im in ur voting machine, hanging ur chads

Huckabee’s closing the gap on everyone’s favorite former Vietnam POW, but it’s too late.  I’m reminded of this year’s Border Showdown.  Fox News and MSNBC have just called it for McCain, with 83 percent of the vote being reported.   Here’s how CNN’s reporting it:

Race	Status	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Del*	Precincts
South Carolina		McCain	121,958	33%	0	83% reporting
		Huckabee	107,953	30%	0
		Thompson	58,439	16%	0
		Romney	55,558	15%	0
		Paul	13,267	4%	0
		Giuliani	7,631	2%	0
		Hunter	886	0%

McCain’s loss here in 2000 might have cost him the nomination, but there will be no such speed bump this time.

-Michael Baumann