Sabotaging McCain

John McCain seems to be the inevitable nominee in the Republican Party, and anyone who knows anything knows that despite his reputation in the press, McCain is very conservative. So why do many Republicans claim he isn't? John Cole has a theory that I agree with:

So here is why they are sabotaging McCain- they want him to lose, or at the very least are hedging their bets. They want and need to paint him as not conservative, not pure enough to really represent the wildly successful (in their minds) conservatism that makes up the Bush dead-enders. That way, when they are blown out of the water in 2008, they don't have to do any reflection, they don't have to assess, re-prioritize, or re-think their policies. They can simply pin it all on McCain, claim he lost because he didn't offer the voters a "real" conservative alternative, and get back to championing the end of the "death tax" and other important issues without skipping a beat.

Labels: 2008 Election, 2008 Primaries, Politics, Republican Party

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