establishment hates. Lou Dobson just declared today that he would not vote if McCain is the Repub nominee. Ann Coulter favors Hillary Clinton over John McCain. Rush Limbaugh goes berzerk thinking of a McCain nomination.

And yet the voters have other ideas. McCain is going to nearly sweep the Super Tuesday states.

Arkansas and West Virginia go for the Huck

Mass goes for Mittens Romney

Everything else is so far going for McCain, including the big states:

Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
New jersey
New York
Oklahoma

All are being called for McCain. California is almost definitely McCain. Essentially, McCain is taking it and the Republican establishment is screeching bloody murder.

And I am willing to bet most Americans will reject him as well, though for different reasons. The fact that he wants American troops to remain in Iraq for 100-1000 years alone is going to sink him in the end if he doesn't flip flop yet again on Iraq. I bet he WILL flip flop again. He was against the quagmire, he was for the quagmire, he was against the quagmire, he was for the quagmire...FORGET IT!

But at least he has brains. If I were Republican I'd be voting McCain. And much of the shrinking Republican base agrees. But the extremists that have been dominating the Republican Party since Reagan was in office despise the guy. So what will they do? Is the Republican Party going to split into warring factions? So far it has.

As of 9:30 PM

Democrat:

Obama takes Delaware and Georgia, projected to take Illinois, ahead in Alabama (I predict he wins despite the earlier polls) and Kansas

Hillary projected to take Oklahoma, New York and Arkansas, ahead in New Jersey and Missouri.

Connectitcut a dead heat.

Republican:

West Virginia (Convention): Huckabee wins thanks to some help from McCain and/or Ron Paul

Romney takes Mass (no surprise)

McCain takes Illinois and Connecticut

Georgia a three way race so far

Voted on my way to work today. Usually when I vote before work I am among the first dozen or so in my election district. Today I was number 31. The polls were not packed the way they were in November 2004 when they were overwhelmed, but they definitely already have lines, something I have never seen in a primary election. Looks like voter turnout will be quite high.

Whoever you are voting for, get out there and vote. Though of course I urge you to join us in voting Obama. Here is a round up of endorsements for Barack Obama:

Culture Kitchen endorsement of Obama

En Espanol from Liza

La Opinion's endorsement of Obama

Paul Volker's endorsement of Obama

Garrison Keilor's endorsement of Obama

Former Chicago Now president's endorsement of Obama

Kate Michelman's (former NARAL president) endorsement of Obama