You know, I really thought that the only person Republicans could get elected in the post-Bush pre-economic crisis era was a middle-of-the-road guy.  Especially after he started backing off some of his more staunch immigration stances and other things that made him less-than-palatable to conservatives.  When he named Palin, I thought he had a real chance to go the distance. 

Then he screwed it all up.  He let his people mismanage Palin.  He marched over to Congress after “suspending his campaign” only to fall right in line with the bailout.  He let Obama get away with that tax cuts for 95% crap for WAY WAY too long.  He decided not to bring up Wright for fear of being called racist.  Conservatives were just frustrated to no end.

Now, he’s rubbing it all in our faces by slinking to Chicago with his trusty sidekick Lindsay Graham to gravel to Obama to let him help in whatever way he can to preserve his legacy.  Chances are it will be by helping with two of his pet projects – shamnesty and cap-and-trade.  McCain’s stance on these two topics royally pisses off conservatives.   All in the name of staying relevant, eh?   He’ll say he’s trying to work with Obama in the name of “bipartisanship” to bring the country together.  Baloney.  He’s going to bring it down.  Just like he brought his own campaign down with is well-meaning but terribly flawed McCain-Feingold legislation.  It’s sad when you long for the days of Clintonian bipartisanship.

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