Conservative pundit Ann Coulter jabbed Republican front-runner John McCain on Thursday when she said she would support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton if he clinched the GOP nomination. In her announcement on Fox's Hannity & Colmes, Coulter said that she would be even willing to campaign for Senator Clinton because McCain is not only bad for Republicans, "he is bad for the country."
"If you are looking at substance rather than if there is an 'R' or a 'D' after his name," she said, according to United Press International, "manifestly, if he's our candidate, than Hillary is going to be our girl, because she's more conservative than he is. I think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism."
Other conservatives, including talk radio's Rush Limbaugh, said McCain's popularity has been drawn from a "fractured" conservative base and an uninspiring field of candidates on the Republican side.
"He is not the choice of conservatives, as opposed to the choice of the Republican establishment -- and that distinction is key," Limbaugh, said according to CNN. "The Republican establishment, which has long sought to rid the party of conservative influence since Reagan, is feeling a victory today, as well as our friends in the media."
According to exit poll numbers, among voters who identify as conservative, he has consistently lost. The Arizona senator is ahead in delegates after his Florida win. McCain has also taken South Carolina, Michigan, and New Hampshire, while Mitt Romney has won Michigan, Nevada, and Wyoming. (The Advocate)
