[dforest]

Face it. If McCrazy is the nominee we will lose. Must have been planned that way.

[rockabyebaby]

If mclame wins we are sooooooooooooooooo screwed! Polls closed in FL, results should be coming in......

[JasonC]

We might, if it is (which at this point I still doubt, though I do expect him to win FL narrowly).

But McCain runs 4-5 points ahead of Mitt in head to head match ups against Hillary and Obama. He draws more independents, always has. Might mean giving up too much on policy, or perhaps low base turnout hurts him etc. But the idea that it is written in stone he is less likely to win the general, is a fantasy.

Some conservatives might hope that, but conservatives so hoping have no explanation why half the public votes for outright Dems all the time, and can't explain half of elected Republicans either (in their present mood). So what do they know?