[nurees]

That is because McCain chooses to act more like a Democrat then some Democrats. This is my husbands gripe - the GOP put someone up that in many ways went against what the party and base stand for.

[carton253]

It is nonsense to blame the GOP for McCain. McCain ran in the primaries and won more than any other Republican running. By South Carolina, all true conservatives were out of money.

The GOP did not stand at the polling places and force its members to vote for McCain. Its ludicrious to insist they did.

Sometimes I think "conservative" is this mythical standard that no candidate can ever achieve, therefore, we will not unite behind one when he does run. Just not Reagan enough... but how many of us would have condemn Reagan for his amnesty, his runaway spending, and his pulling out of Lebanon if FR was up and running in the 1980s.

Reagan was a giant... but the myth of Reagan is overwhelming the mere mortals who dare try to run as conservatives.

[JSDude1]

Lets see: He is for Illigal Immigration (and our party platform is against that), He’s for adult-stem cell research (or party platform is against that), and he voted FOR the Bailout (our party platform is specifically against that!).

McCain a Republican?