Just watch, he is going to be the republicans best chance at retaining the executive branch. Anyone else that could do it, with that kind of name recognition? In reality folks, not wishful thinking.
I know a few Bush voters who think the world of John McCain. To me the guy brings a few worlds to minds:
nuts
opportunist
backstabber
I can't get too excited about a McCain presidency (understatement) and I don't think he could win.
But, I could be wrong. Personally I'd rather see someone like Tom Delay get the nod. He's getting plenty of name recognition here lately (yea, I know it isn't all good, lousy msm and all, but once he's vindicated, that won't matter).
We really need to find somebody we won't have to hold our nose to pull the lever for just because he's less slightly liberal then a democrat.
There's plenty of time. Hopefully that man will show up in time for 2008.
The unusual fixation on McCain among some Freepers is odd. He has a good voting record and a lifetime ACU rating in the mid 80s and good on defense issues. Yet at the same time, I'll encounter a random Freeper here and there will will say something like 'I like Harold Ford, he is the kind of democrat I could live with (lifetime ACU rating of 19).
Seems to me that a guy who votes the conservative way 80%+ of the time is far preferable to a guy who votes the conservative way 20%- of the time. What do I know - it takes a certain myopia to consider McCain an enemy.
McCain's worst quality is that he is a shameless self promoter - often going his own way, apparently, just to get some publicity and news talk-show time. He isn't my preferred choice, but any GOPer or Conservative who won't support McCain in a general election over the likes of Hilly (ACU lifetime rating of 9), especially in what might be a close race, is better suited to sitting in a closet somewhere and staring at their navels.
There are lots of liberal Republicans besides McCain - Pataki, Romney, Taft.
I think you are right. He brings the "swing" voters out in droves. His Vietnam-era service is a definite plus to any ticket. Not conservative enough for me, but probably a good bet to hold the White House for us in 2008.
The reality is, McCain stands no chance at the GOP nomination. McCain has stabbed the base of the party in the back way too many times to even be a real contender. Besides, McCain is an unstable whacko who should not be put in that position no matter what his politics are.
Why should any conservative give a damn about a "Republican" retaining the executive branch?
The future of our nation depends on the Constitutionalist/liberal differences, not the difference between Democrats and Republicants, being that there is very little difference anyway.
Wise up. The "party" means nothing. Ideology means everything.