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One reason I can't support McCain, beyond every horrible anti-freedom bill with his name on it, is that I spoke in 2000 with a Congressman at a dinner and asked him why John McCain was not the supported Republican nominee. He said, "Because he would be a dictator and not work with Congress." This certainly seems to be an accurate assessment of McCain's personality. We talked a bit more, but he was completely opposed to John McCain.

Now, however, he has said in a recent interview that he will work with him, and that's the problem. He and other R's will work with McCain to advance those bills that are antithetical to conservatism, though not necessarily Big Tent Republicanism. Hillary and Obama would be utterly opposed.

So, now we have a nominee that, frankly, no one that I've seen is excited about, running against a rock star (presuming Hillary doesn't have Obama rubbed out). I can't tell you how many times I've been out and heard people talking about "Obama this, Obama that", and flipping through the newspaper reading about him. All those young people are going to be pulling the lever for "The First Black President" to become part of American History, and then voting "straight Democrat ticket".

What do you think the debates are going to look like to them? Regardless of whether Obama actually says anything meaningful or offers any real solution to anything, it will be "Young Black Rock Star versus Old Angry White Man." I think you'll be hard-pressed to find someone who faints at a McCain rally, unless it's from too many Centrum Silvers.

The point is that McCain stands and fights for very little of what I believe (and fights hardest for what I don't), and his "Maverick Republican" pedigree would only mean cooperation with fellow Republicans to advance those things, while a Democrat would be opposed. It almost seems that the Republican party has taken a dive this election.