President McCain?

The ill tempered John McCain, Rep Sen from AZ, wants to be President of the United States. I suppose, since he meets all of the requirements set out in Article. II. of our Constitution, is loved by the MSM for opposing a president of his own party, and has a faithful following of a group appropriately referred to as McCainiacs, although very unlikely, he could be elected president.

I say unlikely because to win the presidency history tells us that McCain will first have to win one of the major political party’s nomination. In McCain’s case, we don’t know which party’s nomination he will try for. That’s said with only half a dose of sarcasm. Recall McCain was asked by his “good friend” John, sure I’m a dullard but I served in Vietnam, Kerry to run as Vice President on the Democrat ticket in 2004. Instead of telling Kerry, “Let me think about it - no.” McCain let the story go on for days.

Even McCain is not kooky or quirky enough to win the Democrat nomination. So let’s say he runs for the Republican nomination. He will need to do a least three thing to come close.

First, he will need to admit that it’s not corrupt money ruining politics. It’s corrupt politicians, like McCain, who take the corrupt money that’s ruining politics. As such, McCain will need to admit that the McCain/Feingold campaign finance reform bill was a mistake, an infringement on the First Amendment and call for its repeal.

Two, he will have to vote to make permanent the tax cuts that voted against. That move will put him on a par with his almost 2004 running mate John, have you seen my Cambodian barrette, Kerry for having actually voted against the tax cut before voting to make them permanent.

Three, he will have to admit that he was wrong about the Minuet Men and border security between Mexico and the US. If he wanted to go all the way he’d advocate a wall from California to the Gulf of Mexico.

Now, if he does all of that, he’ll look like a flip flopping opportunist. Better to go out as an unaccomplished AZ Senator than being drubbed in your own party’s primary. But nobody likes McCain more than McCain, so he’ll try to thread the needle.