Posted on 06/13/2008 7:07:31 AM PDT by shrinkermd
Republicans and conservatives are rallying behind Sen. John McCain's White House bid, but not because they are so enamored with him or his agenda. Instead, their loyalty is based on their perception that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as president, particularly with large Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, would be utterly disastrous.
Regardless of whether you agree with them about the results of a Democratic presidential victory later this year, a McCain victory might produce its own series of domino-like events that ultimately might hurt the Grand Old Party.
...I don't necessarily agree with Stewart that a McCain victory in November would lead to the "eradication" of the GOP, but it's easy to see how a McCain presidency could end up being a nightmare for Republicans.
In the worst-case scenario, a McCain victory in November could likely lead to a Republican bloodletting that would tear apart the GOP well before 2012, contribute to another good Democratic election in 2010 and hand Democrats such a strong advantage during redistricting that Republicans wouldn't be able to recover for years.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Many McCain bashers believe McCain's defeat would result in a second coming of a Reagan clone.
Limbaugh, for instance, believes it would be a mistake for McCain to win because the RINOs would take over the party.
Rothenberg, then, has company, but the question is how much company. Senator McCain did win the nomination.
I agree 100%. A McCain win will cement RINO’s into Republican core power. It’ll prove that being a moderate reaching out the the left is the way the New Republicans win.
I listen to Rush every single day, and Rush has never ever said what you allege. He isn’t happy with McCain, but has said he prefers him to win.
Personally, I won’t be voting for McLame, and will just let the chips fall where they may.
I believe in fighting one election at a time. This time we need to keep Obama out of the White House. Let’s worry about 2010 once the 2008 election is over.
I concur.
I ask: Where is the next RR? He/she doen’t exist as of now. RR was well-known and visible in 1980. There’s no one like that now in the party.
I’m in a state where McCain won’t win anyway so I’m not wasting my vote on him. Instead I’ll waste my vote on a write in conservative and vote for my conservative congressman.
At this point I’m more worried about the fate of our COUNTRY vs. the state of the GOP or the Democrat party. It’s for that reason alone that I will be casting my vote for McCain. Obama is a marxist through and through. At least McCain has respect for our country... An Obama victory in November I’m afraid would have very far-reaching consequences - ones that our country may not EVER be able to recover from...
I'm beginning to think McCain really doesn't want to be president; he just wanted to make sure nobody to his right would have a chance at being elected. If he picks his idealogical clone, the Judas Goat Hucksterbee as VP, then I'll know for sure.
Doesn’t the latest Supreme Court decision show you the importance of winning elections? Do you really want the awful results of Obama as president with large congressional majorities for his party? It will be an absolute nightmare. And don’t be so sure that once entrenched, the Dems would be so easy to defeat later on. Losing to win is a naive idea.
We paid a small price domestically from the Carter-to-Reagan transition. Because Carter did not get a single SCOTUS nomination. We won’t be so lucky with Obama. He will get at least two.
...or if he picks the Stepford Husband Joe Isuzu *omney.
Ain’t no way in hell will I sit back and allow Obama to even think he can pick our next 3-4 Supreme Court Justices.
Limbaugh is emphatically for a Democrat loss in the election. You must be listening to a different Limbaugh that I listen to. He makes no bones about the fact that he does not like the idea of McCain as president and hopes McCain will try a bit harder to be a more conservative. but he has never, ever said he wants McCain to loose.
Another DC pundit who has overstayed his welcome, retire please, move over and give someone else a chance.
Your opinions about Republicans/Conservatives means jack sh*t to me.
You are absolutely 100 percent correct! BHO will be disastrous for this country. The political landscape is bad enough already, but with Chicago style politics....
I can’t even begin to list the reasons BHO must not rule this nation and rule he intends to do if elected. The entire media is in the tank for him! He’s already effecting censorship on political blogs.
McCain isn’t perfect, but someone tell me who is running and can win who is perfect? If there is such a person that’s who I’ll cast my vote for, but until then my vote is for McCain.
I don’t think between the two of them, McCain or Obama that we have a Presidential contender we can trust either at all, or completely for the integrity of America. It is for that reason I believe we must concentrate all efforts to regain Congress, even if in so doing we fail, yet the results become a sufficient quantity of Conservative members to thwart the Socialist/Democrat lunacy.
Of course my vote would have to be for McCain simply to make what Conservatives we have in Congress’ job representing our interests somewhat less harrowing.
IOW I could get SOME sleep at night the next four years with McCain in the WH rather than Obama.
The Republican Party has a serious identity problem.
McCain's message is completely muddled and confused. There is no coherent governing philosophy or principal to be discerned in it.
I will vote for McCain, but it is almost impossible to "follow" McCain.
Right on target.
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