Anxiety over McCain
Published: February 5, 2008
Jonathan D. Strong

After a strong win in Florida and a continued rise in the polls, John McCain has gone from maverick Republican to the front runner. However, McCain is not exactly an establishment candidate, nor is he inspiring the GOP base. McCain has long been a thorn in the side of conservatives on a variety of issues, barring foreign policy. The problem for many conservatives is not that McCain works with Democrats, its that he sides with them.

On campaign finance, McCain acted as though he was working with Senator Feingold to limit the contributions to political campaigns so that the super-rich and large corporations could not “decideâ€