Frum on McCain: "He is really trying to build a personal movement with the Republican party as its vehicle"

In this there’s much truth, although in hindsight the same could be said of Bush (which is reason enough to be wary of McCain). Is this a point that registers with rank and file Republicans, though? Bloggers and their readers see this through the bent lens of people who follow politics day in and out. What about the guy who knows McCain’s a “maverick,” disagrees with him on immigration, but doesn’t keep up closely enough to savor the little eruptions of antipathy towards conservative principles that occasionally fly off the Straight Talk Express? That, as much as his policies, is what adds spice to the anti-McCain animus and that’s what Frum is talking about here. “[H]e does not love this party, and the party knows it,” he says. Do they know it? Have you seen the polls, David? Click the image to watch.