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Conservatives and Moderate Democrats are considering voting for the Constitution Party candidate anyway…

Snake307:
What will you do when McCain feels that there is no way we can win, and he’s ordering the troops home with wide bi partisan support in 2009? McCain has demonstrated he’s untrustworthy on any other issue, why would we trust him based upon that one issue?

What would I do? I’d pout, because that would suck really bad. Personally, I do not believe that he would do this before the war is won. However, I cannot guarantee I’m right. After all, John McCain has disappointed me more times than I can even count. I do feel like this is one issue where he can be relied upon.

It’s not like I can give you or anyone a lot of grief for not wanting to support McCain. How can I blame you? I’m not super jazzed myself. But when I look at the options before me, I’ll take the squish over the weak, gun-grabbing Marxist any day. I can’t see it any other way. Not with the entire future of the War on Terror on the table.

I’d like to know what HA readers think are realistic actions McCain could do to help his situation. By “realistic” I don’t mean stuff like having him repudiate every non-conservative thing he’s ever said and done.

If McCain won’t repudiate his liberal positions, the only thing lefot for him is to move even farther left and try to drum up donations from those he supports, the Democrats and illegals.

I guess “stupid is as stupid does” really does fit the situation.

If they have any hope of staying even in congress, they need to figure out a way to get to McVain and let him know that without the conservatives voting, he can’t win and neither can the congressional races.

He really needs a wake-up call, an epiphany of conservatism.

I think a lot of that Obama money comes from kids maxing out the credit card Mom and Dad gave them.

Terrye on April 21, 2008 at 3:43 PM

The average contribution to the Obama campaign is $109. With a contribution that small, you would max out your credit card only if you just happened to be within $100 of the limit. Probably most people aren’t maxing their cards with a $109 contribution.

Let’s give Obama credit. Justifiably or not, he excites his supporters, and in a way that John McCain simply doesn’t. Consequently, McCain is the welfare queen waiting on his government check, while Obama is out working the markets. It’s a sign of the GOP’s continuing degradation.

Mccain gives up..

I almost got excited there for a second.

The truth is Republicans might should think about reaching out more to moderates and Independents, since it seems conservatives are unreliable.

Terrye on April 21, 2008 at 3:45 PM

We are indeed.

We have this quaint and curious notion that if we’re asked to pay for the band, we should get to pick at least some of the tunes.

If the RINO party think they can make up for their lost base by pandering to the tiny group of ever fickle “neither here nor theres” that we sometimes refer to as “moderates”, then by all means go right ahead.

If I, as a conservative, am no longer needed in the GOP, then I’m happy to announce that the feeling is mutual.

I’m a conservative, not a Republican.

The two used to overlap, but nowadays there’s a huge difference.

I mean really. Obama is doing a bang up job of raising money without any help from the right.

I know. That’s a hallmark of the lockstep, hive mind left.

Something that used to set them apart from the Republicans.

I still don’t want any part of it.

I see what you mean now.

It is not the crazy old bastard that will pay. He will just go back to the Senate or retire. It is the Republican party that will pay and conservatives who will pay. The truth is Republicans might should think about reaching out more to moderates and Independents, since it seems conservatives are unreliable. I mean really. Obama is doing a bang up job of raising money without any help from the right.

I think a lot of that Obama money comes from kids maxing out the credit card Mom and Dad gave them.

I am not a fella. My point is that if all these people who do not trust McCain because he failed to pander to them think there is no difference between him and Obama then why should I care what they think? I mean really? They failed to come up with a viable alternative, the man has won the nomination fair and square and the socalled base does not want to support him? Well, if they don’t give a damn why should anyone else.

There have been times in this country’s history when Democrats have held majorities for decades, if conservatives decide they are going to act like the hippies of old and just drop out as it were…then the Democrats will be more than happy to pick up the slack. That is all I am saying.

My heart bleeds.

Serves the crazy old bastard right.

Maybe Feingold or Lieberman will lend him a twenty?

If illegal immigration is your issue and you disagree w/ McCain you have to speak up. McCain heard the outcry. Whether you believe he’s changed his tune is another issue. The key is he heard the shouts.

seanhackbarth on April 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM

Really??? JUAN HERNANDEZ

seanhackbarth on April 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM

I do speak up. Congressmen, Senate, state house, city, donations.

The only way I can speak up to McCain (for me) is hold back my wallet. At the same time I feel that the prospect of Obama/Hillary is too dire to hold back my vote also. Lesser of two evils attitude I guess. This makes me a ‘traitor’ to the principle crowd, and a ‘traitor’ to the McCain crowd. Last time I checked I still get to choose how I spend my time and money that doesn’t involve public approval.

Limerick on April 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM

If illegal immigration is your issue and you disagree w/ McCain you have to speak up. McCain heard the outcry. Whether you believe he’s changed his tune is another issue. The key is he heard the shouts.

juliesa on April 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM

I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. I sometimes talk fast over people’s heads when it comes to eCampaign stuff.

The easiest tool the McCain campaign can use right away is its weblog. They should post something interesting at least once a day. If they’re strapped for time go with a round up of news and weblog posts. If they have a little more time link them to McCain policy proposals and videos. If they have even more time they can transform boring press releases into interesting posts that not only attract reporters but catch the eye of webloggers. McCain’s weblog could certainly use a Hot Air link, but they need to post something that deserves it.

Juliesa, now that I see you read my post I’ll say that getting weblogs to fundraise takes time. But there’s power in numbers. I saw that for occasional blogbursts for Fred Thompson. I don’t expect Michelle Malkin, HA, or Instapundit to have McCain donation buttons. But a few thousand weblogs talking about McCain and hammering on the Dems will be effective especially in key states.

If everyone is so against him, then how the Hell did he get the nomination?? This has to be the most bizarre election ever.

leftnomore on April 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM

IMO it’s a combination of familiarity, the gushing of the MSM and crossover voters.

A lot of voters don’t pay much attention on a regular basis to politics these days and have a short political memory. This elevated McCain’s personal story as a prisoner of war as a deciding factor—if a person doesn’t know much about the candidates, McCain has had a lot of visibility in the MSM and was a POW.

Also, there was a lot of triangulation in the primary with various factions of the party voting for candidates with a limited appeal to the broader base. The only two candidates that tried to appeal to the entire base were Fred and Romney, but since so many people were fixated on their own narrowly tailored candidate, (and figured that Republicans would have no choice but to vote for him if he were to win), the broad spectrum candidates slipped through the cracks.

And now we’re stuck with McCain.

Belief: Conservatives still care about supporting conservative Republican candidates.

Prediction: Conservatives will give money here in order to support conservative Republican candidates.

I thought WE were against PORK.

Spot on. Much, much goodness in your post.