It’s simple. They think they can get away with it. We should really put another candidate in there. I nominate Michael Steele.
If only (sigh)
I think our very best hope is a strong conservative as McCain’s running mate. There is a good chance that McCain will not seek reelection in 2012, we need a real conservative as VP to get national exposure. I think that this will ultimately be seen as Bush’s greatest failure, he has shown zero interest in “grooming” future leaders.
McCain or Osama will be our next President.
Republicans could have rallied around a law & order conservative like Rudy, or a social conservative like Huckabee, or a fiscal conservative like Mitt, or they could have conservatives like Hunter or Tancredo or Thompson. Conservatives failed to capture the attention of Republicans, effectively removing themselves as a factor this election.
If McCain loses and the rats keep the Congress, the Republicans will run a moderate several steps to the left of McCain next time, as they can no longer count on the support of conservatives.
If McCain wins and the economy improves conservatives will get no credit, because they didn't elect him. If the economy/WOT/taxes gets bad the public will blame McCain and elect rats. rats now occupy the seats of Denny Hastert, J D Hayworth, Rick Santorum, Tom DeLay, John Hostettler, and Henry Bonilla. Who is next?