Being Governor in Arizona is a zero job compared to being a high profile US Senator who gets tons of media attention. And you can bet your boots that McCain will again be the darling of the media as the guy who reaches across the aisle, puts aside his feelings about being crushed at the polls and works with President Obama for the good of the American people. (I’ll be right back to finish this, I have to go barf…)

(OK, I’m back…) Being Governor also would require McCain to be an executive and to actually do things he’s never done in public office. Stuff like formulate a comprehensive plan to run the state. Be accountable to voters for real pocket book results. Deal with immigration in a state that has, according to the local lefty rag “the most regressive immigration laws in the nation” and has several very high profile elected officials – Sheriff Joe and the Maricopa County Attorney to name two – who are hell bent on making Maricopa County (Phoenix & more than half the population of the state) very unfriendly to illegal immigrants and to the businesses that hire them.

So, no. McCain will continue to represent the people of Washington DC in the US Senate.

And to the second name in the comment title, I’d love to see Shadegg as Governor.

As I’ve stated before, I don’t think Shadegg is interested.

Flake may be interested (I have no idea), but he has no organization outside his district and his name recognition statewide isn’t all that great.

Bottom line, if somebody is going to make a credible run against McCain in the primary they have to pretty much declare in the next couple of months in order to build a statewide organization and raise the money. None of the potential contenders have anything that even remotely looks like a statewide organization.

When it comes time for the general, there won’t likely be a credible candidate opposing McCain with Gov Napolitano heading up DHS. The bench for statewide office is pretty shallow for both parties. The point is that McCain won’t have to spend much money to win in the general, he can concentrate on winning the primary and he’s got a huge war chest that nobody will even come close to.

But it turns out that this pretty much is the official RS position: “Conservative in the primary, Republican in the general” is how I’ve seen Erick formulate it. And that I agree with.

As for the pro-life thing, that’s nothing new. It’s not a change just because you didn’t know about it before because I don’t think it was made public before. At least, I only found out about it when I was vetted for the front myself.

Good to know, but are you speaking individually or somewhat wearing a more “official” hat? With the recent announcement of only “Pro-Life” front page posters, there is a breeze on RS coming from the somewhat more Rightward side of the ditch rather than Right of Center territory. Part of a new mission statement?

The “who runs against him?” question is a good one, and would be a good project for our AZ Redstate/GOP activists to work on.

What I don’t support are third parties, or running a continuous intraparty battle.

But if he wins the primary…

Obama, like Clinton, hammered the Conservative TAX-CUT with his phantom Middle-Class tax cut hiding the Welfare side of the equation of his plan. Like Clinton, he will abandon it (Lied all along to fools who believe Democrats would ever give ANYONE a permanent Tax cut) now. Actually, that is only partly true – Obama (I’m sure) learned “something” and there will be some Tax Cut if nothing but IN NAME ONLY to fulfill the promise by repackaging some Bush Tax Cuts while eliminating others in order to BS the moderates into voting for his re-election. Obama ran some Pro-2nd-Amendment ads in some locations, despite his Anti-Gun record.

Again, Conservative values WON the Election, but it got more Democrats elected because people fell for the LIES of those who talked the Conservative talk but have no record or willingness to walk the walk once elected!!!

Glad to see at least you are rejecting the Ned Lamont model of politics pioneered by the nutroots from a certain Orange flavored site and their fellow travelers.

Seems the Rights version of the nutroots have trouble understanding the concept that they are not mainstream in any sense of the word and are becoming increasingly irrelevant as the country turns CENTER Right, not Extremist in ether direction.

WE have something called CORE VALUE’s it is not about winning for winning’s sake and the quicker the Republican appratus learns that the quicker they will enjoy a majority again!

The issue is one of prudence and common sense. Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I was hoping to find other Americans interested in fighting pure evil Democrats. Instead, the talk I hear is about punishing heterodox Republicans.

At least I’m getting a great education about why Democrats win so many elections.