Richard Tafoya
May 5th, 2008, 12:41 AM
Towanda, PA Daily Review:
http://www.thedailyreview.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19654745&BRD=2276&PAG=461&dept_id=465049&rfi=6
Assured of the Republican presidential nomination months ago, Arizona Sen. John McCain cruised to a dominating victory in the party’s Pennsylvania primary election last week.
But a lot of Republicans didn’t vote for him.
More than a quarter voted for either U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who had 15.9 percent of the vote, or former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who had 11.3 percent. McCain had the other 72.8 percent.
Paul and Huckabee, listed on the ballot long before McCain earned enough delegates to presumptively claim the nomination, remained there for the Pennsylvania primary.
It suggests that a portion of GOP voters were dissatisfied with Mr.McCain as the Republican nominee, raising fears they might stay home or even back a Democrat in the fall election.
A key issue is likely McCain’s steadfast support for the unpopular war in Iraq. Paul opposes the war, as do Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
http://www.thedailyreview.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19654745&BRD=2276&PAG=461&dept_id=465049&rfi=6
Assured of the Republican presidential nomination months ago, Arizona Sen. John McCain cruised to a dominating victory in the party’s Pennsylvania primary election last week.
But a lot of Republicans didn’t vote for him.
More than a quarter voted for either U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who had 15.9 percent of the vote, or former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who had 11.3 percent. McCain had the other 72.8 percent.
Paul and Huckabee, listed on the ballot long before McCain earned enough delegates to presumptively claim the nomination, remained there for the Pennsylvania primary.
It suggests that a portion of GOP voters were dissatisfied with Mr.McCain as the Republican nominee, raising fears they might stay home or even back a Democrat in the fall election.
A key issue is likely McCain’s steadfast support for the unpopular war in Iraq. Paul opposes the war, as do Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.