Reply #21: I don't think they'll run McCain

[Warpy]

In the first place, their god-crazed base firmly believes that "moderate" lie he put out to bamboozle the rest of us. They will never back him, they don't trust him. In the second place, he's too old. In the third place, he is a guy who might actually try to run things. The GOP got burned by that when Nixon was in office, and they highly prefer dopes who think they're being dead clever by adopting the Reaganesque "hands off" management style (ie, no management at all), allowing the advisors hand picked by the rich and a few wingnut preachers to run the government.

I think Allen of Virginia is the dope, er, heir apparent, unless Babs can manage to convince enough party movers and shakers that it's Jebbie's turn.