It’s a solid enough win for McCain, and he should get a nice bump out of it going into Florida. From the exit polling it seems that McCain’s perceived electability played a major role and watching the speeches, it’s not hard to see why Republicans might find McCain the most compelling of the lot. Here’s the best bit from his victory speech:
After that, the crowd erupted into chants of “USA, USA.” The last time we saw that was when McCain won New Hampshire, and before that at Obama’s victory speech in Iowa. In each instance, it was evidence of an invigorated and optimistic campaign, though such public displays of patriotism almost certainly play better on the right (see Dean’s post below, “Obama Not a Real Democrat?“). More commentary on what it all means from Mark Steyn at the Corner and Abe Greenwald at Contentions. And a few other explanations for why McCain won from Marc Ambinder.
