Does anyone really believe that an independent will vote for McCain against Obama/Hillary? The only reason why McCain could do well in MI or NH is that the "Republican" primary allows anyone to vote in it.
Exactly right. So-called undecided voters are puddy in the hands of the Clinton propaganda machine. We will not get most of them at crunch time.
Case in point, 2008, the New Hamphire Democrat primary. Hillary cries and 14,000 undecideds swing to Hillary.
We need to run a conservative and turn out the base.