What does the road ahead look like now that McCain has the Republican nomination sewn up? Obama is going to end up the Democrat nominee unless Hillary can get enough dirt to bury him. Either way McCain has a pretty good shot at winning in November. Obama and Hillary have shown themselves to be too liberal for most of the country while McCain has appealed to middle. In the end most Republicans will vote for McCain because they do not want Obama or Hillary in the White House. The Independents and moderate Democrats will more than likely vote for McCain rather than the more liberal Democrat choice. The problem for Republicans is that even though it looks like the President will be a Republican the voters that will help push McCain into the White House won’t vote the ticket on the rest of the Republican candidates. The Republicans do not have a leader that is putting forth ideas that attract anyone to support them besides die hard republicans who always vote the ticket.   Down ticket candidates can expect any support in the November election. McCain has demonstrated over and over that loyalty to the party and colleagues is not his strong suit. 

McCain’s maverick streak and tendency to side with liberals is very concerning to conservatives. Even though we did not always agree with George W. Bush we had some faith that he would veto some of the radical stuff that can come out of the Democrat Congress. With McCain he may not only sign some of this with the spirit of bi-partisanship, in some cases (Global Warming) he actually believes in it. Therefore, Republicans need to maintain or improve their position in Congress to prevent bad legislation to get to McCain. If there is not a single leader to advance a conservative agenda then it is up to the individual candidates and Republican voters to put together an agenda. Some basic concepts that include the words Security would be a good place to start.

National Security – The war on terror has to continue to be at the forefront of our agenda.

Border Security – Although connected to National Security this issue continues to be a priority for conservative voters.

Economic Security – Low taxes, less regulations, oil independency and rebuttal of Global Warming.

Social Security – A real plan to deal with this looming problem needs to be discussed before voters not in backrooms in Washington.

Constitutional Security – The next president will probably have several Supreme Court nominations that will need to get through the Senate.

Conservatives can not afford to sit out this election just because the candidate is not perfect. There are too many critical issues where we need a conservative legislature to control the agenda. These down ticket candidates need our support in money, time and our vote or we will be farther behind next time.