John McCain and RNC to Walk Tightrope

The RNC and John McCain had the numbers in the primaries to beat republican opponents. They don't have enough numbers to win the general election, not even close. To get more numbers John McCain will have to walk a tightrope between gaining conservative votes and hanging on to his independent votes. The RNC will have to explain some of their strategy.

John McCain, conservatives nightmare for a presidential candidate, seems to be racking up the essential numbers. But, looking beyond that, it's hard to see how McCain can win. One elephant in the room is illegal immigration. When it was brought up earlier in the race, John McCain grit his teeth, snarled and said we wouldn't see that bill again. Not because of a change of heart, but because so much of the nation threw a complete hissy fit over it.

The conservative base has not forgotten illegal immigration, the McCain-Feingold bill, the McCain-Kennedy bill and on and on it goes. Now, he walks a tightrope between saying enough conservative platitudes but not so many that it turns his moderate and independent voters away. Can he do it? I don't think so.

Looking back I have an odd theory about the RNC, McCain and the conservative candidates. In the beginning, fox news and the other media moguls did everything they could to keep Hunter, Thompson, Paul and Tancredo from getting their message out. It was all Rudy, then it was all Huckabee ending with all McCain. Except for the fine hair that Romney is hanging onto, there are no conservative candidates left.

Why would the RNC encourage this? Why slap the base in the face? I think it's because they KNOW they are going to lose in November. What? Stay with me.

For the first time in history the democrats find their own tightrope, balancing between the first woman and the first black man in the race for the White House.

Numbers from the primaries so far show that the democrats are so excited about BOTH of their candidates that they are turning out in record numbers. They are turning out sometimes more than 2 to 1. What does this mean?

It means the republican party hasn't been able to turn out enough numbers to even give the "appearance" of viability. McCain and his VP choice are done before they get started. I think the RNC thought it was McCain's "turn" like it was Bob Dole's "turn". In other words, the RNC is giving McCain the opportunity to run, not win.

The RNC is also on the tightrope. They have sacrificed the republican base for the McCain deal. The winner takes all states insured that McCain would have the help that he needed to win some primaries. Crowding the primaries when so many candidates were vying for position killed some prospects before they got started. Having the news media push some candidates while completely ignoring or laughing at conservative candidates worked.

I don't think the RNC wants to win in the fall. I think John McCain is going to lose his tightrope experiment. I think the RNC has damaged the conservative party beyond belief.