[Blood of Tyrants]

Why is that? The last three heavily contested ‘Rat nominations (’68, ‘72, & ‘80) resulted in wins for the GOP.

[threeleftsmakearight]

Sorry Dorothy, I have a feeling we’re not in the 70’s anymore. The Democrats are nothing if not militant in their opposition to anything to the right of Stalin.

[A Texan]

I believe the brokered convention will end up yielding a Beast/Obama ticket. The dem party will try to push this to make sure they get the White House. In the end whether they are on the same ticket or not, the two are politically the same and the same votes that would vote for Obama won’t sit out just because it is the beast and vis versa.

The hippies and idealist effected the ‘68 and ‘72 conventions and no matter what dem ran in ‘80 they would have lost after Carter’s debacle as President. The dems want the presidency and while McCain is a “maverick” and may get some crossover votes it won’t be enough to over take the loss of Conservative votes (unless McCain picks a hell of a VP).