Nice post. I like John McCain too. I felt that he was turned into something he wasn’t to be palatable to the GOP. If McCain could have been elected instead of Bush I think we would have been better off.

GOP will need to somehow figure out how to come back to center. I consider myself centrist and do not like the ultra-liberal side of the democratic party anymore than the ultra-right wing side of the GOP. Seems like it’s going to be hard to cater to the christian right and the young / moderate / educated/ minority at the same time.