We're #@^%#@* no matter what, unless McCain picks somebody decent as a running mate and has a stroke. He may claim he's a conservative, and the MSM will help him make that claim but it's as bogus as a Bill & Ted Time Machine.
You can count on bigger, more expensive government costing us lots more than it already does. There will be some debate about how much bigger (a whole lot vs. a doubling or tripling in size), but only about 8 or 9 voters are in favor of a smaller government. Everybody else is lined up for handouts from the welfare office to the fed window. So the discussion about if it should be bigger at all is over.