Bumped & updated because, after muddling through last night's democratic socialist schmooze fest, it's all I got! We're stuck, fellow conservatives. This is our pony in this race.
McCain. I guess. If I must.
It's not even the lesser of two evils. It's simple apathy. It must be late afternoon in America. Like GW before him, McCain only hits on one or two conservative cylinders - tax cuts and the W.O.T. Nope. Just the W.O.T. The Renaissance Nerd does an excellent job of enumerating the cobwebs inside my congested head about this RINO front runner:
And of the whole list of Republican candidates, McCain was the last one I wanted. He has poked the conservative movement in the eye too many times. As he started to gain momentum I got very frustrated, just like a lot of other conservatives. I didn't need Rush or Hannity of Laura Ingraham or anybody else to remind me that McCain-Feingold is the worst and most despicable legislation to be passed in my lifetime. But then again, Bush signed it...Update: Polls...well, polls are... They suck. But the latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times survey shows
McCain is hard-core on the Terror War, and this runs against the trend of the last 14 years. Everyone on the conservative side of the philosophical divide is disgusted at how McCain chums around with the media. We are all expecting them to turn on him the moment he is clearly the nominee. The NY Times endorsed him, but it's almost inconceivable that they'll endorse him over Obama (or possibly Clinton). Yet there is one thing that McCain could've done that would've assured him the support of the press corps without a doubt--he could've come out against the Terror War. This would not necessarily win him the presidency, because Americans aren't quite as stupid as the press thinks, or as reporters themselves are...
He's going to be the next president. The time for recrimination is over. The whole conservative movement should hold his feet to the fire whenever necessary, certainly, but trust in the bedrock of his character--when worse comes to worst, he'll fight. That's reason enough to get enthusiastic, because otherwise we'll get another folding chair like Bill and Hill, or an ostrich like Obama. There will be dark times ahead; there always are. It takes a warrior to preserve the perpetual flame of liberty.
Obama is preferred by Democratic primary voters 48 percent to 42 percent, the first time he has overtaken Clinton in a Bloomberg/Times poll. In a general-election match-up among registered voters, McCain is 2 points ahead of Obama, within the margin of error; he beats Clinton by 6 points.
McCain runs ahead of Obama on every issue except health care. The Arizona senator has a 13-point advantage on Iraq and a 37- point lead on terrorism. He also does better on managing the economy.One area where Obama has a clear edge is on the question of who would bring the most change in Washington; the Illinois senator has an almost 3-to-1 lead.
