Posted on 10/24/2006 7:59:19 AM PDT by freespirited
The author of this bull , John McIntyre , is clearly a huge John McCain fan and can't see pass his own bias.
McCain no sure bet on the nomination and it is way to early to be saying anything is settled. Even if McCain is the nominee , he's not a sure bet to win a general election.
McCain has the same problem he had in 2000. He is the darling on the leftist media and gets lots of great press but rank and file republicans don't support him. He doesn't have the support with the base to win the nomination.
If the gop takes a beaten in the mid terms in Nov , I say the party goes right and not left of middle which is where McCain fits. Bush is going to get the blame and the party will be looking for the anti Bush canadate in 08 , someone who doesn't look like another Nixon liberal neocons republican like Bush and co.
The democrats who like vote for him in open primaries inflates his numbers and are a big part of his supporter. But they won't vote for him in the general election. This holds truer if a Clinton is the nominee on the other side.
Democrats hero worship the Clinton's.
Warner may have been promised the VP slot by the Clintons. That's a pet theory of mine. Either that or he has some significant skeletons clanking around in his closet.
But as I say, what will become interesting is two weeks after the election when the bloodbath will begin from Gore and Edwards to knock off Hillary. They have no choice, really. It is either now or never.
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