[Bonaparte]

"Isn't there a reason for party primaries?"

There are lots of reasons. One of them is to give liberals in open-primary states an opportunity to vote for Republicans like McCain in order to weaken conservative turn-out in the election. This is exactly what they tried to do the last time McCain threw his hat into the presidential primaries. There is a reason the media fawns on McCain.

[mnehring]

I think I can call this one.. Neither McCain or Rudy will win the primaries.. period.. not because of values.. it is because the media doesn't want someone that will give the Hil/Osama..er..Obama ticket a challenge.. both of these guys have way way too much dirt in their closets and you know it will come out.. imagine what 90% of the country will think when they see Rudy in drag or McCain stumbling through a speech drunk?