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Posted at 12:38am on May 21, 2008 Let's Not Have Any Double Standards Now

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

After John McCain clinched the Republican nomination, the press and Democrats tracked with glee primaries and caucuses where he beat Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul by a mere 50 points or so. Surely--the reasoning went--if John McCain, the Republican nominee was not collecting nearly all of the vote after having secured the nomination, then one could supposedly deduce that the Republican party was not united behind McCain and he will be doomed in the general election fight as a consequence.

Assume that thinking is correct for a moment. What then does it say about the likely Democratic nominee that he is getting blown out at this late stage by 35 points in the late primaries?

I mean, a 50 point margin might be cutting it close in the eyes of some, but at least McCain won those contests.

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