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So here's my deal. I am in love with the Democratic Party's prospects for 2008. I would feel great voting for any of the three frontrunners, though I'm pretty disappointed at how Edwards is looking in the polls these days.
But think about this: How great would it be if John McCain were our next president? Who better to start the healing process after the most disastrous presidency this country has ever seen? If he screws it up (like the next president will do with Iraq, energy policy, and health care-- does anyone really see a good outcome from any of those issues?), then the whole deal gets correctly blamed on the GOP and we have a solid 50 years of marginally more competent leadership from the Democrats.
But say he gets it right. Say he restores constitutionalism to America, rebuilds the world's trust in our endeavors, strengthens the economy, starts us on a road to fixing the immigration "problem," doesn't follow up on his pandering to the religious right, and brings a little sanity to government spending. Wouldn't the Republican Party that resulted from such a presidency be a moral one?
Am I crazy, or could John McCain set the political arena of this country on a track of sanity and morality that this country's never seen before? Or should I get my head out of my ass, vote for a Democrat, and go back to cynically hoping for compromise, appeasement, and mediocrity?
But think about this: How great would it be if John McCain were our next president? Who better to start the healing process after the most disastrous presidency this country has ever seen? If he screws it up (like the next president will do with Iraq, energy policy, and health care-- does anyone really see a good outcome from any of those issues?), then the whole deal gets correctly blamed on the GOP and we have a solid 50 years of marginally more competent leadership from the Democrats.
But say he gets it right. Say he restores constitutionalism to America, rebuilds the world's trust in our endeavors, strengthens the economy, starts us on a road to fixing the immigration "problem," doesn't follow up on his pandering to the religious right, and brings a little sanity to government spending. Wouldn't the Republican Party that resulted from such a presidency be a moral one?
Am I crazy, or could John McCain set the political arena of this country on a track of sanity and morality that this country's never seen before? Or should I get my head out of my ass, vote for a Democrat, and go back to cynically hoping for compromise, appeasement, and mediocrity?