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’08 Election’s Over â€” McCain Has as Good as Won

February 1, 2007February 1, 2007 Buck Banks

Mojito mojo: A year before the first primary, and South Florida’s legislative Cuban triumvirate has thrown it’s endorsement like a spoonful of vaca frita behind Arizona Sen. John McCain. State reps. and hermanos Lincoln “Not Abraham” Diaz-Balart and Mario “Not Super” Diaz-Balart joined U.S. Rep. Ileana “Kill Castro Now” Ros-Lehtinen in backing the increasingly testy Republican candidate.

Talk about placing yer bets early. I just hope some of my least favorite local representatives aren’t too disappointed when McCain flames out.

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’08 Election’s Over â€” McCain Has as Good as Won

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”