Big items to get elected this year, Amon are:
Should we do anything to fix the economy, or is it fine? (It hasn’t been fine since the new Congress took over in 2007, IMHO)
Should we give illegal aliens, who are felons, amnesty and forgive their felonies? (McCain, Hillary and Barrack are all for this, Edwards and the rest are not)
Is the sub-prime debacle (the 5% of homes being fore-closed on) something we should bail people out on, or should we let the market correct itself?
Should the Bush tax cuts be repealed in 2010, or confirmed?
Items not issues are:
Gay Marriage
Abortion
Iraq
All three of those are MAJOR democrat issues and without them, they will be hurting. However, if the Republicans do not nominate Mitt Romney with MAYBE McCain as VP, but preferably Newt or Fred as VP, it won’t matter how many negatives there are because Barrack or Hillary can basically smile into the camera, say nothing, and glide right into the White House.
Why?
Because Huckabee and McCain cannot get the Republicans out to vote. More Republicans would actually vote Democrat then vote McCain, he’s THAT hated by the Midwest, West and Northwest (the seat of power for the Republicans, Democrats generally hold the deep South (Florida, specifically) and the North East + California.)
McCain is the candidate of choice by the Liberals because he is a liberal. Conservatives don’t really like him, except with the possibility of South Carolina, but he didn’t exactly pull out a very strong win there either. He won by a mere 3%. That’s a statistical tie. (Most polls are reported as +/- 4%, that means he could have lost by 1% or won by as much as 7%.)