McCain camp “expected to fall short” in Kansas
Saturday, February 9th, 2008It is full steam ahead for the McCain campaign despite today’s loss to Mike Huckabee in the Kansas caucus.
“Our campaign fully expected to fall short in the Kansas caucus. John McCain is the presumptive nominee in this race, our path forward is unchanged by today’s results, and our focus remains the same: uniting the Republican party to defeat Democrats in 2008,” campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said.
The Arizona senator has never run well in caucus states, finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses last month and losing to Huckabee and Mitt Romney in caucuses held on February 5th across the midwest. McCain, who currently has more than 700 delegates under his belt and leads Huckabee by almost 500, is focussed on Tuesday’s “Potomac Primary” in Maryland, Virginia and DC. The campaign is aiming to hit the necessary 1,200 delegates for the nomination in the next four to six weeks.
McCain is spending the weekend with family in California and has no public appearances scheduled until Monday.
