The issue that won’t go away, McCain leading Romney or not, is McCain as someone who knows how to run things:
No offense to motivational speakers, but real-world management skills are useful too. That’s a McCain weak point.
Says Collin Levy in the subscription-only Wall St. Journal Political Diary.
The truth is, Mitt Romney’s management skills are unquestioned by those who dealt with him at Bain Capital and the Salt Lake City Olympics, whereas Mr. McCain’s reputation for staff work at the Commerce Committee was less than stellar — in fact, it was a source of consistent and vocal complaint by those who did business with the committee.
It’s the economy, stupid, it’s the war vs. Islamo-fascism, it’s judges, it’s tax-cuts, it’s lots of things. But the man in charge better know how to run the show.
Blithe Spirit 
Where has Collin Levy been the last eight years or so. What has John McCain ever led other then a few like-minded Republican senators and Democrats who time and time thwarted Republicans in the Senate? As one who writes for the “The Wall St. Journal Political Diary,” I would wager that Levy mirrors the thinking of other “Wall Street Journal” personalities. To them McCain can do no wrong. They seem to be in awe of his hero status as a prisoner of war. McCaln’s hero status can not be taken away from him, but this does not give him leadership status. Conservative Republicans deserve a president who would advance issues that define the Repubican party, not one like McCain who works against his own party to change the party. It is obvious that the the “Wall Street Journal” crowd are part of a movement which is attempting to wrest control away from the conservative base of the party. Moderates believe that the Republican Party must change in order to survive. A John McCain presidency would serve the moderates well. It would be a victory for them and serve as a nail in the coffin for conservatism which came into being with Ronald Reagan.
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Disregard my above posting. I was tired when reading Mr. Levy’s comments and thought that he was criticizing Romney’s lack of leadership skills. What Levy said is so true, Romney’s leadership skills are unquestionable. He stands heads and shoulders above McCain. I do stand by what I wrote in my first comment that the moderates (and they do include members of the “Wall Street Journal” staff and Fox News personalities) do have contempt for conservative Republicans. McCain is a good choice for moderate Republicans (and the establishment), because he would move the party away from conservatism. There has been an unspoken battle between moderates and conservatives ever since Reagan ushed in the conservative movement. Unfortunately the one who best carries the mantle of conservatism is Mitt Romney. Although not perfect, I don’t think Romney would work against his own party. But what chance does Romney have when Huckabee has seemingly teamed up with McCain to take votes away from Romney to the benefit of McCain. Might there be thoughts of the vice presidency in the mind of the Huster? Perhaps a deal between McCain and Huckabee? It seems highly likely.
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