It’s just a bit surreal to me that we are even having this conversation in the Republican Party at all. Of course, it’s hard to fathom that McCain is our nominee as well. How can it be that our party has become the Democrat party of the 60’s?? I admit that the Democrat party has moved so far left so as to be unrecognizable to anyone supporting traditional American ideals of independence, hard work and a strong national defense, but that has been going on for nearly a generation. The migration left for the Republican party has been astoundingly fast over the past two election cycles.
I find I no longer have a “home”. McCain does not see me as part of his “base”, his “base” are the P.U.M.A.s the are Hillary supporters and those terrified of BHO. In any other era, he would be a Democrat.
Liberman will not help McCain with conservatives within the Republican party. I think he is depending on the thought that he is such a better choice than BHO, that the conservatives will simply pull the lever for him. For me specifically, his VP choice is his last chance. He rejects my views on immigration, campaign finance, freedom of speech, border security, until recently – drilling for oil (and I am not confident he will follow through on his recent change of heart), on closing Gitmo, on his support of the recent SCOTUS decision to extend Constitutional rights to terrorists housed in Gitmo. If the Republican Party had deliberately set about to select the single most repulsive candidate to conservatives, they would have ended in the place they are today. If McCain does not find some candidate to balance out his leftist leanings, he will loose. No Republican can be elected without the conservative base and speaking simply for myself, he does not have my vote today.
For the record, November will be a blood bath for the Republican Party. In the event McCain wins he will enter office a lame duck and will have to slide even farther left to pass any legislation at all. Regardless, the beltway Republicans are about to pay a tremendous price for their foray into socialism.
