Endorsements: This past week, Senator McCain secured the backing of former-presidential candidate rival Mitt Romney, as well as the support of President George "41" Bush. The current President Bush (#43), despite referencing McCain directly in his Fox News interview and alluding to the Senator while speking to some Republican Party conservatives, has not and will not come out and openly endorse any one candidate for the presidency until after primary season at the earliest (although it can be counted on that he will back the GOP nominee).
News: Most of Michigan's delegates have now pledged themselves to John McCain, after their former candidate Romney "suspended" his run a week ago (if their candidate drops out, delegates are basically free agents unless they committ themselves to someone else before the National Convention). Meanwhile, the Senator has been escalating his attacks on his two Democratic rivals, especially in regards to the Iraq War, pork barrel spending, and taxes. Simultaneously, the Senator has also been defending himself from Republican conservatives (i.e. Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck) who have decided that, since they failed to find/rally around a "neoRegan" figure, they are going to undermine their own Party's attempt to regain the White House.
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While McCain, even without Romney's endorsement, will surely win the Republican nomination, I am uncertain that McCain can become president. McCain has been receiving attacks from many Republican conservatives. These attacks probably are representative of the views of more conservative Republicans. If McCain cannot get the support of these conservative Republicans, it is unlikely that he will become president.
Really looks as if McCain all but has the nomination locked up. It is tough to see any other candidates giving him a problem, and for the time being McCain is no longer the under dog as he has been in past presidential elections. Now that he knows his chances are high, he needs to start looking down the line towards the presidential election in November. As of now, it seems as if he is behind Obama, so he has some work to do.
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