McCain Feingold, McCain Leiberman, McCain Kennedy. Gang of 14 Torture Amendment. Baker Commission. etc etc etc etc
Considering that a good chunk of the people on this board are completely pissed at GW Bush for being too Liberal, why would you expect them to support a guy who spent the last 8 years agreeing more with Ted Kennedy then with GW Bush?
Based on his record, what do you assume McCain will fight his good friends, the Senate Democrats, to accomplish for you?
Considering the GOP has not backed a candidate pledging to raise taxes in over 50 years, asking us to back a GOP candidate eager to raise the Fed Gas Tax $.50 a gallon to fight the myth of global warming is no easy sell.
You claim “well McCain will be better then the other side”.
Really? On what base do we make that assumption? Is letting the GOP evolve into a Democrat Lite party of tax and spend “moderates” under McCain’s leadership going to be less damaging to the long term health of the country then a 4 year term of a neophyte radical whose agenda is going to die a miserable, ugly legislative death in Congress?
(1) you can't name a single issue on which Obama is more conservative than McCain.
(2) Obama will raise the top rate on the self employed to over 50%, 60% with state tax included, right in the middle of a recession.
(3) Obama will cut and run unilaterally in the war in Iraq and in the WOT.
(4) Obama has stated the policies he will use to deal with Iran getting nuclear weapons, and they are entirely certain to result in Iran having all the nuclear weapons it wants.
All of those are clearly worse for the country and for conservatism, beyond rational argument or any possible spin. That Reagan reborn would be better than McCain will not change any of that. He isn't available. For that matter, running today he wouldn't win.