I am a broken-glass Republican. But more important than that, I am a conservative. But first of all, I am an American patriot.
The patriot in me demands that I vote for who is best to lead the country, whether or not it is good for Republicans or conservatives. right now, there is much at stake and much to be lost in the battles we are waging if we put the wrong man in as CinC. To deny the vote to McCain out of pique that he's not conservative enough gets the priorities all wrong. Our national security is job #1. Obama will not do it - if we listened to Obama, we'd have lost the war in Iraq already.
The conservative in me also knows that the McCain is clearly more conservative than Obama. But on key issues McCain has crossed us and we dont want the double damnation of having bad policies and being the voting base that delivered the man who did it. We need a way forward. We conservatives will come home to McCain, but McCain needs to come home to us. Here is a tack that could help get McCain aligned with conservatives. McCain could say that he will make sure that he will not sign i.e. veto any bill that does not enjoy majority support among the Republicans in the Congress on immigration.
Whether McCain will do this or your good suggestion or not depends on if he'd like to lose to Obama or not.
Some conservatives make the mistake of thinking we will be better off just sitting it out until 2012. Let's have the audacity to hope for an actual conservative win here - McCain picks a conservative VP; he makes promises not to cross us and keeps them; and beats Obama and goes about fulfilling his promises to nominate Roberts/Alito judges, defeat terrorism, and keep govt taxation and spending down. MCCain's lifetime ACU rating is 80%, so its not like a night and day change, just a promise to return to his conservative roots.
I am a broken-glass Republican. But more important than that, I am a conservative. But first of all, I am an American patriot.
The patriot in me demands that I vote for who is best to lead the country, whether or not it is good for Republicans or conservatives. right now, there is much at stake and much to be lost in the battles we are waging if we put the wrong man in as CinC. To deny the vote to McCain out of pique that he's not conservative enough gets the priorities all wrong. Our national security is job #1. Obama will not do it - if we listened to Obama, we'd have lost the war in Iraq already.
The conservative in me also knows that the McCain is clearly more conservative than Obama. But on key issues McCain has crossed us and we dont want the double damnation of having bad policies and being the voting base that delivered the man who did it. We need a way forward. We conservatives will come home to McCain, but McCain needs to come home to us. Here is a tack that could help get McCain aligned with conservatives. McCain could say that he will make sure that he will not sign i.e. veto any bill that does not enjoy majority support among the Republicans in the Congress on immigration.
Whether McCain will do this or your good suggestion or not depends on if he'd like to lose to Obama or not.
Some conservatives make the mistake of thinking we will be better off just sitting it out until 2012. Let's have the audacity to hope for an actual conservative win here - McCain picks a conservative VP; he makes promises not to cross us and keeps them; and beats Obama and goes about fulfilling his promises to nominate Roberts/Alito judges, defeat terrorism, and keep govt taxation and spending down. MCCain's lifetime ACU rating is 80%, so its not like a night and day change, just a promise to return to his conservative roots.