On NBC's Chris Matthews Show yesterday, David Brooks said conservatives had warmed to John McCain, and Matthews said he'd heard the same thing. ... Let's see. Conservatives are for McCain. Liberals like McCain. Centrists love McCain. Doesn't that mean McCain might, er, win? Who's going to vote against him? In a general election, it seems like McCain would come close to being elected by acclamation! It will take all the genius of the American political system to make sure he isn't on the ballot. ...Given that McCain-Feingold is now law, are conservatives ready to embrace McCain? Would McCain be able to survive with less television exposure if he's elected? And is the only way any of us ever going to hear from David Brooks again is when he makes a television appearance, now that Times Select has him behind a subscription-only wall?
Update! Slide at Free Will has more from David Broder on McCain in '08.
Update 2! Brian Hagedorn thaws to the idea of McCain in the White House. It's a ground swell in the grass roots! Anyone else?
Update 3! Reif at Notes from the Underground is infected McCain mania. It's an epidemic!
