McCain VP???

Why is everyone saying he'll need a conservative running mate. The conservatives will vote for him regardless of who his running mate is becaues it's not like Hillary or Obama are more conservative than McCain.

He needs a running mate that can compete for some of Hillary or Obamas vote, therefore, it should be somebody who is a minority or a women, or just Condi like FFC mentioned, that would be a solid pick...foreign affairs experience, a women, and a minority...wow that's like killing 1, 2, 3 birds with one stone.

Or just have McGod run with McCain...that would make me happy.

 

bearzfan4lfe - sorry, but there are a LOT of GOP Conservatives who are asking themselves "Clinton, McCain - what's the difference?" Without a Conservative VP to help bring them out to vote, we may see the lowest GOP voter turnout (proportionally) since WWII. This could mean that not only would the Dems win all of the "swing states", but would pick up a few others as well.

 

It's a very good point Andy, but I just think that most people are mistaken when they think the turnout for the primary will be directly proportionate to the turnout for the general election as far as the GOP is concerned.

In my very unexperienced and young opinion I think that the general election will see the opposite where the GOP turns out in bigger numbers after finally being engaged into a real race while much of the Democratic party will be tired of the politics and not turn out with as much support as they showed during the primaries.

 

Don. Most of my friends are Conservative Republicans; most of them are willing to let the Dems have this election so that Romney can win in 4 years. This is not blogger or talk-show talk, but water-cooler and church hallway talk.

As distateful as it might be to them to have Hillary in office, actively supporting McCain, even to keep her out of office, is more than many of them are willing to do. They figure they can at least go through the next four years with clean hands.

 

Clean hands??? What do you mean by this, Andy???

 

He means "Without Carter, there'd have been no Reagan."

I dont agree with 'letting the sh*t hit the fan', though.

 

clean hands - imagine the bumper sticker "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him/her"

Pettyfog's quote is pretty good, too.

Arguably, though, as bad as Dubya's popularity ratings are, its arguable if ANY Republican could win the next election; might as well be a RINO who takes one for the team.

 

Well, YEAH Don... Bush IS sort of a RINO... no more a Conservative than McCain is.

The Pharma bill
The 'Reach Out' to Teddy.. though it did prove something.
the Amnesty Bill
HArriet Miers

But I think Both Dubya and McCain learned something.

 

I think his running mate will be Lance Armstrong

 

I want someone, of course, but nunna those.

 

Don. For all of his faults (and I am definitely not a Dubya fan), Bush Jr. is at least a social conservative; McCain is not even that.

Part of the overall problem in American politics right now is that the breadth of issues is blurring the line between Conservative and Liberal. Before it was Big Government vs Small Government and then the Social issues; there are now many variations on the "Government" aspect, as well as issues like Foreign Policy, Immigration, Health Care, Gas Prices, and anti-terrorism methodology. There really isn't a cut-and-dried definition for "Conservative" or "Liberal" anymore.

Heck, I am forced to consider myself a "Conservative Democrat." I'm socially conservative but tend more moderate to liberal on the other issues. Which party do I pick!?

Still, as most voters vote with their hearts, I think the social aspect is still the primary litmus test for candidates. In that regards, McCain fails for most Republicans.

 

Unfortunately, we need a conservative governor who knows some economics.

They've all been long retired or dead