Polls (too early to have any real validity) show McCain preferred over both Clinton and Obama (CNN tonight), but- I think it will hold.

michaelr, looks like McCain plus a Democrat-led Congress, and much stalemate for another four years. Not happy about it, but I think you have gauged the American temperament correctly.

With Swartzenegger's endorsement tomorrow, California becomes a McCain state.

If McCain does well next week, Texas and Pennsylvania could well add the whipped cream to his presidential run by putting him over the top in the Convention, and the federal election.