This is the most the regulars here have talked about McCain in a long time or ever. 2000 still is a lightning rod as it should. General elections usually defy logic. I would have ranked McCain #1 on the R depth chart that year, was surprised the Bush accomplished what he did. I then voted for him because I had fire lit in my ass after 8 years of Clinton. Did'nt like Gore. This time around I believe McCain was further down on my list but everybody underperformed. I did take some quiz that someone posted here about comapatabilty and McCain was on there, I thought it was a fluke. So yeah emotions and party lines can blur things. Emotion I can accept but lock and step party line always should be examined.
I am voting against the hard-left and Obama.
Not selling this lady from Alaska short, she has a future and is a breath of fresh air. Also indirectly she has made Hillary's nightmare deeper, Hillary is going to be asked to work harder to counter this, her advisors are already warning that she's going to be working to raise money for other democratic candidates:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/us...hp&oref=slogin
That article was on my feed briefly than vanished from sight...The media temperature is quickly changing.