I think the MSM wants McCain to reach out to Limbaugh and sooth over the rift with the conservatives: When reporters pointed out that indeed Limbaugh has phone-in guests like Vice President Dick Cheney, McCain responded: “I don’t listen to him very much. There’s a certain trace of masochism in my family, but not that…

That seems to be the big question. Here’s Victor Davis Hanson’s take: If McCain gets the nomination, I would have to believe that the Republican sit-out would only last midsummer until they could not take Sen. Clinton no more, and thus like Lancelot at Camlan belatedly enter the fray. But then you have someone like…

A Democrat says that he decided to vote for Obama because he said that he would raise taxes and then Luntz asks the group, “How many of you support it when a candidate says they’ll raise taxes?” And most of the hands went up. Luntz is right, that’s the big difference between Democrats and Republicans.…

So much for not going negative and shouldn’t this guy go after the presumptive nominee? Why waste your time with the second place guy? But we know what’s going on here, he’s softening up the competition for McCain, it’s very obvious he’s going for the #2 position.(via)

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