There are quirks in McCain’s personality, like this self-righteousness, his hair-trigger temper, etc., that really concern me. I don’t understand his thought processes. Going to Kerry to offer to be his VP candidate was squirrely. His conserva-liberal schizo-platform is beyond my understanding. Having said all that, I agree with Romney’s decision.
Let’s suppose Romney had mounted the steep incline to the Repub nomination. He had another uphill climb against the Dems. How much did he want to pay for this whole thing out of his own pocket? Especially for those kind of chances. His points at CPAC were extremely valid. The best Repub candidate to proffer those issues is McCain. I REALLY hate to say that. The realities we face stink, but I think Romney made the right decision, for himself, and for his country. We a couple years until mid-terms to figure ourselves out as conservatives and re-group. We need to re-visit Reagan and Newt’s Contract with America and see if we can’t recapture a winning posture and communication.
I don’t think that McCain is better on national security than Romney or the other Republican candidates, with the exception of Ron Paul.
But the real problem with McCain is that he can’t win. The independents and moderates who have supported him in the primaries are unlikely to vote for him in November, especially once the Democrats and MSM start attacking him. And many conservatives will not vote for him either because he is not a conservative. That leaves moderate Republicans and their support is not going to be enough for him to win. And, frankly, I don’t care if he does lose.
McCain is really pretty easy to understand. He started out as a real conservative Reaganite, but in many ways “went native” after too many years in Washington. His ego is gigantic and took a huge hit in 2000. He carries grudges and carried an enormous grudge against Bush and his team after the 2000 election which he believed he should have won. He went after the 527s with McCain-Feingold because he thought they would hurt him in a future presidential run. He thinks he is always right, whether his position is conservative or liberal, and anyone who disagrees with him is either corrupt or stupid. He is his own political party.
How 'bout this for a drastic idea: Instead of seeing the economic pie as fix and the only way to make one group better is to take something away from another group, why not create a business environment (cut taxes on business and consumers, less regulation, etc.) where the size of the pie gets bigger. A rising tide lifts all boats.
Hillary, by her own words, takes the Marxist view of income redistribution, as evidenced by her own words. Alas, McCain seems to have the same view of the world. How sad for the rest of us productive members of this society.