Posted on 11/07/2015 12:27:22 PM PST by conservativejoy
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I remember people talking about running a primary challenge against John McCain since at least his 2008 presidential run. That came to pass in 2010, but J.D. Hayworth wound up being beaten like a rug to the tune of more than a twenty point spread. Next year its time for McCain to face the voters again and he’s already drawn a challenger for his party’s nomination. State Senator Kelli Ward (R Lake Havasu City) has been building a team and getting ready for this fight since early this year and she was recently in D.C. talking up her bid and looking for conservative support. (Daily Caller)
The state legislator challenging Arizona Sen. Republican John McCain in the 2016 Republican primary is trying to gather support from conservative activists on Capitol Hill this week.
Arizona Republican state Sen. Kelli Ward spoke to weekly conservative gatherings on Wednesday and hosted a meet and greet breakfast fundraiser at the Capitol Hill Club.
Ward, a medical doctor by trade, works in private practice in emergency departments while serving as a state lawmaker.
Ward has some big time help from the consultant firm Axiom Strategies, which is owned by Ted Cruz campaign manager Jeff Rowe. (Cruz officials told CNN that the Texas senator does not involve himself in the firms other campaigns.)
Is this a threat McCain is (or should be) taking seriously? One of the first issues to look at is the money. Ward reports having raised a little over a half million dollars this year. McCain is sitting on a bit more than twice that much. Neither is a shockingly high amount for a Senate race these days. (One of the last estimates I saw in New York from some campaign strategists was telling aspiring candidates to not even bother if they couldn’t come up with five million, but that includes the general.) McCains been around this game for a long time and has a lot of friends. If he wanted to turn on the afterburners I have no doubt he could knock together five or six times as much as he has now in fairly short order.
Perhaps more disturbing for McCain than the money question is the dip hes seen in his poll numbers at home. A little more than two months ago a Gravis poll had McCain losing to Ward by nine points. (Five months earlier most of the state had no idea who she was.) Further, his favorability rating had sagged from being in the sixties in 2008 to 41% this summer. Thats not lethal territory for a long time incumbent but its got to be a troubling sign.
Perhaps the biggest question which comes to my mind is… why is McCain sticking around? By the time the primary vote takes place next August McCain will be turning 80 years old. Obviously theres no upper limit for serving, but at this point hasnt he had enough of performing in this circus? Its just puzzling to me what he thinks six more years is going to do and hes obviously put in his time serving the nation. Hes getting beaten up by the conservatives in his own party and its not like the Democrats are doing him any favors. And if hes got a serious challenger who will require him to go back into dialing for dollars mode to fend off a primary bid and his numbers are down, it seem like one would want to go out on top after a career such as his. Why risk it? Retiring would seem like a much preferable option to being booted out by a competitor from your own party.
He may be past his sell by date, but Arizona isn’t rotating their stock properly.
Rotate the shelf Arizona!
Send McCain to the dumpster with the rest of the spoiled produce!
SP swooped in to bail McCain out. “The was being loyal, and that’s great because McCain brought her out of obscurity.” Meanwhile, McCain has used his position to destroy this country and other countries. Loyalty to a snake is not virtue.
It’s been made a dirty word but I can’t help but think that what we’re coming to is Onward Christian Soldiers. And if we can’t muster the guts to do that than the evil wins.
The churches in Europe have been emptied out, the left is trying to do that here, and look what’s filling the vacuum in Europe...and the minions don’t have the moral wherewithall to stand up for themselves because the values of their ancestors all been sucked out in the name of statism.
I hope for a resurgence of Christianity but right now it looks bleak. Lots of Europeans won’t even protect their women and girls from rape by the barbarians.
Best wishes with your reform endeavors. :)
“McLettuce and Senator Levin interacted with Lois Lerner to attack the tea party here.......emails are in evidence”
That’s why the issue went away. Same for Benghazi. McCain and Linda were up to their armpits in it too.
I pray so.
I thank him for his service in the military but consider his political career a curse to this country.
The ability to rule over the citizens, dictating their lives, pushing them around, and living large on the public treasury appeals to criminals, psychopaths, the insecure, and the small minded.
Thus McCain. Q.E.D.
He’s a disgusting, back stabber and I say - GO KELLY!
We are moving to AZ in May, too late to vote in the primary (I think) but I’ll vote for Ward in the general!!
Cool! I don’t know what part of Arizona you are relocating to, but my husband and I love the little town of Williams, Az. and visit whenever we can.
From your keyboard to God’s ears!
Indeed, but my argument was that I didn't care if he was found doing unnatural things with farm animals behind the barn - the main thing was to get rid of McCain. We could always dump this guy in the next election.
Arizonans here just couldn't bring themselves to vote for anyone but McCain and I have to ask them if they are any better off for it.
Excellent...post of the day!
Her take on illegals:
"America is a nation of laws. With tens of millions of illegal immigrants in the country and thousands regularly crossing our border, it is simply unrealistic to worry about issues like guest worker programs until we secure the border. We must stop the flow of those entering illegally and ensure that the border is secured.
Secure our border NOW
No amnesty
No free rides for programs Americans have paid into
No more political games"
You can help her out HERE.
I believe McCainiac spent about $18 million against J. D. Hayworth’s $2.4 million in 2010. McCain began a scorched earth campaign against Hayworth even before Hayworth officially got into the race.
McCain’s time may really be up in 2016, however. Ward just may be able to drive a stake through the heart of this open-borders, big government jerk.
I heard her on a radio show, and she was FABULOUS!! GO KELLI!!
With any luck, Juan McLame will have some trouble with Father Time soon enough.
Poll out, not great though McPain is below 50 and Ward as of yet has poor name recognition.
From BRC (Behavior research center)
http://www.brcpolls.com/pollresults.htm
McPain 41%, Ward 11% and 2% for some chump vote-splitter who needs to drop out
The same poll has McCain up over the rat by only 37%-31%, that’s an absurd amount of undecideds, 47%-41% would be more believable. I’m not afraid of the bitch (Kilpatrick). I don’t think she can beat McCain and I don’t think she’d beat Ward unless Ward is a F-up like certain other candidates we’ve had in the past.
I’ll ping Hildy to your post. She’s probably already seen the polling data. I support Sen. Ward 100% in her race to take out McQueeg once and for all.
Fr. kelli Ward is a good friend of mine. I want to bring her here for an online townhall and money bomb. She is going to need money. I told her she can count on FreeRepublic.
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