Remaking the GOP

[Fuzzy Bear]

For all the yapping of the movement conservatives, there were two (2) fundamental truths to the 2008 Presidential Campaign.  One is that EVERY poll CLEARLY showed John McCain as the STRONGEST GOP candidate against either Hillary or Obama.  The other is that Joe Lieberman was the STRONGEST possible candidate for VP that McCain could have selected; he alone could have expanded the map for McCain. 

If you are really a conservative, I can't understand why you would not be enthusiastic about John McCain beating Barack Obama.  Lieberman would have been VICE President; he would not likely have gotten the GOP nomination for President even if McCain died and he succeeded him.  Furthermore, if Lieberman had become the GOP VP nominee, he likely would have formally switched to the Republicans and would have given the GOP their Senate majority back.  THAT would have been a shot in the arm for the GOP at the time they most needed it.

If McCain was either unaware of, or in denial of the unpreparedness of Sarah Palin, that's a reflection on his decision-making skills.  And the voters took it that way.  McCain didn't have to lose.  McCain-Lieberman would have been a winner.