I really liked him, but not anymore. I agree that he paved the way for 0bama.
But so too did all of the “moderate” / “centrists” Republicans. BTW - I love Mac as an American but his campaign's only real hope for life began with his selection of Gov Palin.
IMO this election should provide ample verification proof that if thee GOP goes with a Leader that is strong “moderate” rather than competent Conservative then one of 2 things is an eventual certainty.
1 - the GOP MAY win the Presidency, but its very unlikely unless you can force the other side to push really bad candidates like Gore or Kerry.
2 - if a "Moderate" is elected (as the not as bad candidate) they will set up the GOP for institutionalized failure because we will not be in opposition to the Dems without first having to be in opposition with our “Leader” and that will cause the GOP to take savage beating after savage beating in the press.
Eventually the GOP loses anyway.
The moderates were THE big losers IMO, so lets get to doing the hard work to find that Conservative Leader in the best likeness of Ronald Reagan.