WHOSE VICTORIES WERE THE FLUKES?

摘要

When corporate chieftains, Republican governors, congressional GOP leaders, and the captains of the Religious Right awoke on Feb. 23, their political world lay in shambles, GOP front-runner George W. Bush, their favorite, had been rocked by maverick John McCain's 50%-43% victory in the Feb. 22 Michigan primary. It was a triumph fueled by the Arizona senator's anti-Establishment message and a huge turnout from independents and Democrats. "It's a hell of a race," says Stanley Goldstein, former chairman of drug-store retailer CVS Corp., who is backing McCain.