Grrrrrrrr
By Mitch Berg
I’ve said it before; part of me wants to be able to support John McCain.
In many, many ways, he’s the best conservative of the bunch. And, as Ed notes (in re a poll that shows him with the lowest negatives among the GOP field):
John McCain may get the best bump from this poll. People wonder whether he could win a Republican primary, but he has the lowest opposition numbers in both the general population and the unaffiliated population. His -6% in the latter group makes him the most electable among the front-runners of both parties. In a race where no one has captured the passion of the electorate, it could be enough of an edge for McCain to make the electability argument his own.
And, I suspect, he could fix that whole “nomination” thing in three not-simple-at-all steps: repudiating the McCain-Feingold laws, getting religion on immigration, and making some kind of amend or another on the whole Gang of Fourteen thing.
Even two out of three would go a long way.
I want to support McCain, in many ways, sooooo badly. And yet those three things are killers.
December 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Jebus, Mitch!
McCain’s in bed with both Ted Kennedy on the illegals and Russ Feingold on the gubmint-run speech.
Next time Maverick feels the need for speed, let him sing You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling to Shrillary.
If it’s an immigration flip-flopper you want, stick with Rudy.
/jc
December 26th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
I really only have two issues on which I judge all politicos: guns and taxes. Tell me your position on those and I can guess whether you are more likely to trust people or government to do the right thing, and from that I can extrapolate your position on virtually any other position with fair accuracy.
The more you favor regulation of guns, the more taxes you want to levy, the more abortions you promote, the more you’re likely to vote to ban smoking in bars, limit campaign contributions, build light rail, subsidize the Twins stadium, oppose the war against terrorists being waged in Iraq, remove red poinsettias from City Hall this week, give in-state tuition to illegal aliens and to read the Star Tribune.
John McCain has given a lifetime of honorable service to his country and for that he deserves a medal and a pension, but not necessarily a promotion.
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