Party is part of it. If the party goes, will the country be recoverable? Or will there be multiple conservative parties splitting the vote and allowing more McCains/Obamas in?
McCain’s ideas will attempt to kill the country every bit as much as Obama’s. Just slightly slower. Whoopee.
The entire point is allowing McCain to be elected will encourage more of this behavior. Your vision is limited to the immediate election. You cannot seem to see beyond it. The damage done to the movement, and in turn, to the country by a depressed conservative movement.
I believe an Obama presidency would be far more oppressive to conservatives and damaging to the country, than a McCain presidency.
Have you ever felt more oppressed under a Republican presidency than a Democratic presidency?