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To me the big question going into the general election period is what kind of a candidate John McCain will be. From a certain perspective his improbable candidacy is so vastly different from any Republican presidential hopeful in the modern period. From immigration, campaign finance, stem cells, the Bush tax cuts, and a slew of other things McCain has clashed with the main-stream Republican point of view time and again. Let’s also be clear that the Republicans didn’t really pick McCain in a purely popular sense. His nomination was the product of a strong, but small base of support withing the Republican party, an extremely favorable primary schedule and mostly the unusual ideological combination of candidates in the field at various points in the race. This creates an extremely interesting circumstance for McCain to create a unique kind of candidacy. But will he follow the model of Teddy Roosevelt or simply slip into an imitation of Bob Dole? The following is a brief synopsis of how he could become either of these two men and what will happen if he does. (more…)