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If John McCain screws up one.more.time., in this context selecting a Democrat or a pro-choice (essentially the same animal) baby-killing Vice President, this race will be basically over for me.

Not that I would stop opposing Obama. I can oppose that skinny freak from Chicago and still vote a write-in candidate or that other guy (Bob Barr, anyone?)

But John McCain is stubborn, and loves him some Democrats. He might pick Lieberman or Tom Ridge.

From Rush, on an incorrect (non-conservative, pro-choice, Democrat VP nominee)...

If they do that, if the McCain camp does that, they will have effectively destroyed the Republican Party and pushed the conservative movement into the bleachers -- and there are a lot of people who believe that's been the aim of the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party for many years. Now, if all this stuff is not just a trial balloon -- and a lot of people now think that all this is just a smoke screen to set the table and set the stage for Rudolph Giuliani as the vice president. Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee is out there trashing Mitt Romney to as many evangelical groups as he can. We're committing suicide in the midst of two events that could launch the party to sweeping victory in November!

One: the energy and gasoline price debate -- and the Democrats are nervous on that. They're starting to abandon Pelosi on it. We own that issue, if played right. Two: McCain's performance Saturday night with Rick Warren out there at the Saddlesore Church . One wrong selection as vice president can wipe all that out because everything that McCain said Saturday night... The reason he's getting such rave reviews is why? 'Cause he was a conservative! McCain's conservatism -- sometimes hidden -- surfaced loudly, proudly, and valorously Saturday night. It could be undone by choosing a liberal, Democrat pro-choice or a liberal Republican.

Well-spoken, Rush, and truth.

Allahpundit has more.

Just in: McCain takes a 5-point lead over Obama, in the latest Zogby poll. Easy come, easy go, Senator McCain. Your VP choice will make or break.

h/t Insty