not true actually. see above. Our best chance at stoppy amnesty is to win as many senate seats as possible. We can only do that if McCain wins and/or does very well.
Best case scenario: McCain manages to have a huge sweep. It bring back enough Republicans in the House to make amnesty a dead letter.
Time for a sanity check. Most incumbent Reps further down on the ticket hold opposite positions from McCain on such issues as immigration, global warming, campaign finance reform, embryonic stem cell research, closing Gitmo, drilliing in Anwar, etc. They will have to run against the maverick standard bearer of the GOP, which will put them more at risk.
Only the Stupid Party [GOP] nominates its maverick to be its nominee for President. If McCain does well, it may very well hurt the rest of the Reps in terms of reelection or being elected.
“Best case scenario: McCain manages to have a huge sweep. It bring back enough Republicans in the House to make amnesty a dead letter.”
Highly unlikely unless the Dem. candidate becomes very suspect or discredited.
Unless he does something concrete to win conservatives, a significant number will simply not vote for McCain and he’ll lose several states because of it. If just 5% - 10% of the base stays home in a few key states that could sink him.
Best case scenario: McCain manages to have a huge sweep
Best case scenario would be for there to be a revolution in the party at the convention and nominate a conservative, but a check of reality shows that that isn’t happening, either.
If you are a drinking man, you had best save some hooch for November and make it the cheap stuff, if you get my drift...