Although RCP is currently showing Obama 10 points behind McCain in Louisiana, Pat Buchanan believes with Obama’s recent statements on Supreme Court rulings Obama can win Louisiana. This a reasonably far out assumption but we’ll see!
Pat Buchanan is having doubts that McCain can snatch up Minnesota, even with the help of Tim Pawlenty it’s Governor. Some polls in the state have McCain down by 17 points so a GOP win there is very unlikely. On the Dem. VP front though Pat thinks the vanquished Clinton won’t be Obama’s pick, but he’s certainly pushing for it.
According to resident MSNBC conservative pundit Pat Buchanan strikes on Iran would give McCain an edge, be it a marginal one.
With the exposal of intense covert operations within Iran, the likeliness of a “third front” on the war on terror increases every day. The GOP is always seen as a party more suited to protect America, but would that theory prove itself if war were to break out? Pat Buchanan thinks so.
After dismal polling for McCain in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Pat Buchanan doesn’t see Pawlenty as a real contender for McCains VP spot anymore. But with Pawlenty’s potential downfall Pat predicts that Romney becomes more attractive.
Pat Buchanan predicts we will drill in the Florida straits. In recent weeks the lifting of a 26 year old ban on drilling offshore has arroused public support and denounication. McCain and Bush both support lifting the ban while Obama does not. For us to drill in the Florida straits the ban would have to be repealed by Congress, will it happen? Buchannan thinks it will.
Pat Buchanan is predicting that in the general election John McCain will win INew Hampshire while Barack Obama will win Iowa. New Hampshire was the state that jumpstarted McCain’s primary campaign after it was thought McCain was dead in the water. Iowa was Obama’s first win in the Democratic primary, and many analysts think it was his most important one.
Pat Buchanan believes that with one Obama VP vetter already gone, the second one’s heading under the bus as well. Eric Holder is the second member of a 3 person vetting team Obama was using to search for VP canidates. Jim Johnson was already removed due to pressure from the GOP, and now the GOP is ratcheting up pressure on Obama to remove Holder.
The GOP already forced Jim Johnson off Obama’s VP vetting team, they now have their eyes set on removing Holder. But besides that the third member of the team is Caroline Kennedy. Pat Buchanan says she’s clean, so we’d imagaine she won’t be removed, but in politics no ones “clean.”
Pat Buchanan on Hardball restated his firm belief that McCain would be the next President. Buchanan cited the fact that in all modern presidential elections the anti-war candidate (Obama) always loses to the pro-war candidate (McCain).
Pat Buchanan has said that personally Obama should write off states such as Kentucky and West Virginia because he just can’t win them in the general. Both of these states were won by Clinton by large majorities.
