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Nate Nagel wrote:

Shawn Hirn wrote:
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George wrote:

Don't know, there are more people in the middle than you think. The best
thing that happened to McCain is having Limbaugh declare that it will be
the death of the Republican party. There are many people who sit a
little right of center who don't care for the full bore anything is OK
as long as a couple greedy reach guys profit from it system who find
McCain attractive. And of the thinking voters I know (not the I only
drink red or blue Koolaid people) they have said they would never
consider voting for Hillary if she should get the nomination.


Oh, but I agree. McCain; however, is a bit too far to the right on some
very important issues than Obama and Clinton. Clinton or Obama will win
just on health care alone. More and more people are getting scared that
they will be cut off from employer-provided medical insurance. Even
those with good employer-provided medical insurance are finding their
co-pays going up and/or their employers requiring increased
contributions from employees.

Its the economy stupid and McCain loses big time in that area.

I'm one of those right-of-center people who is disgusted by the actions
of the right wing. I won't vote for McCain simply because he impressed
me with his "agents of intolerance" rhetoric in the last round of
primaries but this past year he has been cozying up to the religious
right in a blatant attempt to get more votes.

I think he's really still the old "agents of intolerance" guy inside but
I have a hard time voting for someone with no convictions and/or without
the spine to stand up and say what he really thinks.

Yes, I know that excludes just about all politicians.

I think you have a lot of company in your attitude. I also think the far
religious right isn't as powerful within the Democratic party as they
were when Bush ran for office four years ago. If they are still such a
strong force, Huckabee would be doing a lot better in the primaries.

McCain is a bad taste in the mouths of the religious right, but he's
also too far right for most Democrats, so he won't get too many liberal
votes this November. On the other hand, the Democratic candidate is
likely to appeal to a lot more voters and have ****ed off far fewer
people than the Republicans, so although I have no idea who the
Democratic nominee will be, I feel virtually certain that whomever it is
will be our next president. We will break history in November by
electing either our first black president or our first female president,
and that fact alone will spur more people to vote, and more to vote D.