He hasn’t been a war monger only on the issue of Iraq. He was a warmonger before Iraq.

This is a guy who has supported the idea of attacks on Iran, North Korea, Syria and has supported a more confrontational stance with China and Russia. He’s a Neo-Conservative (especially in terms of his foreign policy). He believes in a Truman Doctrine on steroids….for the New World. He may try to dress it up as something else more moderate….but it’s something much more to the Right.

No…. i’m not looking forward to a McCain administration. I’d rather slit my wrist.

What we have in the White House now is better.

There is a reasonable chance that Dems will blow their chance to change congress. But the GOP is not prepared to court the moderate voters. It would be nice for Chaffee, Jim Leach and people of that ilk to come back to a grateful congress.

McCain is much further to the right than you apparently realize. Not only in his support for Bush but in his affiliation with the Religious Right. Also, please notice that I included the word influential in my post. I don’t deny that moderate Republicans exist. I just recognize that the party leadership ignores them completely except when it’s necessary to twist their arms to vote for the party on some issue, which they will often cave in and do.

McCain is conservative no doubt. But for many issues I think he has a nonpartisan point of view. I think he regrets the Torture issue and would participate in fixing it.

If he is running against Hillary/Obama I would probably not vote for him.

Even when he stands up to the administration on the Geneva Conventions and torture of enemy combatents, he usually ends up caving or lets Bush get away with negating the will of Congress with signing statements.

There is no way I would vote for McCain. Remember, Bush was viewed as a moderate candidate once. When he figured out that his base was mostly conservative, he adjusted his decision-making accordingly.

The Republicans need to run right to pander to right wing money and votes. The Democrats likewise to the left.

I observe that all of the frontrunners and Mitt Romney are all more moderate than the way they campaign.

I don’t agree with the previous comment about McCain being a war monger. He believes in the effective use of force and so do I in the context of competent diplomacy.

That’s one of the biggest warmongers in the Congress. He’s a real nut….still mad about the loss of the Vietnam war. A John McCain Administration would make the Bush Administration look like Sesame Street.

Just like George W. had some of us wishing for the Reagan days, McCain will have some folks wishing George W. was back in office because of the stability that W. provided (in comparison to how things will be under McCain).

McCain is one of the main reasons why Hillary Clinton should not run for President and must not be allowed to win the Democratic Party’s nomination (although I don’t think she’ll get it even if she runs)….But just the possibility scares the hell out of me. Why? Because Hillary Vs. McCain, basically guarantees a McCain victory.

Sen. Norm Coleman,
Sen. Susan Collins,
Sen. John McCain,
Sen. Gordon Smith,
Sen. Olympia Snowe,
Sen. Arlen Specter,
Rep. Christopher Shays,
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Mayor Bloomberg
John Danforth
Alan Simpson
Lincoln Chafee
Mike DeWine
Giuliani
Mitt Romney

I think the following statement will be true for at least one more election cycle. Influential moderate Republican, an oxymoron for our times.