I have to say, ubaldus, that what you said makes the most sense of anything I've read all night. This may be a time for “political Judo” - let the Democrats momentum carry them right over the edge and let them have full ownership of all the problems that are coming, and that they will cause.
What the left would like more than anything else is for a weak, centrist Republican like McCain to be the President while they pass mass illegal alien amnesty, the largest tax increases in history, the biggest gutting of the military in history, and the largest government takeover of private enterprise in history, because then they could say “it was all bipartisan”, while conservatives get more and more forlorn. At this point I'd say let Barack, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest own it. In four years they may get to replace three liberal Supreme court justices with three more - not great but not a disaster. This alone is NOT the reason to give them McCain as the front man for their master plan.
I'm already going into “bunker” mentality - this will be the Carter years all over again but probably a lot worse. The stock market will retreat to the mid 5000 (Dow) level as the Democrat economic policies take hold. Gas will touch the $7 and $8 per gallon ranges, and shortages will occur. There will be accidents and mass casualties among the armed forces as they are not properly funded.
America will be sick and appear to be dying, but it will be 100% the Democrats fault.
I hate for this type of post to be my first one back, but I guess I'm just in a pretty gloomy mood right now.
One thing I know for sure though is that McCain is NOT the guy we can trust to stand up to the liberal tsunami - in fact he'd probably join whatever they propose and put the Republican brand on it too - just so whatever Congressional seats the R's have left in 2010 and 2012 can be lost too.
Has this country ever seen a 75+ Senate and 350+ House going to one party? We might pretty soon. And then after that the old “democracies last about 200 to 250 years” rule may go into effect.
Head for high ground.