Yeah I'm not a big fan of him either.

It seems that these republicans are trying to "rally the base" of their most conservatives. You would think that they would see that they NEED moderates to win in November. A nomination of Huckabee (or Romney) would guarentee a Democrat win, no matter who the nominee is.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/timepollclintonmorebeatablethanobama

According to Time, if Obama runs against McCain, Obama will win.

these enemies are pretty polarizing- "all or nothing" conservatives who he's probably smart not to associate with.

While I'm not a huge fan, once it is the time for the general election, McCain has saddled himself up with a nice, conservative VP, I'm sure we'll see Limbaugh, Coulter, and Drudge start to come around.

No matter what they are saying now, none of them really want to see a Democrat in the house (though I'm sure it'd help Rush with his ratings, Ann with her book sales and Matt with his pay-per-click ads.)

Yeah! New York Times Poll!

Let me see if I can find a Fox News Poll to counter it.......

My apologies on my last comment, it was a Time Magazine Poll, not the New York Times, less salt needed.

I heard someone say that a democrat in the white house would give all of these pundits extra material (and cash)...in the same way that The Daily Show and the Colbert Report has flourished under the Bush Administration.

Jill, I JUST saw something on CNN to the contrary. I don't know why I bother reading or watching the news. You can get any answer you want by simply searching to different sites.

Do you think the Daily Show would be as popular as it is today if Bush hadn't taken the White House? The show really began to take off around "Indecision 2000" and Bush taking office shortly after.

I agree with Cine, I see it all ways, in all kinds of places. Polling is not an exact science. It changes all the time and I see a different number on every website.

And I certainly hope that a Dem in the white house doesn't give those pundits more money! Uck, I don't like them. I think that Colbert and Stewart could make fun of anyone, and at least they're funny!

Ok, mymellowman, I don't agree with your politics, but my I do love your avatar! It's so funny.

These people made a case against McCain way before Super Tuesday. It's interesting that this is now
being shown.

It seems the plan was to push McCain to the nomination, note that he has had the most publicity coverage and almost none of it negative, esp. compared with Romney and Huckabee, and then once he gets the nomination the MSM are going to go to town on him.

Ah princesskitty, back at ya kid!

Yes Mccaine needs to start kissing some White conservative talk radio hiney soon

Like Beck, Limbaugh, etc...

Limbugh, Coulter and the like are so intolerant of people who dont share their exact views that throw a hissy fit even when it comes to their own party.

Can i ask the conservatives a question cos I'm a little confused. I know that some conservatives don't like Mccain becasue he supports stem cell researc etc etc but in the election would they not vote for him so as not to have Obam or Clinton or even both in th eWhite House? I'm just wondering with all this negativity how are people going to reconcile themselves to vote if they aren't pleased with their candidate?

nyaradzom2001: I've asked this same question a few times. I was, and still am, a Fred Head (who was the most conservative of the bunch.) He's gone and it looks like McCain's our man.

To me, he's a bit more to the left than I'd like on fundamentally conservative issues like immigration and his history on taxes and spending. Issues of the Christian Right, are a whole other topic...

Anyhow, I figure McCain is going to pick up a conservative VP to help balance the "he's not conservative vote," which is where many, I believe, will reconcile.

Thanks for the answer mymellowman. Do you think he will pick Huckabee or Romney to run with him?? I honestly think if America were to have a Republican in office again McCain is the best way to go, but his is just me as a pretty uneducated non-American. He is conservative but he does seem to have some liberal leanings and is not so rigid or i don't mean any insult here guys, forgive me, old fashioned in his thinking or as christian fundamentalist as the conservatives have been painted of later. I'm not saying that all conservatives are like this before someone jumps down my throat, it's just how sometimes conservatives come off.

First and foremost, I know many people (especially the media0 like to paint true conservatives and the religious right as one in the same (and on many issues they do align) but a true conservative does not need to be religious.

As for being old fashioned, I don't really take that as an insult. I believe in the Constitution of the United States and that we should abide by that document first and foremost. I believe that if people want to change that document, that they can and should, but I do not believe that it should just be disregarded (as Congress has come to do quite regularly) or to change laws based on interpretations that are known to be wrong (thank you Supreme Court.) I also believe in little government, less spending, less taxing. I believe the majority of the laws in this country should lie with the states, as says the 10th amendment. I believe one of the main purposes of the federal government is to protect us, the role of the president is Commander in Chief. I believe in a free country that isn't restricted by a federal government that has taken powers that do not belong to it.

If that makes me old fashioned, hell yeah I'm old fashioned!

But, I suppose, I regress.....

As for the VP position, I don't believe he will pick Huckabee. He seems a little too religious for a national campaign. I think that has been one of his issues all along. Secondly, I don't believe Huckabee is conservative enough to balance the ticket the way he needs the VP to.

Romney is a possibility. I wouldn't count him out, but I don't know how they would be together after their attack campaigns.

My opinion, and I will say without a doubt I am overly biased on this, I would think he would pick Fred Thompson. He is a solid conservative, a record to back it. True conservatives seem to like him. Also, they are known to be friends, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise if it happened.

I am repeating myself here but I am crossing my fingers that he does not pick Huckabee for his VP.

IMO, Huckabee is too far right, does not keep church and state separate, and has said some things that have actually offended me. He would not be a good representative of the Republican party.

