I have long stated that basing the political narrative of the Right on "the Democrats are worse! The Democrats are worse!" will end up biting us all in the rear-end.
Here's why:
1. At some point, a some election, there's going to be two, three percent of the Repub base that'll just say "hey, we heard this spiel a thousand times, we're not buying it anymore", and simply not buy it anymore, on an emotional level. It doesn't matter if it'll be true.
2. By not trying to be BETTER than the Democrats, and competing on this level, you are encouraging the GOP leadership to rally behind blandly-moderate candidates because "Hey, what, are you going to vote for THEM now? We OWN your vote."
3. By not trying to point out the issues on which McCain is better than Obama, you are forgoing the struggle over the issues, which is the entire point of the election.
McCain, is, in fact, significantly better than Obama on the following issues:
1. Vouchers. Vouchers are originally a creation of the libertarian movement, a way for us to kill public education. We kill public education, and the Welfare State will crawl into a corner and slowly die. I'd rather kill it fast, but apparently most conservatives don't have what it takes to push the button.
2. McCain will make the Bush Tax Cuts[tm] permanent. Most of those are merely quantitative achievements, but killing the Death Tax is a moral victory for the Administration. It must be preserved.
3. McCain is slightly more likely to appoint better judges.
4. The border. McCain seems to have gotten the point. He will secure it.
Why are we not arguing on that basis?