Now that Mitt Romney has withdrawn, John McCain will be the Republican nominee, barring an act of God. Scrounging around for more copy to put on TV, the newsies have found the inevitable soreheads who don't like McCain and are giving them air time. After allowing aforesaid soreheads to ventilate on national TV, the newsies then declare the Republican party "deeply split" and offer advice. Do a little groveling and then kiss and make up is the tenure of the advice. And, to his credit, McCain did some of this yesterday in front of the Conservative Political Action Comittee (CPAC) yesterday. He was gracious to the withdrawing Mitt Romney, polite to Huckabee, and told the assembled CPACers that he would do his best as president. He got a good hand for that. McCain has been in politics a long time and he knows you don't kick people, even liberals, in the shins just for the fun of it. They remember and will get even if they can.
Actually, McCain is the strongest candidate the Republicans can field. He has a compelling personal story and respect bordering upon awe among the electorate. I won't soon forget the deference, politeness, and respect offered the senator at a campaign stop in northern New Hampshire some months ago. There was snow on the ground, the modest meeting room was jammed with voters, all wearing heavy boots and winter coats. John McCain walks into the room and everyone rises and gives the senator a standing ovation. None of the other candidates got that kind of respect up here.
Of the detractors actually named by the TV, few of them deserve much credence. Ann Coulter writes a lot of rabble rousing stuff, James Dobson said he wouldn't vote for anyone, and Rush Limbaugh, well, Rush is Rush.
The endorsements from prominent politicians indicate that professional Republicans think McCain is a good candidate with a chance of winning. They don't indorse losers, it makes them look foolish.
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