I have found at least a couple things to like about each candidate, rep or democrat, but not with him.

Romney has said he would not want to be a VP. I think he has other plans. I doubt they would team up but it would have been beneficial to McCain if they were to do so. Romney would be great with the economy and lots of conservatives like him.

I agree that you can find whatever answer you want, you just need the right website to feed it to you. However, I tend to think that Time Magazine is pretty credible, but everything must be taken with a grain of salt for sure!

CNN has a story about "electability"...but they take it from Time, so it is the same answer (Obama could beat McCain, but Clinton couldn't).

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

I wish conservatives and republicans hadn't been completely redefined in that past decade.

Once upon a time, Republicans were opposed to big governments, opposed to nation building, opposed to foreign entanglements, and opposed to big spending.

Now, the Republican candidates are up for more war, more spending, more government programs, and more intereference in other countries.

Where are my REAL fellow Republicans?! Am I going to be labeled a Libertarian for the rest of my life because my party has completely and totally changed course?!

I believe the race between McCain and Obama will be very tight, but I don't think Hilary can. While some people do have something against McCain, it seems a lot of people (both on the right and left) seem to have an animosity towards Hillary that would really hurt the Democrats in the general election.

I wasn't trying to be insulting mymellowman i hope i didn't offend you i was just talking about how he contradicts the way the republicans have been portrayed for a long time now. I think McCain will be very very hard to beat.

Darling, I by no means took that as an insult, but rather than inaccuracies that are far too common rest, I felt it was important to clarify certain positions.

Clarient,

I have the same problem. Now I just call myself Conservative.

okay cool.

Also, I meant THIS past decade. As in, the past two elections or so.

These last two elections are going to be hard to overcome, but I believe it will happen.

Look who's got a new avatar..... very nice.

Oh, and you're a Gold member, how ironic.....

I do have a new avatar! Thank you for noticing! I just need a glass of water.

I just can't wait to see Coulter campaigning for Clinton. Boy will that be something to see. As rude as Coulter is, she said pretty much what I've been saying. Republican hatred of Clinton is misguided since she's pretty conservative. Others have disagreed that she's the most conservative Dem, but I've yet to hear a name of a more conservative Dem running for the presidency.

Fox stuff like that screen cap always cracks me up.

I think The Daily Show has succeeded because of Jon Stewart more than anything else. And I think Jon Stewart has succeeded because of his appeal to the young. He appeals to folks like me who get frustrated with normal shows (liberal or conservative) that refuse to really get to the issue and just like to shout at each other and never go beyond the talking points. He makes fun of that. He's not running a news show; he's running an entertainment show that mocks the stupid talking bobbleheads and the fake plastic trees they grow from. Would he have been as successful under a different administration? I don't know. I do think he'd still be popular though because he'd still have plenty of material to mock.

How is Hilary the most conservative democrat? I am sorry but I just don't see it.

Oh how clever we are.....

Actually I should say Conservative, not just Conservative Democrat. How is she Conservative?

And as for John Stewart, his interview with Jonah Goldberg completely turned me off to him.

"I just can't wait to see Coulter campaigning for Clinton. Boy will that be something to see."

While I see what you are saying, I strongly believe she'll wind up changing her tune. As for:
"Republican hatred of Clinton is misguided since she's pretty conservative. Others have disagreed that she's the most conservative Dem, but I've yet to hear a name of a more conservative Dem running for the presidency."

SHE'S A SOCIALIST! I'm not exactly sure how much further from a conservative (of which the Republican partiy's views are based upon) you can get, but I would love a further explanation.....

Remember what Mark Twain said; "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Always take them with a grain of salt. I'm ok with them as general indicators of how people feel, but when things are so unclear, the manner in which a question is asked will get vastly different results.

I think the closer race personally would be between Clinton and McCain because I think that would eliminate both extremes - those on the far right don't like McCain and those on the far left don't like Clinton. But I think Obama would be a sure thing. He'll get all those that would vote for Clinton, plus a bunch more that would stay home if Clinton's the nominee. It would just be much more interesting too. Obama's got that young, charismatic, relatable thing and McCain's got the experienced, wise man thing going for him. I don't see quit the polar setup with Clinton.

But that's all just my wild guessing. (Maybe I should be a talking bobblehead!)

I'll head off to get specifics of my claim, but socialist? really? I mean, come on.. I'm not calling her a republican exactly... aren't we being a tad bit extreme? Socialist? (Not that there's anything wrong with that. Some of my best friends are socialists. Ok, so they're not, but it sounded funny. In my head. maybe I should have left it there.)

I'm not joking, please explain to me how Hillary is not a socialist. Also, please explain how she is more conservative than Obama (who seems much further to the right than Hillary, who, once again, I see as a Socialist.)

remedios, how is she not a socialist? She repeatedly expresses her desire to "share prosperity". “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”- Karl Marx. Sound vaguely familiar to me.

She has said she will garnish our wages, force welfare, make a strong federal government which will control the majority of our income. I am not sure how that has nothing to do with socialism. Just because she calls herself a "progressive" does not make her policies or herself less of a socialist.

I have gay friends, not that there is anything wrong with that

Oh and I still don't see how she is a Conservative.

I’m reluctant to think there’s a point now. When you genuinely believe that Hillary Clinton is a socialist, it becomes clear to me that we don’t even share the same vocabula