Why waste GOP clock on somebody who is not even a Republican. I think sometimes Freepers get caught up in party labels. This is not about someone who is a Republican and who is Democrat. This is about someone who is right (McCain) and one who is wrong (H. Obama) for the nation.
Also, the clock is an absurd idea. You are assuming Obama's policies will be unpopular. With the bully pulpit, he will be able to convince people his policies are exactly what they need. The end result is an endless nightmare for America.
Plus there is the whole issue about the SCOTUS. I trust McCain's panel (led by Ted Olson) to make the right picks as opposed to Obama's judiciary panel (led by Cornell West).
God Bless McCain. God Bless America.
no nightmare is endless. The next decade will be slow for the US economy, with economic growth in 1.5-2.5% range year after year. No govt can be popular for long in unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, and they are likely to be unfavorable. This will be similar to the EU situation in the last 20 years (see the chart).
Re SCOTUS - Scalia and Kennedy are healthy enough, and should last through 2016. The rest of the conservative SCOTUS wing is under 60. So, in the next 8 years all the retirements will be on the liberal wing. There is no chance that the Dems in the Senate will let McCain appoint anybody to the right of O'Connor. Probably, only another Souter or two.