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.....You don't agree with them.....

No, that is not my point or necessarily my personal view. It is my perception of the reality of the present.

The recent poll here on Free Republic now gone showed 70% or so will support McCain if only to prevent a Marxist from gaining control of the government. This poll places the balance, absent the very small undecided minority, at the far right end of the very conservative forum.

When taken as part of the total political spectrum that extends across a wide center to the extreme moonbat left, this minority becomes extreme.

I become nauseated at the concept of President Obama. My task is to become a gentle persuader....nudge those at the extreme towards the middle and prevent President Obama.

>>This poll places the balance, absent the very small undecided minority, at the far right end of the very conservative forum.<<

Uh-huh. How do you know the undecided are such a small minority? I thought you were posting based on facts, but looks like you made that “fact” up. I don’t see how you have to be such an “extremist” to find a POTUS candidate who puts the interests of Mexico above those of the USA unqualified.

From your previous post: The gains in the middle will offset the minor loss.

Then this: My task is to become a gentle persuader....nudge those at the extreme towards the middle and prevent President Obama.

Well, which is it?

Either conservatives don't matter because their votes will be made up by the middle, or they need to be nudged "towards the middle" to "prevent President Obama".

Actually, I think that McCain's (and much of the GOP's) gamble has been to appeal to the squishy middle, at the expense of what they see as right wing kooks. And of course, if they end up needing those "extremists", they can always throw out some appeal to fear to get us on board.

If that has been the case, so be it, but it may end up being a losing tactic.

The way I see it, McCain has repeatedly flipped the bird at movement conservatives, and now has a "problem with the base". However, conservatives who now don't support McCain are being criticized as though they are the problem. You know, McCain created this situation, not conservatives. In other words, if the candidate doesn't appeal to voters, don't blame the voters.

“The recent poll here on Free Republic now gone showed 70% or so will support McCain if only to prevent a Marxist from gaining control of the government.”

That is dripping with irony.