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Well said and I agree it is a no brainer that those who can’t bring themselves to vote for an unappealing (I’m being kind) candidate are helping to elect a worse choice. This is not your kids’ soccer coach this is President of the United States.

I can’t stand McCain and have no faith in his ability since it is well established that he has betrayed our party many times. He went off onto the wrong road many years ago so I have not supported him in any way since that time. But I will vote for him only if he is the only choice to keep a democrat out of the white house. Duh. Come on people. You have to be smarter than that.

Having said that, not to worry. There is simply NO WAY he will be our nominee. He just had another moment in the liberal sun with the win in NH. To me that is simply reinforcement that he won’t be our nominee because that small faction of voters doesn’t represent our party - certainly not me. We won’t have to hold our noses and vote for him but at this point we still don’t know if the next hold-your-nose guy is in line.

I agree with you: I do not think that John McCain will ultimately win the Republican nomination, and I base that on roughly 40 years of political observation (for whatever that's worth!) The major candidates have strong regional - but not national - bases of support: Huckabee in the Southeast; McCain in the Northeast and Southwest; Romney in the East and Midwest; Guiliani in Florida and California. It would not at all surprise me to get through May or June without any of these candidates having amassed a majority of delegates.

Then there's the wild card: Fred Thompson. He's the only candidate with a national (but shallow, so far) base of support. If we get into the summer without a clear consensus Republican candidate, I think a "dark horse" will try to make a move. It might be Fred, or it might be someone completely out of the game right now. Fasten your seat belt. ;-)