Let's hope so.  Maybe he'll retire completely as well, Steyn says he has insiders that say it could be coming soon.   I'll be interested to see if that plays out, McCain doesn't really seem like a quitter to me, I wonder if his ego will allow him to do end his without giving an actual try in the primaries. 


I think ultimately John McCain is a victim of the new media.  You can no longer piss all over the base and expect to do so unscathed.  Between 24/7 news services, talk radio and the internet, every time McCain screws the base, they hear about it.  Its not even that the conservative base and McCain disagree, there are many conservatives that disagree strongly with Rudy Giuliani on many issues, but still like and respect him, and would support him over McCain on any given day, even if Rudy proved to be more liberal in his voting record, and I think the reason for that is respect.  McCain has no respect for conservatism as a movement. 

Even where Rudy and the conservative base totally part ways in belief, people still respect him because he seems respect the difference of opinion as a disagreement.  McCain on the other hand almost seems to revel in the bases hatred, and seems to be in particular ecstasy when turning his dagger in the backs of the people that make up the conservative movement. 

Obviously the Amnesty bill was the deciding clash between the base and John McCain, and the base won.  The base will continue to fight and try and weed out people like McCain. Lindsey Graham, being McCain's heir apparent, will likely be the next to face the wrath of the conservative movement.

 Most trends I see show conservative and liberal bases are rooting out unreliables within their own parties, and this process is just the beginning.  Some people are turned off by the unsavory nature of this purging and strident ideology, and will divorce themselves from the process. I, however, find myself strangely drawn to it.

Overall, I believe that most will end up choosing sides and become much more passionate in political ideology, and that centrists are going to find themselves become less relevant in elections, as bases are moving into a position to be well enough organized to sit out elections or purge elites who fail to bend to their will. 


The new media is a natural extension of this realignment. While we're still badly outnumbered by the liberal MSM establishment, the new media gives us conservatives a way to bind together as a movement, which means we are no longer expendable to the GOP elite.  We have to continue to work together to strengthen those ties.

UPDATE:

McCain boots 50 staffers and gives out pay cuts.  The ship is sinking, but McCain looks like he may try and hold out, at least for a while.   His campaign manager might just donate his services.

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