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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

over the top

over the top = to win the presidential nomination/race?

Context:

ccording to an Associated Press tally, McCain has secured 903 of the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the party's nomination. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is trailing with 245 delegates.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/usvotes/story/2008...ush-mccain.html

This actually does little to help McCain over the top since he already had the fiscal conservatives in his camp. Who McCain lacks is the Bush Jr.-type of social conservatives. IBF.ATTACHMENT_589216909>
  

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S. W. " Currently, McCain still has to compete against Huckabee.

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  • " Currently, McCain still has to compete against Huckabee.
  • He will become the Republican party's presidential candidate if he can get 1191 delegates, 1 over 1190, which is the top delegate marker .
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Hi,
Here is the opening statement of that piece of news:
"Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush has backed front-runner John McCain in his bid to become the Republican party's presidential candidate."
Currently, McCain still has to compete against Huckabee. He will become the Republican party's presidential candidate if he can get 1191 delegates, 1 over 1190, whi
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