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John McCain Could Lose His 2016 Primary Battle
townhall.com ^ | 5/7/15 | Daniel Doherty

Posted on 05/08/2015 5:23:47 AM PDT by cotton1706

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has decided to troll conservatives and therefore will run for re-election in 2016. Despite his long tenure in Washington, however, he may be in “a lot of trouble,” according to a new PPP poll. While his numbers are perfectly fine among self-identified Right-leaning moderates, the fact that conservatives are angry with him and jumping ship might jeopardize his chances of winning a sixth term.

“It's his struggles on the right that have McCain imperiled,” the poll finds. “He gets narrowly positive reviews from both 'somewhat conservative' (51/37) and moderate (50/44) Republicans. But among those who identify themselves as 'very conservative,' just 21% approve of the job McCain is doing to 71% who disapprove. 83% of voters within that group say they would be more inclined to vote for an alternative on McCain's right next year compared to only 11% who actually say they would vote for McCain.”

That’s to be expected. After all, Arizona Republicans censored him last year because he was (ahem) too liberal, right around the same time he was surveyed as the least popular US Senator in Washington by his constituents.

Fortunately for him, however, not all is lost; he edges all of his presumptive Republican challengers.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 114th; az2016; elections
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1 posted on 05/08/2015 5:23:47 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I think we should start a prayer thread that McCain gets a chance to retire...


2 posted on 05/08/2015 5:28:05 AM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel.)
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To: cotton1706

Please! Oh, Please! Oh, Please! Oh, Please! :)


3 posted on 05/08/2015 5:29:13 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: cotton1706
John McCain Could Lose His 2016 Primary Battle,

We can hope.

4 posted on 05/08/2015 5:30:16 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: cotton1706

Well I would like to say for the record, thank you John McCain for picking Sarah Palin as your running mate.

That was brilliant, and almost worked.

I was very impressed. Thank you for that, I am completely serious.

That said, I am not at all sad he may lose. Other than picking an awesome Vice Presidential candidate, I don’t really support him in much of anything.


5 posted on 05/08/2015 5:31:06 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ( http://www.census.gov/foreign-tradebalance/c5700.html)
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To: cotton1706

I feel that of the two 2008 candidates, John McCain was actually the worse choice.

Barack Obama has engineered a systemic weakness in the American system.

John McCain, however, would have started a World War, which would have quite likely gone nuclear.


6 posted on 05/08/2015 5:31:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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To: cotton1706

If this happens = proof there really IS a God.....


7 posted on 05/08/2015 5:34:18 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: cotton1706

Right.. we heard that same noise in 2010, too.


8 posted on 05/08/2015 5:34:31 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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To: cotton1706

I cannot help but think back to 2014 and the Mississippi primary and “runoff”.
Does anyone out there think the Arizona Republicans are any different than the Mississippi Republicans?


9 posted on 05/08/2015 5:34:51 AM PDT by Tupelo (Je Suis Pamela Geller)
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To: Lazamataz

I think the man is insane, myself. Angry, vengeful, and contrary (the Maverick against conservatives instead of liberals).


10 posted on 05/08/2015 5:35:28 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: cotton1706

Please Lord, let it be so.


11 posted on 05/08/2015 5:35:34 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: cotton1706

Please, oh please, Arizona, kick that semi -sentient living feces ball so hard he (it) lands in the mid-Pacific.


12 posted on 05/08/2015 5:37:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: cotton1706

This has been a really crappy week for me; however, this really starts my day on an UP-TICK!

With Conservative help and God willing, we can finally get rid of this POS!!


13 posted on 05/08/2015 5:38:15 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (Public sector unions: A & B agreeing on a contract to screw C!)
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To: cotton1706

Its people like McCain (who wasn’t supposed to win re-election in 2012) which has me convinced that free and fair elections in the US is only an illusion.


14 posted on 05/08/2015 5:39:43 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: cotton1706

GRIN


15 posted on 05/08/2015 5:39:48 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: cotton1706

Hmmm.


16 posted on 05/08/2015 5:39:52 AM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: cotton1706

Good. Replace him with a Constitutionalist.


17 posted on 05/08/2015 5:41:07 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: RedHeeler
Sarah , Let him die and don't campaign for him
19 posted on 05/08/2015 5:41:55 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: ExTxMarine

mclame is not going anywhere-

IF he were to loose the primary- he would run as a
“Maverick” independent— probably triangulate the
election— so that a democrat can win,


20 posted on 05/08/2015 5:42:38 AM PDT by mj1234
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