McCain has NO CHANCE of being nominated by the GOP. I'm hoping he's convinced to switch parties. I'd love to go to his going away party.
You are sadly mistaken. McCain has four things going for him: he is perhaps the only sure winner against Clinton; the open primaries in Michigan and New Hampshire greatly strengthen his candidacy; he has an outstanding pro-life record with much of the base; and the news media loves him (at least until he is nominated),
If the GOP apparatus believes that McCain is the only way to prevent a Clinton presidency, he will be nominated in a New York minute, with support from President Bush.
Seriously, whom would you prefer executing the war on terror and appointing federal judges? Clinton or McCain?
I would hold my nose and vote for McCain if that is what it takes to prevent a Clinton presidency.
That will never happen.
Instead, McCain is being set up to run as a third party independent.
The Clintons and the MSM remember all too well what it was that put them in office -- Ross Perot's candidacy. They have targeted McEgo for the same role in '08 -- to split the GOP votes and make Hillary a plurality President.
As noted above, Republicans don't want McCain. But the Democrats and the MSM desperately want him to run...as an independent.
When the Republican voters reject him in the primaries, McEgo will do the Democrats' bidding and launch a third party candidacy.