McCain’s New Ad -- The Dems Lose in '08

Reading CNN today, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/24/mccain-i-am-dems-worst-nightmare/ , there is now an ad by McCain’s Team espousing that a McCain nomination would result in a victory over the Democrats. Letting McCain’s points speak for themselves, appear to provide substance behind the ad’s theme.

Apparently all of the Democratic Candidates mentioned McCain’s name, in aggregate, fifteen times during this week’s debate. The Democrats fear McCain, as he is the one politician on the GOP-side that appeals to independents. As one that is socially rather liberal, I have several problems with this.

Methinks that McCain’s increasing success is due to the fact that Republicans tend to be smarter during the primary process than Democrats. The GOP is more politically strategic. As the GOP is more politically strategic, so are its voters. That is the reason behind this ad, and the root cause for which McCain’s campaign is airing it. Right now, they see McCain catching on in popularity and momentum, especially amongst independent voters. Therefore, McCain will receive the nomination from the Republicans.

McCain will be the nominee due to a confluence of the following factors: one, he is a veteran with opposition to anything less than “intelligent” withdrawal from Iraq; two, economically, as a Republican, he can lay claim to Regan’s heritage and policies, which everyone in the GOP seems to be erect for this year; three, he panders well enough to social conservatism; four, he doesn’t do so with overpowering sentiment and religiosity, which allows him to sit more towards the middle; five, he can command the votes of independents.

On the contrary, the one issue McCain veers from the GOP Platform is in immigration. In short, this isn’t a showstopper for most conservatives, just the GOP’s more populist wing. The fiscal conservatives don’t mind immigration, and at the root of it, no Democratic candidate will have a more conservative position on it the subject.

I said it, in my Open Letter to President Clinton, and I will say it again. If the choice were between Hillary Clinton and John McCain, I like nearly everyone I know would vote for McCain. Hillary’s nomination is another revision of the Democrats shooting themselves in the foot. Don’t people understand that? Obama is the one thing that keeps the GOP awake at night, like McCain does with the Dems, or so the ad says. I am certain that if it comes down to McCain and Obama, Obama can beat McCain up on the war, and he’ll win. If it shakes out McCain v. Hillary, the GOP, in spite of the awful disastrous “War on Terror,” will retain the White House.

Yeah Bill and Hillary keep working to deconstruct Obama and win over him in the primaries. That is a great idea, just please do me a favor, while you work to make sure that the GOP wins the White House, yet again, don’t do too much to ruin Obama’s chances otherwise.