Summing It Up.

The Great One, aka Mark (F. Lee) Levin has a, well, great post up over at NRO regarding the perils of Mc Cain and responding to the pundits begging the conservatives to just "....fall in line....". Apparently when the Maverick McCain wants to go his own way that's a good thing yet when the Conservatives want to go their own way well, that's a bad thing. Watch for the "Suicide Voter" labels to follow.

The problem is that McCain has a number of factors working against him, including his own long career of hostility toward the people he needs to win the general election. If you can't consolidate and motivate your base, you will not win the presidency. It has been his strategy to distance himself in numerous and provocative ways from his own party. He has used the tactic of alienation to pander to constituencies outside the party. And he has been so prominent and antagonistic in the execution of his strategy that it's difficult to see how he can overcome his own record. This is one of the reasons why many of us have opposed him from the start, i.e., he will likely be an unelectable stand-bearer and a drain on the rest of the ticket. To say, from one's computer keyboard, that the Reagan coalition should unify behind McCain to prevent the specter of a Clinton or Obama presidency is, I believe, wishful thinking. Even here, where the smartest minds are trying to make the case, some use the perverse argument that Reagan wasn't all that conservative anyway, and that's a reason to back McCain. Not only does this defy history, but it offends those who lived through that history and were shaped by it. Moreover, Republican voters won't buy it. McCain is sitting on a one-legged stool, having broken the two other legs.

I think one important focus of Reagan conservatives should be to do all they can to protect as many Republican seats in the House as possible. There needs to be at least one elected part of our government that might be in a position to stem what could be a very unpleasant four years.

Couldn't agree more. Especially that last part. Starting to focus on the congressional seats eh? Where have I heard that one before? Hmmmm, maybe here...(look below!) The Great One, Great points....must be GREAT minds at .... well, I'm feeling all warm and, and prescient!!