Vicke Iseman-storyen fikk konservative republikanere til å slutte rekken bak John McCain. Det minnet republikanere på at det er "oss" mot "dem".
This remains a country at political war, with both sides more distrustful and disdainful of each other than ever before. They not only question the other side’s policies, but its integrity and motives. This is especially true at the grass roots. Everyone from MoveOn.org to the Republican National Committee reacts to every political happening. It’s war over war, or war over morality, or war over experience, or war over whatever. This life-and-death tension helps raise money, sign up volunteers and grab attention.The conventional assumption before this week was that conservatives dislike and distrust McCain so much that they might sit out the election, or at least temper their involvement in protest. That might happen, but it looks doubtful. In the end, conservatives’ contempt for Democrats, the left and the media will always trump their concerns about McCain’s ideological purity. Heck, look what one Times story did for McCain. Imagine what will happen when the big differences over Iraq, Iran, taxes, health care and immigration come into full view in the general election.
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