GOP in crisis

Last night, the people of Florida threw their support behind one of the greatest abominations who now has an (R) beside his name. John McCain would be the worst possible presidential candidate that the Republicans could support. Only Arlen Specter or Lincoln Chafee could be worse. He has been wrong on illegal immigration, wrong on the issue of free political speech, (McCain-Feingold, anyone?) but worst of all, he is a whore for media attention. McCain acts like an insecure, cowardly, weak legislator for hire. A few accolades in the New York Times will persuade him to do or say anything to maintain his "Maverick" label. "Maverick" means "Republican who votes like a liberal." As the standard-bearer of the Gang of 14, McCain sabotaged his own party's effort to accelerate the approval of President Bush's judicial nominees. The Democrats had used the filibuster in an unprecedented manner to halt the nominations of several judges. Thanks to McCain, nothing changed until the Democrats had time to reclaim the Senate and stonewall once again. President McCain would spend four years giving the Democrats everything they want and calling it "compromise."
Why have the voters in South Carolina and Florida given support to the man whom John Kerry sought as his running mate in 2004? Most likely, it is because McCain is a veteran, because his is pro-life (at least most of the time) and because they see no better alternative? Romney, the only serious challenger to McCain now, is a Mormon and a Northerner - those two factors probably play the biggest roles in preventing his success. As far as his stances on issues, Romney is the only conservative remaining in the race. Thompson was the other one until he withdrew from the race following South Carolina.
Super Tuesday, February 5, is the last chance for the GOP. Remember in 2000, it was close until W. won every race on Super Tuesday. This time, it appears McCain has the momentum and may ride a wave to the nomination. If Romney is the Republican candidate in November, he could win, provided that he carry all the states that went for W. in '04, or he could lose Ohio and pick up Michigan and a few other mid-Western states. If McCain is the nominee, the Republicans will not hold the White House.
Mark my words: McCain cannot possibly win the presidency if he is the nominee. Remember 2004: after four years of big government "Compassionate Conservatism," the Democrats attacked President Bush for "underfunding" the programs he had supported. They attacked him for spending too much money and too little at the same time. His policies did not siphon off enough votes to turn even one blue state red in 2004 because voters who favored big government voted Democrat. The echo always loses to the original source. McCain would be an echo on illegal immigration amnesty, an echo on government regulation of business, an echo on restrictions on political speech, an echo on war policy, and an echo on repealing the tax cuts from the Bush administration. Hillary or Obama can possibly beat Romney with difficult, but beating McCain would be easy. The good news is that my son will not remember the next four years.