[PerConPat]

This is the sort of things Bush and others should have been out saying in front of cameras for a long time now.

No doubt about it, the nation has slid to a point where only a tremendous leader, or the inevitable massive terrorist strike that will come as a result of weak leadership, has any chance of rallying the US to finally deal with Islamic radicalism. Nevertheless, I do appreciate McCain's comments; and they may impact my post-Primary voting- should John get that far.

However, I'm afraid that the country is at present too weak to support politicians with the moxie and insight necessary to do the the really difficult things that are so distasteful to- IMHO- an overfed, underthinking populace. I don't like Rudy, John, or Mitt; and I detest Hilary, Obama, and Rats in general. But I can't honestly blame any of them for being front-runners in the election process of a largely spoiled, disinterested nation.

[madconservative]

Kind of makes you understand what the founders were doing when they set up a constitutional republic, not a democracy, with only stakeholders voting.