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rather than a Republican causing the debacle.” That, however, hasn’t stopped McCain from pursuing Limbaugh’s favor. Just last February Politico reported that, according to Republican sources, McCain sent an emissary to bring Limbaugh into the fold. The questions for today are: Will McCain denounce and reject Limbaugh’s repugnant and dangerous remarks? Will the media give an equal amount of airtime to Limbaugh

I would just as soon the Democrats take the hit ... rather than a Republican causing the debacle." That, however, hasn't stopped McCain from pursuing Limbaugh's favor. Just last February Politico reported that, according to Republican sources, McCain sent an emissary to bring Limbaugh into the fold. The questions for today are: Will McCain denounce and reject Limbaugh's repugnant and dangerous remarks? Will the media give an equal amount of airtime to Limbaugh's lunacy as they did to Rev. Wright's rant? Will Hell

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want border security first, he seems reluctant to support rounding up millions of illegal immigrants and deporting them and throwing thousands of people who employed them in jail, which is what most conservatives want. Although McCain has done some pandering to conservatives in this campaign, earning an endorsement from the late Jerry Falwell, for example, unlike Romney he seems to feel really bad about it, which worries us about his sincerity. McCain needs to show that he really has had a change of heart

He needs to do it and will do it – but unfortunately for McCain, while some leaders of the right-wing base he needs seem willing to given him an opportunity to win them over, they don’t seem particularly eager to make it easy for him: A prominent social conservative, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, said in an interview, “I’m willing to sit down and say we all make mistakes if he will come to the conclusion that some of the things he has worked on in the past, like

He needs to do it and will do it – but unfortunately for McCain, while some leaders of the right-wing base he needs seem willing to given him an opportunity to win them over, they don’t seem particularly eager to make it easy for him: A prominent social conservative, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, said in an interview, “I’m willing to sit down and say we all make mistakes if he will come to the conclusion that some of the things he has worked on in the past, like

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How bad has the Republican civil war become? Bad enough that McCain is going begging to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Or to be more precise, McCain's surrogates are doing his begging. It looks like the candidate can't even talk to the talk-show pashas directly. The campaign, as described by Republican sources, has two pillars: outreach to talk-radio hosts and other