At the very beginnings of the republicans starting to declare for the primaries, I stated that there were two I'd NEVER, EVER vote for. That was Guiliani and McCain. I have always been a woman of my word and McCain has not said any words which have changed my mind. I truly don't know what I'll do in the prez race. Down ballot I will vote for each and every conservative candidate, perhaps regardless of party. In my local races, there is a democrat running who is a great guy and much more conservative than the republican that is running. That happens alot in the Deep South.
Given the economic issue Romney with his business-like approach and long history of hands-on executive experience would now be well ahead of Obama and probably close to an EV vote victory. I think a health-care system change that has a distinct GOP stamp on it would have also helped elect him with most Independents falling his way. Let’s face it, Democrats will be in an even larger majority, so you can either just veto the crap out of all bills that come before you for your entire presidency or take “some” of their proposals and make it distinctly more conservative/Republican as a prerequisite to sign it.
I hear ya on McCain. He was my absolute LAST pick in the primaries, I almost made cartwheels when reports had it that he was about to drop out of the race because of his campaign verging on bankruptcy. I held my nose and voted for him last week, though, because of the Supreme Court and lower court implications plus an uninhibited Democratic trifecta would prove disastrous. You should think about that and, holding your nose, pull the lever for McCain anyway.
BTW, where is that racy story you promised? :-)