Jury is still out. Mr "Baker Commission plan to surrender Iraq to Syria/Iran, Close Gitmo and extend the legal protections of the US Constitution to terrorists" McCain has yet to make the sale that he is substantially different then Hillary.
Oh he SAYS he is. It just we have yet to see any actions to back up the words. See Conservatives are so use to being lied to by politicians, we look more at their actions then their rhetoric.
But don't worry, he has got 9 months to seal the deal. I do not doubt most Conservatives will be scared into supporting McCain by the Democrats between now and Nov.
Unfortunately for you, not many of them will be Freepers. We know better. We know McCain's real record.
We?
I wouldn't presume to speak for so many, or even not many.
The future is certainly cloudy, that's for sure. I'll give you that. But the lack of visibility only means we can't see that far . . . yet.
In the aftermath of the field reduced to only McCain and Hucklebee, there's only a lot of bluster and noise. And, like you say, there are still nine months for events to reveal themselves.
We'll see whether or not your subset of conservatives support the Democratic ticket by default or roll the dice on McCain.