He'll never get through the primaries.
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.
He's a legend in his own mind. Give me Condi in 2008!
McCain holds sway over one constituency: the mainstream media.
Friggin 'A' gang..........let's take 'em one at a time!
Lets think about 04 right now......
OK. So now where is the obligatory graphic of the McCain RINO.
I had to drink lots of tea and hold my breath for a full minute just to be able to vote for the commie loving RINO for the senate again. It gets harder each time...Kolbe, no way. Voted Libetarian. Arizona Republicans are baaaaad.
The People's Republic is a crummy, left leaning rag anyway.
Amen!
NO.
John Kerry went to Viet Nam to look for POW/MIA's he came home with nothing and he shredded any evidence obtained . He ended up with a lucrative Real Estate deal for his cousin and the Collier group, Who was on that Committee with him? John McCain.
The Swift Boat Vets found many POW's who were tortured and in prison when Jane Fonda visited and who had to listen to John Kerry call them baby-Killers yet John McCain who ws there also will say no evil about John Kerry.
Something isnt right.
I will not vote for McCain for President.
Put down the bong, man.
So far, 2008 is looking like McCain and Giuliani. Major factions of the party won't like that a bit, so who else will come forward to appease the base. I hope people here aren't counting on Frist.
He'll never get through the primaries.
As much as I don't like it, I agree. At this point, he may be only one who could beat Hillary. He and Condi would be a powerful team to go up against Satan's Daughter and Evan Bayh.
I doubt it will be McCain, If George W. Bush lost the election and everyone regretted not having george then it could be jeb, but if bush wins I think rudy if he gets elected or appointed something because he's endorsed others like thune, my personal choice would be bill frist for president and rudy or mitt romney for vice president, it would get the south and some of new england.
They're already doing it.
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