Still say McCain will not be nominee.

[Bonhomme Richard]

I had not until now known how they were going to get rid of him. I think he was set up picking Palin (pure Rove) and they will not nominate him.
Republican voters are typically ignorant but the leadership of the party is not ( at least from the perspective of looking out for their own interest). I just refuse to believe they are this stupid and I keep waiting for the other ball to drop.
We will see I guess.

[mwb970]

1. I thought they would not nominate bush.

That was eight years ago.

[cali]

2. codswallop. of course he'll be nominated.

if you think the repukes are going to engage in a bloody civil war at their convention for all the world to see, you're out of touch with political reality. McCain will be the repuke presidential nominne- though I doubt Palin will last longer than another week to 10 days.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I dare Mitt to make a run for it !!!!

Come on Mitt.. your team can't afford to go down in flames with McCain.
Stand up and demand the nomination !!

Bwahahahahahaha

[marylanddem]

4. McPeuk/Liebershit will soon be soulmates for real.

Bye bye Sarah - you're more trouble than you're worth.

[radfringe]

5. i think it's too late now to drop mccain

it would be political suicide for the entire party. they really have no one else that could, on short notice, fund and mount a campaign at this late date that would be effective

the best they could do is to dump palin and put in romney or pawlenty - and even that would be extremely risky

[Jim__]

6. Are McCain's delegates committed to him on the first ballot?

Does he have enough to win on the first ballot? If so, its a done deal.

[gratuitous]

7. Oh, McCain will be the GOP nominee

And for the next two months, I will be speculating about the "wisdom" of someone who wants to be commander-in-chief who either (a) knew his running mate's teen-age daughter was pregnant and didn't think anything of it; or (2) didn't do a very good job of vetting his selection. I've known high schoolers with better judgment than that.