Would a true conservative:
1. Author and promote an amnesty bill, thereby diluting the value of American citizenship?
2. Author and promote a campaign finance bill designed to limit free speech?
3. Campaign on a cap & trade policy, so as to "fight Global Warming"?
While McCain has done some conservative things, he is by no stretch of the word a "conservative".
The most accurate descriptor is "opportunist".
Like you, I suspect he'll probably win. Incumbency can be too big a hurdle to surmount. But I damn sure hope he loses...and have put my money where my mouth is.
Oh, in case you're wondering. Yes, I voted for him in the general election -- because I judged he would probably be better for the country. But I wasn't certain of even that...
I rarely change opinions on these matters but the response to what I said has been outright incredible. I guess I took the short memory approach (He has been a real conservative since the election crapping on Obama’s policies whenever possible (specifically porkulus, healthcare and GM)). It is probably true however that he did this more as an opportunist than as a conservative. All what has been said to me reminds me that when the time comes for cap and tax in year 3 of this nightmare of a Presidency we do not need “useful idiot Republicans” to give the bill bipartisan support. I don’t know much about JD Hayworth but thanks all for reminding me the debacle that is Juan (You have nothing to fear from an Obama Presidency) McCain