Come on Mitt the flip, open that check book. The republican party needs you to be the nominee. McCain isn't a true republican. Mitt the flip is. Go Mitt the flip in 08.

Here's hoping for some mittmentum in Florida - McCain is the only candidate I can see beating the Democrats in November - the GOP candidate needs to be anybody but him. Mitt's looking like the only other viable one as Huck's cash is drying up too. Get that chequebook out Mitt!

Why doesn't Senator McCain just raise the money in the states where he's campaigning? Raise it in California, Florida, etc . . .

At one time, I was hoping for the Republicans to nominate the worst possible candidate to go against the Democrats. My early favorite was Brownback. :-)

At this point, I honestly want them to nominate the best possible person for the country. I feel that the Democrats have shot themselves in the foot this over the past month, and I'm not just talking about Hillary although she is primarily to blame. She's alienated large portions of the Democratic electorate with her tactics, and even worse, she's precipitated a schism in the party that'll hurt any candidate running in November. If she's the nominee, she's blow the dog-whistle of health care and abortion and Supreme Court in the exact same way Bush did for his base, and large segments of our party will not respond. I know I won't, because I refuse to be played.

I think the chances that a Republican is in the White House after November have increased dramatically, and that's a sad thing. I actually think when it comes to the general, both McCain and Romney can beat Hillary. That's why I'm hoping for their best candidate. I can't say that I trust McCain any longer after he spent the last 3 1/2 years pandering to the Republican base in ways I never thought I'd see him do, but I do think he's a decent man. And I know he's a person that Democrats can work with, if need be. He's good on environment and has a solid record of bipartisan dealings. He doesnt' seem to want to "destroy" government the way some in his party do and I'm certain that his foreign policy wouldn't look that different from Hillary's despite what she's saying now. If anything, as a veteran myself, I'd trust him more than Clinton on making the choice to go to war since he's seen the effects of it first hand. Clinton doesn't seem to be able to get those pesky unimportant votes right for some reason. So, I for one am at least hoping that the Republicans manage to nominate their most reasonable candidate to run. That way I won't feel bad if Clinton does become our nominee since I can no longer vote for her.

Please tell me the Dems are prepared to hit McCain hard the minute he has the nomination wrapped up. Wasn't McCain on Armed Services '02-'04? And what oversight, if any, did that Committee do of the Iraq debacle? Someone, somewhere should be in charge of making sure people know that John McCain had an opportunity to impact Iraq policy when it mattered most, and did nothing.

Hello World. That is a very good assessment. I feel exactly the same way. How a month can make a difference: it starts to look like a fairly quickly united front for McCain, and a split for the democrats. It was a totally different world a month ago.

The best that can be expected now is a HRC, Ob and a Mc, Rom competition. I would not be surprised if BOTH parties actually need to wait until the convention.

How come the democrats *always* seem to fuck it up in the last minute.. when the goal lies wide open... and all you need to do is simply shoot the ball in.