The Coming Republican Landslide of 2008

John McCain Senses a Historic Victory

As that old warrior, Senator John McCain, surveys the battlespace for the 2008 election, he must find much that is pleasing. A combination of factors is coming together that promises to create a landslide victory for the Republican ticket.

McCain looks out upon the continuing death struggle for the Democratic nomination and sees two candidates picnicking on one another with great zeal and gusto. One moment Barack Obama is attacking Hillary Clinton and calling her names. The next moment Hillary Clinton is attacking Barack Obama and calling him names. John McCain must think that half his job of campaigning-defining the opponent-is being done for him. That leaves him little to do but promise to cut taxes, cut spending, and hammer the terrorists into oblivion; the old Reagan strategy for victory.

Barring something unforeseen, the bloodletting on the Democratic side should continue until the convention in Denver. There's the lovely prospect of a repeat of Chicago, 1968, with riots both in the streets and in the convention hall as ballot after ballot is cast with no conclusion. TV and the Internet will bring the images, as well as the yelling and the screaming, to the electorate in loving detail.

Of course, eventually, the Democrats must choose a nominee and here too John McCain must see much which is pleasing. Whomever the Democrats chose will alienate a great deal of supporters of the other. Currently, that luckless nominee is likely to be Barack Obama and at this point, McCain must be praising God daily for sending him such an opponent.

Obama's unfortunate friendships, ranging from Jeremiah Wright, the pastor of disaster, to William Ayers, an authentic domestic terrorist, to Tony Rezko, an authentic crook, gives new definition to the phrase "judge a man by the company he keeps." Then too is Obama's barely disguised contempt for the voters whom he expects to elect him for President. Bitter is not going to define half of the feeling these Reagan Democrats have when they become McCain Democrats. Joe Lieberman, who has been lonely in his role as a Democrat for McCain, may well get lots of company.