Hence... McAmnasty will never get my vote!! Let the Dems have 4 yrs if they must...between the economy amnesty and WOT...a Dem will never be elected for 40 yrs!...and we might get back to some conservative principles...We survived Jimmah..
The stakes are not too high. That is what they always say. He gets my vote if I am dead and someone votes for me.
With all due respect, neither Hillary nor Obama are a Jimmy Carter. Barring a national catastrophic event, either one will enjoy an extremely popular first term, and be virtually impossible to unseat. Expect that to be followed by their vice president (quite possibly the one that loses this year's primary battle) riding into office on the coattails and having at least one term. Let's see...if my math is correct that means it could be up to 16 years before a chance to swing the country's political pendulum back to the right. How many Supreme Court Justices do you suppose will be appointed in the next 16 years?
Don't want to believe me? Fine. But I suspect you are basing your predictions of a poor Democratic term on your wishful thinking and are not taking into account just how easy it would be to be popular over the next four years. For starters, abandoning Iraq would immediately please a large portion of liberals and even some dispirited conservatives. And those that oppose cutting and running were never going to be happy with a Democrat anyway. Follow that up by subsidizing the rising number of mortgage holders that are in over their heads and you've just won over the lower to middle working class, albeit at the expense of lenders and upper income taxpayers.
I could go on. You really think a Democrat wouldn't throw a bone towards building a fence on the Mexican border if it meant securing a second term? All you 'McAmnesty' chanters, answer me this: If Hillary was president and she actually succeeded in securing our borders, would you consider voting for her come re-election time? It could happen. Anti-illegal immigration is hardly a Republican selling point over the Democrats.
Of course, perhaps you are of the crowd that actually want to see our great nation suffer a terrible tragedy after putting a Democrat in office 'just to teach those uppity RINO's a lesson'. Not saying you are - I'm just saying some of the comments I've read around here really leave that impression.
Personally, I agree with more of McCain's views than I disagree with. And even if that were not true, I certainly agree with more of his than with either of the possible Democratic nominees. But then I don't have any one issue that I would fall on my sword over. Your mileage may vary.