McCain promises to use ideas from both sides of the Great Divide, as long as they work. He promises to hire Democrats and Independents onto his team, which has caused some grumbling from the Party faithful. The funny thing is, until the day he threw his hat in the ring to become President, Democrats always referred to McCain as a “good” Republican (sort of an ironic thing, like a “good” Samaritan or a “good” Indian, I suppose). Now he’s painted as the second coming of Bush. I’m confident he will win because the Dems will retain both the House and Senate this year, and Americans like divided government. McCain has made his base clam up with the Palin pick, so now he can run to the left as a moderate and gather the great American center.