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Every chance he gets? How come he got a 75 in 2003 and a 72 in 2004 from the American Conservative Union, and still has an overall rating of 83? How come he got a 100 percent rating from the Eagle Forum in 2004 and a 100 percent rating from the Family Research Council in 2003? HOw come he got an 83 from the Christian Coalition in 2003? How come he got a big fat zero from Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Rights League in each of the last five years? Those are some of the post-2000 numbers I mentioned in my previous post.

Are those liberal numbers? Are those numbers that are going to attract Democrats?

Again, I'd rather have somebody else ... more than anything, somebody younger who could serve two terms ... in 2008. But again, Hillary vs. McCain, absolutely no contest, I vote for McCain.

IMHO, everyone can disagree with me and flame away if you will, I'm donning my asbestos and Nomex, most of the crap McCain has been pulling in the last few years stems from a personal animus toward George W. Bush than any marked gravitation to the left politically, because again, the numbers don't show it. And there would be too much at stake ... possibly even the survival of this country as we know it ... if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, for me to sit at home and twiddle my thumbs just because the alternative didn't get along with the previous president and spent eight years in a snit with him.

...most of the crap McCain has been pulling in the last few years stems from a personal animus toward George W. Bush

But that's the rub...it's his lack of respect for W. He comes off as a MOLE. Met with Daschel early on, allowed Kerry to court him, flies to Bagdad with Hillary for a love-fest on MTP - on and on and on.

He's NOT popular with Republicans. Hillary wouldn't mind running against McCain. Even better, probably hopes he pulls a Perot and goes Indy. Thinks it will keep just enough Repub. voters home on election day.

Sorry, but IMO he's missing that likeability factor.