Let me start by saying that John McCain is first of all a great American. He has sacrificed tremendously for our nation. Second, he is a good senator, and finally, he is a lousy Republican.
For starters, McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance. All that did was give more power to outside groups. A lot of Republicans believe that it is a restriction of free speech. It is not the government’s job to tell it’s citizens how they can spend their money. If you think that is buying influence, then let the voters un-elect the people who are corrupted.
Next, is the problem of him joining the Dems a few years back when they were filibustering all of Bush’s Judicial nominees, and he joined a few other GOPer’s and some Dems to eliminate the “Nuclear Option”. That really ticked of a lot of Republicans.
Next up is the problem of him rubbin’ wrong with Christians. His gaffe calling Jerry Fallwell a force of evil, I believe will still haunt him this election cycle. As I said in “The case against Rudy” NEP estimates that Christians made up about one third of George Bush’s vote. They are crucial to win an election.
Finally, there is a large amount of truth to the claims that McCain is not a true conservative, major problem.
In short, I don’t believe McCain is the man.
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With evangelicals, John Kerry got 20% of the vote of people who indicated they were evangelicals. In 2006, evangelicals (along with most other groups) moved increasingly toward the Democrats. Also, the percentage of people generally who identified themselves as Republicans declined. We need to ask ourselves Why? Iraq is one answer. The conservative stance on immigration is another -- because there are 45 million LEGAL Hispanics in the country. Why does McCain believe as he does on campaign reform? Is he right or is he wrong? The Democratic candidates are raising a lot more money than the Republicans, and this is a trend that's been going on for sometime. In my view, McCain has a view of what's necessary for the Republican Party to survive, and it's not a view that reflects a lack of thought.
steve
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