And that's what many pundits and the vast majority of Freepers don't take into consideration. When McCain was thrown overboard in the primary in 2000, those who were the masterminds of it have been backhanded by McCain since then.
Neither McCain or Frist can become president. McCain is a jackass and lacks principal. Frist doesn't "look" presidential, among other things.
McVain is NO FRIEND of republicans! He is an egotistical crybaby ahole jerk!
I'm sorry this is B.S.! McNuts basically stated yesterday on Imus that Frist knew everything from the get go!! Now, I don't know if McNuts went against Frist wishes and Frist was too much of a whimp to stop McNuts, but I wouldn't doubt it!
Now, watch as Bolton gets the shaft by these 7 dems in drag!
The agreement made by the infamous 14 initally made Frist look foolish. But now the failed cloture vote on Bolton's appointment has backfired on them. Frist has an opportunity to make McCain, Warner, Graham, et al look foolish. He better take it.
Maybe McVain and Bucannan can start up a 3rd party call The RINOs!
Pass the strawberries, and who has the ball bearings?
My last remaining interest in the Republican Party (the very last and only) is to destroy the McCain candidacy in 2008.
2008 is a long way away, but I think it's a safe bet that McCain has no shot at the nomination, no matter haow much the NYT and the WP wish he would get it. He would have to get through the primaries first, where I vote and the NYT does not.
ML/NJ
The article says: Senator McCain has lost nothing. If Hillary Clinton is the Democrats' candidate in 2008, what alternative would the Republican base have? Vote for Hillary?
I generally agree that McCain has lost nothing. He never had a chance to win the Republican nomination. The only chance this will hurt his is if he somehow did win the nomination. In that case I, and many others like me, would not vote. Ask Bob Dole about that option.
This is the one statement that stood out for me. Will the base vote for Hillary? No and yes. They will not physically go out and vote for Satan's Prom Queen (I love using that - thanks to the Freeper who came up with that name). But they will stay home. This is evident in the last 4 elections. 92, 96, and 2000, the majority of the base stayed home because they either did not like the Repub candidate and did not trust him. The base saw what kind of man W is and went out in droves. I do not know if the politicians in DC noticed this or not, but the base will stay home and trust in God rather than go out and vote for McCaniac, Frist, Rudy, Pataki, Jeb, or Santorum. I think they will come out for George Allen.
i honestly believe the media (and not just mainstream) is misunderestimating how republicans feel about McCass
the only way he's going to find his way to the white house is if he's hillary's running mate
JMHO
John McLame, just another political whore of the Jim Jeffords Scarlet Letter Academy!
I tried to be optimistic even are Reid and Dean were declaring victory Tuesday. But yesterday's block of closure on Bolton was Reid showing all that they (Democrats) were the big winners this week. Democrats will veto Republicans actions in Senate and a small group of Republicans led by McCain will join them.
McCain has zero chance of a nomination. Only he & the MSM think otherwise. Watch out for a possible Santorum/Rice ticket!!!!
When McCain was captured in Nam, didn't the NVA put him in the hospital, fix him up, and send him home?
Unfortunately for America the Republicans do not have a majority in the Senate. There are about a dozen senators who vote with the socialists on most legislation harmful to American freedom and Constitutional rule-of-law.
McCain, once an honorable man, should be up front and pull a Jim Jeffords and desert the Republican party for the socialist (Democrat) party where he will feel more at home.
History has shown us that traitors are never respected in the morning after their tratorist actions.
The most obvious Republicans to be held responsible for destroying the Republican majority were the seven who voted in favor of Democrat's efforts to block Bush's nominees. Republican voters should think long and hard before again voting for these turncoats.
I saw a report on Fox last night indicated that the President and/or Frist has sent Graham and DeWine to 'cut the best deal they could,' because they weren't sure they had the votes and didn't want to lose. I didn't believe it, but it is a nice way to soften the fall...
How about, not vote at all?
First, McCain has no chance of winning the Republican nomination. It's Freeper-types that vote in primaries and we will crush him.
McCain would be worse than Hillary, however. With Hillary, a conservative candidate could be nominated in four years. If McCain become President, it would eight years before a conservative could reach the White House.
The very fact that the MSM was ON HIS SIDE TO BEGIN with says everything you need to know about the eventual outcome.
When you are a media darling unless you possess the determination of Truman and the personality of Reagan you have no chance to fight the MSM and the entire Dim Party.