It was said that the New Hampshire primary is often a good indicator of who will succeed and who will fail in the race for the presidency. Winning this primary gave the McCain team a very positive outlook in the Party nomination race. McCain claimed that he is the best qualified to serve as president, saying that no one matches his credentials as a potential “commander in chief.” (Journal News, 2/5/00) After New Hampshire, McCain proceeded to win the primary in South Carolina. With all the money and

power that the Bush campaign had, blowing a record seventy million dollars, they seemed to be getting a bit worried and were a bit surprised by this outburst of support for McCain. There seemed to be a very strong backing of McCain during the primaries, but this was shown to be false when George W. Bush won every big state on Super Tuesday by an overwhelming margin. The big losses in every state on Super Tuesday completely ended McCain’s chances for an upset victory over Bush.

One of the most surprising things that has come out during the presidential primaries is that in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll “Arizona Senator John McCain continues to beat Vice President Al Gore by double digits in general election match-ups but still trails Texas Governor George W. Bush by double digits for the GOP nomination.” (CNN, 2/28/00, p.1) It’s confusing that Senator M

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