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Is the almost fervent hate Republicans have, not for Democratic Leaders, but for Dems as a whole. I find the NY Post editorial boards "conciliation" rhetoric striking.
"He may be just what is needed to attract the independents needed to keep the Democrats out of the White House -- and the true believers at CPAC would do well to keep that in mind"
It is striking because of how devoid of policy arguments it is. The only goal is to keep Dems from the White House, to win. They don't want to win over any Dems at all, they want to rule with 51%. They've learned nothing from the last 8 years.
From what I can tell, the main reason conservatives don't like McCain is because his not as rabidly and blindly partisan as they are. He supports the war. He supports their economic world view. He just doesn't HATE the enemy enough. And the real enemy isn't terrorists or immigrants (though they are sometimes enemy), the enemy is liberals. McCain in the past has been unwilling to blindly hate Dems and to blindly support the president and nothing makes them angrier. Outside of immigration, I haven't heard one policy complaint from Repugs about McCain. He is not "conservative" enough, we're told, without anyone ever defining conservatism. Its like the term conservative or liberal have no substantive meaning behind them anymore, they are white collar gangs. CPAC must be a sad, sad place to be.
