Posted on 10/30/2004 5:39:06 PM PDT by PolishProud
In the Friday's edition of the Arizona Republic Chip Scutari opines that John McCain is the GOP front runner for 2008. He claims that McCain is the most "influential politician not living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave." He's a national statesman with star power to match Hillary Clinton. He has hosted Saturday Night Live, appeared on Letterman and Leno and is a constant fixture on the Sunday talk shows.
Scutari goes on to write that If Kerry wins, McCain will run in 08. He can garner crossover vote from moderates and independents and will appeal to "pragmatic conservatives."
McCain thinks there should be more women in office and complains that there are no Hispanics in the Senate. Scutari writes that McCain is a regular guy that has a lot of charisma and claims that McCain has mended his fences with the White House as evidences by his recent stay at Bush's Texas ranch, the only second member of congress to get that honor.
My question to Scutari is, what have you been smoking? McCain has so alienated the Republican base that he could not get elected to national dog catcher. If I was Bush I'd use McCain too.
There are a lot voters out there, moderate and independents, that think because McCain is loved by the press, Larry King and late night show hosts that he would make a good president. But without the Republican base McCain doesn't have a chance.
I will never forget McCain's recent appearance with Senators Lugar and Hagel on a Sunday morning talk show in which he criticized President Bush. President Reagan once said "don't speak ill of a fellow Republican." And McCain did so in the middle of Bush's reelection campaign.
This conservative will stay home if its Clinton Vs McCain in 2008.
McCain for President?
C'mon, GOP, another slippy slide to the left and you think we won't notice? No way, Jose!
Not no, but he!! NO!
He's way too easily gulled, rolled, duped. CFR is exhibit A.
By 2008, the US will be ready for a real Conservative GOP candidate - not a RINO.
You must have just not had enough coffee this morning. Be careful what you're accusing me of..... go back and read what I was responding to again. ;-)))))
I don't want ma cain in the White House any more than you do! He's a liberal!!!!!!!!!! And I wish they would vote him out in AZ.
"We need to sit back and wait and see who Alan Keyes will endorse after he drops out of the 2008 race. :)"
Yeah and Keyes is looking for reparations. He's good in some areas but the reparation stuff is surreal.
"We need to sit back and wait and see who Alan Keyes will endorse after he drops out of the 2008 race. :)"
Yeah and Keyes is looking for reparations. He's good in some areas but the reparation stuff is surreal.
The closet racist?
McCain is the perfect example of a politician who tries to appeal to everybody, but in the end, just ends up alienating everybody.
Hello Dear FRiend!
Just got back home!
Went with Mr.Pilgrim to Chattanooga.
Glad we got that straight!!! ;-))))))))))))))))))))
I thought most Democrats already favored Hillary for their candidate.
McCain could win the genral election, his problem is winning the primary.
NO!
It's Rudy and Jeb (VP). McCain doesn't have a chance in the Republican primaries.
LOL. No doubt. McCain is possibly even more unattractive than Kerry.
That and he's PRO-ABORTION, PRO-GAY AGENDA and ANTI-GUN.
McCain the insane vs Hillary the vain. Heads the Dims win, tails the Reps lose. A situation created in liberal heaven.
A lot can change in four years, but it is unlikely that a majority of the electorate will become brain damaged in that length of time.
McCain is a has-been. He'll retire from Senate when his term expires.
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