I'm not a bible thumping pro-life right-winger. I'm more moderate, as is McCain and Schwarzenegger, and I'm staying that way.
McCain is the man in 2008 (as is evidenced by the polls).
Well you forget that the majority of the republican base are in your words 'bible thumping pro-life right-wingers'. Its comments like yours that got your guy mccain in trouble with the base and why they will never accept him.
You keep citing the polls but what you forget is these polls so early out are running on name recognition alone and when it comes down to it the 2008 election will be more about ideas then the persons name. You also forget the polls in 2000 which as i remember correctly had mccain getting trounced among republican voters who voted in their primary but was only carried along by cross over voters in states that allow it. This time around democrats will have their own contested primary and as such cant cross over to vote for Mccain meaning mccain has to win lots of 'bible thumping pro-life right winger' votes in order to win and he wont.
Your 'man' will go down in flames because the party activists wont tolerate moderates and they especially wont tolerate mccain. I always find it amusing how the moderates in the party(read the small minority of the republican party) always try to shove one of their guys down our throats and speak down at us for being a bunch of bible thumping right wingers and that its their turn for a candidate.
Polls 3 years out mean absolutely nothing, but i suppose rush was right when he said we shoudlnt waste our time debating idiots.