Too Much Pride?

By: Daren Copely
College Press Staff Writer

    It has been almost a week since Super Tuesday and the controversial pull out of Mitt Romney from the Presidential race.  The race has virtually been decided on the Republican end, unofficially pointing to John McCain as the Republican nominee for President. So with nearly the 1,191 delegates that McCain needs to win the Republican Party nomination and other Republican candidates having left the run, why is former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee still in the race?

“I am going to stay in this race until every last vote is counted,” said Huckabee

    Huckabee has now petitioned a vote-by-vote re-count of the vote that took place in Washington. Huckabee was angered by the McCain camp calling their victory prior to election results finishing.

“All of the votes have not been counted yet,” said Huckabee.

    But, in the pursuit to seem strong and determined, is Huckabee actually turning off voters who see him as a dead weight on the progression of the Presidential nomination process?

    “Huckabee is done! Why is he still in the race?”  said Florida Republican voter Holly SanCartier.

    Responding to Huckabee’s outrage, McCain made statements on the recount request moments after it began.

    “I respect Governor Huckabee’s decision to contest the vote.”

    The fight over who is the “most conservative” rages on, but according to Rasmussen Reports, a leading online pollster, the voter masses point to McCain as the leading man in the Republican party even securing him an endorsement from the most powerful man on the earth, President George W. Bush.

    The questions on Republican minds now, who will McCain choose as his vice presidential running mate?

    “Who will he pick? I don’t know! We want Mitt!,” said Florida Republican voter Clinton Hughes.  “Mitt will help McCain grab the conservative vote, our vote!”