Posted on 02/06/2006 5:56:11 PM PST by wagglebee
With the 2008 presidential election less than three years away, more than a few members of President Bush's campaign team have begun to migrate to the current GOP frontrunner, Sen. John McCain.
According to Newsweek magazine, Mark McKinnon, Bush's longtime media adviser, has told the president he's ready to leap aboard McCain's "Straight Talk Express," unless brother Jeb or Condoleezza Rice change their minds and get into the race.
Among Bush fundraisers, the biggest catch, says Newsweek, is Tom Loeffler, a former congressman from San Antonio, who is a Bush-family loyalist and helped build Bush's money machine in 2000.
Ron Weiser, who was Bush's finance chairman in Michigan in 2000, has also joined McCain.
However, in a bizarre observation considering the Arizona maverick's frontrunner status, McKinnon told Newsweek: "I'd rather lose with McCain than win with somebody else."
Other presidential hopefuls scouting for campaign talent include Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist, Virginia Sen. George Allen and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Notably absent from the competition: former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was leading McCain in most GOP presidential preference polls last year - but has done little to advance a presidential bid lately.
I think the dionsaur comment is for the functions of the brain rather than age.
Looking for a Republican train wreck in '08. McCain is a RINO with less charisma than Bob Dole.
President Bush has a lot of political "capitol", doesn't he?
However, McCain will attract a lot of Dem voters who hate Hillary.
The most important concern that I and I believe all conservatives should have for 2008 is keeping Hillary and Bill out of a return engagement in the White House. If that means supporting McCain, then I will vote for him. While I do not like McCain's position on many domestic issues, he is strong on defense and national security. Therefore, he is much much preferable than the Clintons. We conservatives should not be like the Naderites who thought algore was not 'pure' enough. Clearly we are smart enough to recognize that McCain is much better for the country than another dose of the Clintons.
I will never vote for Mc.Cain.
See my post #42.
I agree with you!
All I can say is PLEASE run Condi!!
Right now she is my only hope!!
I think I can find something to do around the house that day.
If we are the party base,we should let it be know we do not want McCain.
I have no doubt Jeb has no desire to run but at the same time I think he would be well received by a lot of people who can look beyond his name and look at him on his own merits.
You forgot the barf alert.
McCain is enough to make me vomit - even in my dreams.
I wonder why Newsweek didn't report on the size of McKinnon's bong.
"McCain is the candidate, I stay home. No more Dole's, thank you."
Same here!
Press & Dems love Mccain ... They are salivating right now.
Remember how joyous they were over trumped up charges in TX on Delay
From the time Mccain becomes the nominee, all that we will here is "Keating 5 tainted John Mccain"
McCain is too old, he has a history of cancer, there is no way he's going to be president. Too bad he hasn't figured that out yet.
I do not believe that.WE need a straight talking republican who not afraid of the democrats and we got a winner.
But .. Gillespie has joined with George Allen. My money is on him.
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