If McCain is the GOP nominee, can he win the South without someone like Huckabee on the ticket?
Sure. It’s one thing to run against Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney—or Rudy Giuliani, for that matter—in a primary. But when Southerners compare McCain to either Obama or Clinton, there’s no question in my mind that a heavy majority are going to vote for McCain. So will you endorse John McCain? There’s no reason to endorse anybody. Senator McCain has wrapped up the nomination. Some people might say that even though he’s now talking the talk about extending the Bush tax cuts that he originally voted against, in the end he won’t do it. Well, I believe he will. I accept his explanation that in 2001 he was concerned that we didn’t couple the tax cuts with some spending cuts. I would not have voted the same as Senator McCain, but I don’t discount that explanation. Where do you think business is in this election? Main Street wants the Republicans in the White House. But there’s a difference between Main Street and Wall Street. Big Business doesn’t have a party. Small business
