Regardless of whether or not DiIulio's counting is accurate, Bush's margin of victory over Kerry was just 2.4%.
Bingo. McCain has the slimmest of chances of winning in the general election against either Hillary or Obama at this point and will probably be trampled, but in any event he can't even begin to start a campaign without conservatives supporting him. We need to stand our ground and either force the GOP to find a more conservative candidate or break free of this clown posse.
“If we’re a mere 3.6% of the voting block then why is McCain going to CPAC to make peace? Why make such a fuss about such a small minority?”
Of course, his counting is wrong, that’s 3.6% of the country who are “very conservative”, which equates to a much larger percentage of those who actually vote. Those in the “very” category are also naturally most inclined to donate their time and money - but not for a McCain candidacy.
And of course, he’s ignoring the much larger group of self-identified “conservatives,” and instead only talking about the “very conservatives” - why? Because it fits in with his narrative better. The article is a thoroughly typical bit of liberal spin, with the usual cherry-picked facts.