Something I heard yesterday that makes me furious.
...In 2000, McCain lost Michigan by a huge margin among Republicans, who favored then-candidate George Bush by more than a 2 to 1 margin. By contrast, McCain won big among independent voters, winning two-thirds of them, and even bigger among Democrats who chose to vote in the Republican primary.
At the end of the day in 2000, McCain won Michigan by about eight points, breathing life back into his campaign temporarily...
from http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/14/now_replaying_michigan_indepen.html
While I respect the man for his service to our country, McCain’s candidacy has always been a Democrat creation. This election cycle is no exception. I think the Dems realize that they might have problems with their eventual nominee, so forcing a McCain nomination upon the Republicans will ensure that a Democrat (at heart anyway) wins the election either way.
Now that’s ridiculous, and just shows why only party members should be allowed to vote in the primaries. The REPUBLICAN nominee should be determined by REPUBLICANS (and similarly, the DEMOCRAT nominee should be determined by DEMOCRATS.)