re: #278 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

To be honest, I’m not sure I trusted McCain much towards the end, and have since come to realize I was right. The man is a patriot, but also a political opportunist. His last reelection bid shows that he’s not above jumping on whichever bandwagon takes him to the end.

The only way I could have felt good about seeing him as president was if he’d brought a fellow moderate onboard the ticket to round it. Palin being on the bottom of the ticket was a disaster, one that I don’t think he’ll ever live down.

He pretty much had to do what he did in 2010. He was facing a loony tea-bagger who would have been an outright disaster. To win, he had to move well to the right and cut off attempts to flank him that way. It worked, helped by J.D Hayworth’s repeated Nirther gaffes.