Exactly. I think what is most needed now is (behind the scenes) quiet respectful negotiations from several of the leading real conservatives in the country, talking with John McCain in a respectful way to get him onboard..... say look, Mr. Nominee, THESE are the things that we must have to support your candidacy and to bring enough conservatives onboard. You want us to work and come out for your candidacy, we need a conservative platform that you are truly committed to. Create a new “Contract with America” that enough of us can really support.
Look, John McCain wants to win, and if the right program is put to him in the right way, without smearing him in public or disrespecting the man, I still think there could be a chance for a better ticket and platform. We need need a real conservative VP choice plus a party platform that is reasonably conservative and that McCain really commits to in every way. That’s the only hope to unite the party enough to win, and the only hope to actually get some good things done in the next 4-8 years.
The alternatives are various forms of disaster.
But McCain will lose large in 08.
Larger to hillary; less so to Obama.
I will concede that it is too early to state that Obama may not yet implode during the run up, as the very leftist leanings are bought into the day, but it is a well established fact of political history that candidates move to the center after they secure the nomination, and Obama would have to be surrounded by legions of fools to allow that mistake.
We are in total agreement. Let’s hope that the majority of Republicans are, too. If we want to win the race, we all have to push the wagon. It won’t happen if those who don’t like the lead horse let the whole team get stranded in the road.
I think you’re right.
We’ve got seven plus more months and so far McCain has done NOTHING to please the conservatives.
Damn, after that flap with the radio guy does McCain just kind of shrug and politely distance himself from the radio guy? Couldn’t McCain just have said “Listen, I might not have emphasized Senator Obama’s middle name but it IS his middle name”? Or to that effect.
Not that McCain doesn’t already have enough problems with radio talk show hosts but first chance he’s out in front of the cameras all putting the guy down and apologizing, his hand eternally reaching across that aisle.
But I’m open to a good VP candidate but one other important thing here...
...I really don’t think McCain has any expectation that conservatives will vote for him. I don’t think he wants us and I don’t think he cares.
Quite simply he thinks he can win without us. And maybe he can, I don’t know.
But for sure McCain’s made no attempt as of yet besides SAY he’s a conservative and he even messed up that.
Oh wait, McCain did get all his blue blood Republican buddies out in front of the cameras all of them telling us to vote for this wonderful even=tempered fellow who does so love reaching across the aisle.
His VP choice is VERY important.