Any Conservative that reads it will get excited about McCain, while they are things that help with the indie vote. I am glad he wont get bullied into sending up Harriet Miersesque SCOTUS candidates.

he predicted that McCain would eventually turn on ANWR after successfully predicting that Congress would let the moratorium expire.

Strategy is simple. Rally your base like Gore did in 2000 to close a similar gap, and pray that one break goes your way (e.g., something even more outrageous confirms what we all here already know about Obama, or the focus shifts to foreign policy).

I’ve reviewed polling from the presidential elections since 1988–in all of them , the party behind made up at least two points in the last few weeks. Dukakis gained 2 points, Bush gained about 5 (and actually even more–he was just a point behind until Walsh conveniently indicted Bush’s friends on the Friday before the election), Dole gained at least 7, Gore gained about 6, and Kerry about 2.

This time, one good break, and those two points can turn into five. If not, Obama will win, but only in the low single digits.

Strategy is simple. Rally your base like Gore did in 2000 to close a similar gap, and pray that one break goes your way (e.g., something even more outrageous confirms what we all here already know about Obama, or the focus shifts to foreign policy).

I’ve reviewed polling from the presidential elections since 1988–in all of them , the party behind made up at least two points in the last few weeks. Dukakis gained 2 points, Bush gained about 5 (and actually even more–he was just a point behind until Walsh conveniently indicted Bush’s friends on the Friday before the election), Dole gained at least 7, Gore gained about 6, and Kerry about 2.

This time, one good break, and those two points can turn into five. If not, Obama will win, but only in the low single digits.

Maybe it’s me, but McCain keeps missing the beat on the Supreme Court. When Barbara Walters says ‘strict construction is just code for getting rid of Roe’, McCain should say: ‘No, Barbara. Warren Burger, chief of the conservative ‘Burger Court’, was a notorious strict constructionist. Burger voted for Roe v. Wade. Snap!”

Oh, and Earl Warren of the ‘liberal’ Warren Court — he was a Republican. Snap!

Here’s all I remember about the Burger Court: (1) Roe v. Wade. (2) Moratorium on the arbitrary death penalty. (3) Protected free press in Pentagon Papers. (4) Upheld the constitution in U.S. vs. Nixon (Watergate). (5) Protected religious freedom, recognizing heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali’s exemption from the Viet Nam draft on religious grounds.

As a Bill of Rights loving, left-leaning independent (former Dem), why should I lose sleep over that record? That sounds pretty god damn beautiful to me.

Fact is, we’ve been under a conservative court for 40 years. There hasn’t been a Democrat Chief Justice in modern history. So just when exactly is the sky going to fall?