my big pet peeve is seeing conservatism hijacked and neutralized which is EXACTLY the Republican Country Club powers that be playbook plan, and exactly what they are putting into action, and exactly what swarms of conservatives are falling for just out of fear of Obambi, without considering the alternatives or working out options to go after and police and reign in McCain if/when HE gets out of line. to not do this is the essence of being co-opted and giving up your powers so naively, failing to negotiate or grab as many bargaining chips as you can before going into the big game. i cannot believe how gullible, wishy-washy, influenceable, foolish, overly optimistic and naive some conservatives are, but we saw it before in internal Republican politics, so I am not suprised i guess.
Do you have any options in mind for how we might “police and reign in" McCain?
The way I see it, there aren't many. Massive protests and phone calling/letter writing, like we did during the ‘Shamnesty Bill’ attempt was effective. That's the only thing I see working. And only on McCain.
Should Obama get in, with a Dem Senate and House, things will go south in a hurry.
From now until November 4, we need to work our butts off locally, and do all we can to pick up and/or keep as many seats in Congress as possible.
If you have any thoughts, I'd be interested in hearing them.