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"You think I'm bad, my opponent is much worse than me!"

The central argument the GOP has been making to garner support for its presidential candidates for the last twenty years, starting with Poppy Bush in 1988. The chickens have come home to roost.

The s__t we're now in demonstrates why it really is better to find candidates who actually stand for something, e.g. Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, than an establishment geezer who plays to the squishy middle. Mac's been playing to them for so long, there's no way in hell he can now make a credible demonstration to prove he's not just another "mugwump."

Mac's been playing to them for so long, there's no way in hell he can now make a credible demonstration to prove he's not just another "mugwump."

I think that you're exactly right. The Republicans have been fooling themselves into believing that as long as the Democrats continue to move to the left, Republicans can stay just to the right of their opponent and can then count on everyone to the left of the Democrat candidate to vote Democrat, everyone to the right of the Republican candidate to vote Republican, and everyone in the middle of the two, they can fight over.

I like Sarah Palin, but I'm not accustomed to voting for a VP despite whoever is at the top of the ticket. Now a Cheney/Palin or Dunca/Palin, or Tancredo/Palin ticket would definitely appeal to me.