What happens if Obama wins the primaries but Hillary gets the nomination (and I think it’s probably going to happen)? I’ll tell you what— the older Democrats jump ship to McCain (who a lot of them like) and younger Democrats stay home, particularly the young ones. That means McCain won’t necessarily need the support of the conservative base to get elected.
The difference between the Democrats and Republicans is that the Democrats have two choices: a corrupt, slimy, unlikeable socialist and an inspiring but purposefully vague leftist. The Republicans, it’s McCain vs. “You jerks screwed my candidate!” (and, chances are, the MSM and the primary process probably did).
No, that not the case. The Conservatives have a long history with McCain. They have every reason to doubt McCain would do anything different as President McCain then he has done as Senator McCain. They have ever reason to look at McCain, especially given his last 8 years, as being the wrong direction for the party to be taking. To dismiss the valid serious concerns Conservatives have with the Republican Candidate, 1st in 30+ years who is running on a promise to raise taxes if elected, as mere "sour grapes" is both unfair and unwise.
That also means no coattails. I live in a changing part of Illinois, which used to be 80-90% Republican, but is now going 60%R and 40% D because so many people are moving out of Chicago and into areas like mine.
And if this conservative stays home in November, that means one less vote for Don Manzullo (US House). Wonder how he feels about that?