I’ll take each thing I said about McCain in this post and address it.

On the other hand, McCain has betrayed conservatives time and again by voting against key measures.

This was true then and remains true now. McCain is not a conservative on some issues. Fortunately for me, they are less important issues and are not conscience issues. I disagree with him on them, but he’s doing what he thinks is right in bucking conservatism and the party. That in itself is admirable in the big picture, though it’s not nice when you disagree with him!

The liberal press absolutely loves McCain–even liberals have admitted this–and are trying to cast Romney’s dropping out of the race as a victory for McCain.

Well of course the liberal press liked McCain more than other Republicans. He’s more liberal than some other Republicans. But when McCain is up against the most liberal senator in the Senate, of course the media likes the more liberal person better. AP has admitted this and other media studies have as well.

He is a top 10 governor who has executive experience, unlike Senator McCain.

This point remains valid and highlights the importance of Sarah Palin entering the race. I would still rather have a governor at the top and the bottom of the ticket, but the fact that the top and bottom of the Dem ticket are senators cancels this out.

He is strong on conservative issues, rather than pandering to the press as McCain has often done. (To be fair, one area in which McCain has not pandered to the press is his unwavering support of the Iraq war.)

There is a fine line between pandering to the people/press and doing what the people/press want. I made the mistake of oversimplifying here. (Though I’m certainly glad I put in the bit about him not pandering on the Iraq war, which is vindicating for his independence.)

You said,

Politics is a juggling act, no?

No, I disagree. Politics is the art of compromise. Huckabee would have been a better President IMHO, but McCain (especially with Palin at his side) will make a far better president than Obama. You will never get the perfect president, but at each stage of the process, we strive to support the best candidate.

Politics is a juggling act, no?

As long as Romney and Huckabee and McCain and Hillary and Obama (and a bunch of others) can be juggled, let’s keep Huckabee airborne while trying to keep McCain down.

Now it must be time to keep McCain up, despite his betrayals (see original post above) and panderings (ditto).

Ah, politics.

Oh well.

For those who wish to vote…and wish to vote conscience over expediency…you could use the power of the write-in vote: Mark Roth for President!

I know that I differ with many conservative Mennonites on voting, but I believe my position to be sound and Bible-based and would be glad to explain my position (as I have done many times).