Do Conservatives Really Want President Hillary?
Think Carefully...

The conservative movement took another huge hit yesterday.

It started when conservative radio show host Bill Cunningham launched an attack on Barack Obama during opening remarks at rally for Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Besides repeatedly referring to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" (for which I, personally, see no problem -- that is, after all, the man's name), Cunningham also called him a "hack, Chicago-style Daley politician."

McCain, who has desperately tried to maintain a respectful dialogue with his Republican and Democratic opponents throughout the campaign process, immediately repudiated Cunningham for making the remarks in the manner he did. Cunningham, behaving like a scolded adolescent, lashed back at McCain, and -- in a truly bewildering move -- jumped on the Ann Coulter bandwagon in support of Hillary Rodham Clinton!

How in the world do you go from vehemently supporting John McCain to vehemently supporting Hillary Clinton in less than twelve hours?

If you haven't heard, Coulter was the one who began the suddenly fashionable movement to back Clinton if McCain obtains the Republican nomination.

Although these threats are coming from a small percentage of conservatives, I don't think people like Coulter and Cunningham understand the breathtaking damage they're doing to the already-hobbled conseravitive movement by making these ridiculous statements. Clinton has been an enemy to conservatives of every stripe since before her husband was in office, and in fact, is more of a threat to conservatives today than her husband was when he was president. At least Bill Clinton helped pay down the national debt.



In a column written earlier this month, CNN analyst Roland S. Martin expressed what I believe to be a common bewilderment felt by conservatives who are not so heavily tied to hating McCain. After all, it would be out of character for someone as stubborn and supercilious as Coulter to embrace a candidate who a vast number of Republicans elected, despite her venemous and ardent opposition to him.

Martin raises perhaps the most important question conservatives should be asking as we head into the home stretch of the primary campaign:

With conservatives just one seat away from having a majority on the Supreme Court and the next president having the power to name up to three justices, do they really want these decisions to be made by a Democrat?

A Democrat like Hillary?

At least with McCain, there is a chance that that one all-important seat will be held by a conservative. There is no chance if Clinton or Obama take the oath of office. If McCain wins the nomination, but loses in the fall because people like Coulter and Cunningham are urging conservatives to vote against him, the contemporary conservative movement may very well be finished.

There is hope for Coulter and Cunningham, however. It appears likely that Clinton won't get the party nomination. In that case, these pro-Hillary "conservatives" will have one last opportunity to choke back their hatred and embrace the Republican nominee for the good of the conservative movement.

If Clinton wins, though, conservatives stand to lose a lot more than just the presidency. They stand to lose their future.