Are democrats afraid of john mccain?

Recent national polling data shows that of all the Republican candidates, only John McCain ranks ahead of either Clinton or Obama.

McCain recently won the South Carolina primary, a major political victory since both Romney and Huckabee were considered...

to be more in line with evangelical Christian voters.

McCain has wider appeal to independent voters than any other candidate, including Democrats.

Of all candidates, Republican and Democrat, McCain has the best, proven track record of achieving cooperation with both parties.

McCain represents a clean break from the last 8 years of Republican presidency. He has opposed the Bush administration on a wide range of issues.

McCain does not fear the media. If you listen to McCain's soundbites, it's very clear he doesn't care what the media thinks of him. Why else would he be the only current candidate to make multiple appearances on the Daily Show, where he is consistently ridiculed?

McCain, like Bill Clinton in 1992, has the ability to steal the other party's thunder, with his positions on greenhouse gas emissions, illegal immigration, and campaign spending. Yet he's also in league with mainstream Republicans on issues like government spending and the status of military veterans.

McCain has far more political experience than any Democrat, definately more than Obama and Clinton. He is more knowledgable and experienced in matters of foreign affairs and national security.

For all these and more reasons, I believe that if McCain earns the Republican nomation, Democrats will have a much harder time winning the 2008 presidential election, whether they field Obama or Clinton. I am not affiliated with either party but I am an unabashed supporter of John McCain. And I would love to see him trounce the Bible-thumpers Romney and Huckabee, and the unprepared Clinton and Obama.

But that's just me.

I agree that McCain has broader support from the middle than Romney. I'd still like to see an unexpected Ron Paul sweep on super Tuesday. He's the only Republican candidate I'd consider. I'm just not interested in another 4 years of Republican domination and war.

By the way, I'm not a Democrat. But I'd rather see an ineffective Hillary pushing for massive new social programs that stand no hope of passing at a time when the nation is already bankrupt, than to let the Republicans keep stocking the courts up with judges hell bent on undermining the Constitution.

...he won't win the democrat vote.

Why? 99.9% of the democrats I know think Iraq was a HUGE mistake. And, McCain supports the president on that decision.

He doesn't need to win the Democratic vote, if he wins enough independent voters. And he may have supported Bush's decision to go in, but he would obviously handle the present situation very differently.

Who else supported the president's decision to go into Iraq? Oh yeah, Hillary Clinton

I do see some Democrats voting for McCain if he runs. Then again, I see some Republicans voting for Obama if he runs against Romney.

Democrats are not in any way afraid of John McCain. I tell you that Clinton would become the first American woman president. Whatch out.

Oh, I sure hope not.

I agree with Toadaly... I want Ron Paul