To the degree McCain can articulate the above, he will win; to the degree that he either cannot or believes the latest gurus that he must abandon them, he will lose. Moving toward a lite version of the Obamian/European "bipartisan"and socialist view of government and calling it a new conservatism is a prescription for utter disaster.

No one can out-Obama Obama.

To the degree McCain can articulate the above, he will win; to the
degree that he either cannot or believes the latest gurus that he must
abandon them, he will lose.