Four terms, and established a strong conservative record in it, not just sat on his ass. That is indeed something. I want to elect a leader, not a follower and his willingness to stand strong on Politically hot issues, and indeed lead this micro revolt on the oil vote issue means the guy is a leader.
Having him as VP, probably wouldn’t even get the Democrat Jewish voters to vote for McCain... since all their lives they always vote for the Dem candidate.
We have seen a break from that pattern lately as more are voting Republican. I do not believe that is because they are becoming more conservative, but that the terrorism war hits home. Having a definite hawk on Israel and terrorism that is Jewish to boot is a very strong pull. Not only to McCain, but from Obama who has allowed a lot of anti-semitic crap on his campaign site. I am sure Obama's callous use of the Temple Mount did not garner him any favor either.
Perhaps we should let some of our Jewish FReepers weigh in on that issue. Jews are not very mono-flavor in my experience. They are talkers and thinkers, and I suspect this election is generating a lot of good discussions.
Unfortunately most Jewish voters in the US don’t care about Israel, or they wouldn’t overwhelmingly keep voting for Democrats.
Here is how it stood a few months ago, I don’t think it improved any.
61% of Jewish voters support Obama, only 32% support McCain.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/107059/Obama-Beats-McCain-Among-Jewish-Voters.aspx