[supercat]

There is no evidence McCain wants to move left. What there is evidence of is that he will work across party lines. My take on McCain has generally been that his leftward movement was driven not by ideology, but his need for adulation. Democrats are really good at making him feel good when he shmoozes up to them, and I wouldn't have thought conservatives could win him back.

If he sees the adulation real conservatism can attract, he may be turned to the right side.

[jusduat]

I have personally asked McCain to leave the party. I have
not read the whole thread, but I never thought that they
could find anyone worse than Hillary, but the dems found
Obambi right after finding and running Kerry. It looks
like they turned the barrel over and underneath was biddy
Bidden. I think if dems could run Osama Bin Hiden, they
would, but bambi is close enough.

[MARTIAL MONK]

If he sees the adulation real conservatism can attract, he may be turned to the right side.

This is going to have an effect. It is defining the right in his mind. He has to have noticed that if the base feels crossed, as they did on immigration reform, he runs into a shitstorm. When the base is pleased, as they were with Palin, they throw money at him by the bucketsfull.

[Kimberly GG]

Yes, well we’ll see how long his ego will allow him, not to share the spotlight, but to take a back seat to it, as is happening.