[M. Dodge Thomas]

"And the democrats are experienced in playing these games. The want a liberal RINO so that Hillery can beat them. They do not want a conservative, and stack the deck (or votes if you prefer) against anyone who is."

Actually, I think it's the other way around - the Democrats would prefer to run against the most conservative possible Republican (in FR terms) as their polling tells that that the more "moderate" the Republican, the worse a Democrat runs against them, and this is true for all three Democratic front runners, someone like Duncan Hunter is the Democrats' dream opponent, and John McCain is their nightmare:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html

I know his is contrary to the opinion of most posters here, but that's what the polls are telling Democratic strategists, and they are going to go with the polls.

[gidget7]

If that were actually true, Dodge, the media would be blasting Conservatives non stop on their stations, and they would be encouraging voters to vote for them. They are not and refuse to. Look at who the media are espousing, and you know who they want to win.