Wretchard @ 4:57am Maybe he now realizes that whatever happens there is no going back to the old order.

That will take seeing for it to be believed.

How many ways has the “progressive” wing of the GOP (with Bush at the top) and its backers helped prop up “the loyal opposition” Democrats over the last eight years? After all, the Dems can be counted on to push for government growth which conservatives.

I how I like your reference to “the old order.” With it you imply that McCain has done his part. So how about the following to condense the thought which follows from that.

How much of a Maverick has McCain been? Or if he truly was, then how much had he succumb to reverse psychology into pushing some really bone-headed legislation like McCain-Feingold McCain-Lieberman and McCain-Kennedy?

It seems to me the best answer is “We cannot be sure. But we can be sure that Obama would be much worse.”

That is one helluva situation to be in. Some will say it is a familiar one since Joe Six-pack over the last twenty years has always been driven to vote against rather than for some candidate.

Hence I’ve arrived at a meaning for this thread. Tora Tora Tora so it becomes clear who to vote against.