McCain will run again

But not for President. The Washington Post reports that he will, however, seek reelection to the Senate when his current term is up in 2010.

I really didn't think he would. Not sure why....once you've sought the greatest prize and failed, wouldn't you just want to serve out your time and go home? But, obviously not. The WP says that he is looking forward to an "active Senate agenda" in "these challenging times", and especially anticipating bringing up the fight for immigration reform again. Clearly, Senator McCain hasn't changed, for those of you that thought he had moved right. (Yes, I voted for him, too.) Thankfully, McCain seems to be done with Presidential quests.

You can read the whole WP article here.

Hugh Hewitt also had a very compelling article up on Townhall on November 20 about the inarguable fact that we MUST change the primary process NOW for 2012 if we want to avoid the debacle we faced this year with 3 candidates splitting the conservative vote (Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson). Of course, an equal danger, which Hewitt also posits, is that Democrats realize that Obama's re-nomination is assured and decide ala "Operation Chaos" to come over and mess with the Republican primaries, forcing the nomination of the candidate they prefer, rather than the one we want.

Hewitt's point is that every current candidate for the RNC chairmanship needs to be asked what they will do to remodel the 2012 primary process. It certainly makes me a whole lot more interested in who gets that post, which I really hadn't been up until now.

I am impressed with Michael Steele whenever I see him on Fox. I heard him making his case for election to the chairmanship, which included his political life story. If anyone merits consideration as a result of having come up through the ranks from the bottom (Republican community activist...no, not organizer!!!), Steele should. We will see. The 168 committeemen and women will pick the new chair at their Winter Meeting in January.

It is an interesting and unpopular, in many sectors, time to be a Republican, which means it is a good time to get in there and stir the pot in a positively mobile sense. (Is that a mixture of metaphors? Probably.)