McCain who has already campaigned from the center and needs to convince the right wing that he is the best candidate left for them ?

or

Obama and Evita who have drifted further left and the campaign progressed trying to attract the wing ?

George_1950

McCain is the favorite if he packages and markets correctly, and the economy behaves.

RickJ

I agree. I think McCain will be the candidate.

And I think that if Hillary is the candidate for the Dems then McCain will win.

...UNLESS the Dem ticket is Hillary/Obama or Obama/Hillary.

speechlesstx

McCain. I think his resurgence has shown security is still crucial to Americans and they will not accept surrender, they find his candor and the fact he's not the panderer the others are refreshing, and they're looking for a strong leader - not a bunch of obscure rhetoric, "change" and "Day One" slogans.

Whether we like it or not one of McCain's strengths is his appeal to independents and moderates and he is the only candidate on either side to take a commanding lead. Add Hillary's character issues and Obama's inexperience and vague plans for change to the fact the Dems are running the most liberal and 16th most liberal Senator of last year and I think McCain is a lock.

I heard someone say McCain's turning point was the Bhutto assassination and it could be, Americans do not want to trust Evita or Obama with their security. Do you? Anyone?

It's going to get ugly though, the DNC is already running with showing "the American people that he's (McCain) not who they think he is" and portraying a win for him as "nothing more than a third Bush term." The GOP hasn't even begun to fight Hillary or Obama and that bodes well for McCain if the GOP will get behind him and give him some time to just be McCain while the Dems battle each other.

On the other hand the Democratic grass roots has become a machine and I think the Republican side is way behind in that area.

Steve

George_1950

I will wager that more will be made of McCain's anger problem than Hillary's; the press will not treat him fairly.

speechlesstx

That's definitely a no-brainer, they'll be brutal before long.

tomder55

I'm not concerned about the DNC attacks on him . I'm more concerned about unfair attacks by NewsMax ,other conservatives and Vets groups who plan to smear him .

John McCain's Temper Preceded Vietnam

Newsmax.com - Limbaugh Keeps Up Fire on McCain

Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain

speechlesstx

Yep, and they might as well get used to the thought of him being the nominee. They aren't going to get their guy - whoever he is - back in the race unless it's as VP.

excon

Hellooooo:

Is anybody home????? It's the WAR, people!! Your party is busted beyond recognition. HALF your party HATES the nominee. The other half might just vote for the Democrat.

Whomever the Democrats nominate will sweep the boards. Plus, they're gonna get their 61 seat majority back in the senate and take a lot more house seats.

Bush has soooo screwed you, it's gonna take YEARS for you to recover.

excon

tomder55

aint nothing like the prospect of Broom Hilda in the White House to unify the Republicans .