That's not my biggest problem with John McCain. It's just one of them. The biggest is that he is a bit "nutty", he doesn't seem to have the temperament to be President. He also had the gang of 14, and amnesty, and his opposition to reasonable interrogations, and other positions on the war on terror that are off-putting.
That said, I still rank McCain above Rudy, and if I decided not to vote for McCain in the general election it would be because I was so afraid he'd go nuts that I'd rather trust a democrat. Not likely to happen, but it is a real fear I have with McCain. If I have it, I've got to figure he'd have trouble winning the election.
I also find McCain to be very opportunistic, while Thompson's political life doesn't look like one which had votes based on gaining political advantage.
I'm no way sold on Thompson, we don't know nearly enough about him to sell me on him. But he seems intriguing, he certainly seems like he'd have the name recognition, he's got a pretty conservative record, he supports the war, and he's well-spoken and electable.
Of course, I still believe Romney is acceptable, something my fellow conservatives don't agree with me about.
Understood. But I think if you compare McCain's support today with what it was in 2000, before campaign finance reached Bush's pen, you will find CFR the determining factor in his current ailing campaign.
The biggest is that he is a bit "nutty", he doesn't seem to have the temperament to be President.
Which makes me wonder why Thompson saw anyting presidential in John McCain back then--enough to sign on as his campaign co-chair.
Who's nuttier? The nut, or the guy who follows the nut?
;-)