How McCain Can Win the Base

Even as the Democratic presidential contest seems to be morphing into Dr. Doolittle’s mythical beast with a head at each end, the pushmi-pullyu, John McCain has the chance to make a leisurely choice of potential running mates. But he had better not wait too long.

The spectacle of a third of voters in the Republican primaries in Texas and Ohio voting for the doomed candidacy of Mike Huckabee suggests strongly that McCain still hasn’t won over the base of the Republican Party. It’s a question of trust, but verify. As Hillary Clinton says of Barack Obama, one speech does not make up for her experience as a housewife at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Nor can one speech by McCain at CPAC win over a disgruntled base of folks who may very well stay home, as they did for G.H.W. Bush the second time and for Bob Dole. The base is looking for action, not words.

That’s why McCain’s choice of vice presidential running mate can make or break his candidacy. The party’s professional trunk-waving pachyderms and the beltway bozos who think that pragmatism will win the new day are already offering up a list of business-as-usual candidates. But pragmatism is not practical in the long run. There’s Governor Whatshisname from one of those Ice Belt states that always seem to be ready to fall over the border into Canada. Then there’s that other governor in Florida who, seizing the opportunity, endorsed McCain four days before the primary. Some are getting excited about Condoleezza Rice, who puts forward a pretty face even as she has done nothing but act as a front for the Foreign Service Corps establishment ever since she got the job.

No, this is the time for change, real change. This is a time for someone whom everybody knows to be the rising star of the GOP, the new governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal.

And what a governor! Sworn as Governor in January, after winning 54 percent of the vote in the open-field primary, Jindal immediately called a special session of the legislature and persuaded them to pass his 64-point agenda for ethics reform. They said ethics reform couldn’t be done in Louisiana — a state whose reputation as a cesspool is legendary — but he did it in a two-week session. Now he’s calling a second special session to pass the tax cuts necessary to jump-start the post-Katrina economy in his state.

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How McCain Can Win the Base – The American Spectator

I think Bobby Jindal could be the reason FOR supporting McCain, he would certainly make me consider it, but Louisiana needs to keep Jindal, he is an excellent Governor and a great guy too, and that’s something my home state hasn’t had in a long time, if ever, and I don’t know if Jindal will walk away from Louisiana right now…

But if Bobby Jindal were to get the VP nod, I would support McCain, and then pray that McCain falls out dead with a heart attack or stroke because McCain has not got what it takes and if he makes a weak or lame choice for his running mate, he WILL lose this election…

I personally think McCain is as bad a choice as Clinton, and almost as bad as Barack Hussein Obama and unless McCain makes some real progress, he is still coming up short for Conservative, and a lot of Repubs too…

The thought of having Bobby Jindal in this fight brings a whole new perspective into this battle for the Oval Office and I seriously believe that Jindal could secure a win for McCain…

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