By Roger Cohen in the NY Times: "In the looming battle between the Baptist minister, the corporate whiz and the war hero — and perhaps Mr. 9/11 — to unite the frayed strands of Republicanism, McCain now has a fighting chance."

Here's a link to the complete article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/opinion/17cohen.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

And this article by Adrian Wooldridge: "He is a Republican who is disliked by the hard core of his party but loved by many independents and Democrats. He is almost universally regarded as a moderate and a maverick, a combination that independents love and conservatives loathe. The trouble with this widespread understanding of Mr. McCain’s politics is that it is entirely wrong."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/opinion/17wooldridge.html?th&emc=th