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One of the big issues here for Conservatives is that, with many of their number having come out and very vocally said that they’ll NEVER vote for McCain under any circumstances, they’re effectively marginalised out of having credible political weight to throw behind the matter.
If these people are going to stay home and sit on their hands one election day anyways, where’s the political incentive for McCain to do anything other than write them off and attempt to strike out for the center?