Posted on 01/03/2009 12:17:15 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Though not widely reported, rumors slowly began circulating last month that former GOP presidential nominee John McCain may face a primary challenge in 2010 from former Congressman J.D. Hayworth.
(Rep. Jeff Flake and Rep. John Shadegg were both likely candidates for the open seat if McCain were to win the presidency, but it appears unlikely either would challenge McCain.)
McCain, of course, would be hard to beat. He garnered close to 54 percent of the vote in Arizona's general election. More importantly, he easily won the state's primary, garnering more than 47 percent of the vote (though exit polls show Romney won the conservative vote in Arizona.)
But McCain has long been disliked by many conservatives, and it is highly likely that an effort to un-seat him would be greeted by many conservatives across the nation. A credible anti-McCain conservative candidate -- such as Hayworth -- would most likely have no difficulty in raising substantial funds.
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You are correct, but if the GOP cannot defeat McCain in 2010 we have no hope in 2012.
“Any conservative, anybody.”
Ex-Congressman J.D. Hayworth is being mentioned.
So where does this “troll” join the parade.
I’ve got my “J.D. Hayworth 2010” float all ready and everything.
C'mon. The media doesn't vote, and it certainly didn't stop Republican voters from using their brains to check out each Republican candidate themselves.
And the notion of "cross-over" voters doesn't wash, considering that Democrats were ALSO going thru their own primary and thus didn't want to waste their vote on th evil Republicans.
Do you have any solid studies, polls, or sources that would back that up?
As an Arizonans, there are MANY of us who would like to vote Juan out. I hope Hayworth commits to this. I will campaign for him.
Your second post ever is that gem? Nice try troll...
I still believe we got McCain thanks to the dem crossover voters in the primary.
That also helped Obama beat Hillary since those crossovers would have been her supporters.
The Clinton machine was so arrogant, they really thought she had the nomination in the bag and once those folks registered as R’s in order to vote for McCain, that opened the door for BO.
That’s my take on how the primaries produced such strange results.
Yes.
I just saw this THANK you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh please, please, please let him be gone!
I don’t think he will be that difficult to beat, Napolitano was polling ahead of him before she got her call from Bambi... and if he sides with Obama to stop the border fence and to pass amnesty he is toast here.
Let’s put it this way. I will not vote for McCain in either a primary OR general election in 2010, I am not alone. People better pray we defeat him in the primary.
She will probably feel she owes it to McCain, we may have to email her to stay out of it, after all he did throw her to the wolves and even dissed her on Leno.
We will need to donate direct, you know the RNSC will support McCain. May have to email Cornyn, too,.
Well we are one of the few remaining states in the country with a GOP legislature, GOP Senate and soon return to a GOP governor... and, so far, GOP Senators, though that could change if McCain is in the general election, people here are tired of him, he NEVER shows up here to see what the people he is supposed to represent are interested in, but he did show up to campaign against our prop 200 a few years back — it passed 60/40... in the past he’s had zero competition in primaries — and BRAGGED about how no one dares challenge him here. He feels he is owed Goldwaters seat.
It never really got off the ground and he tried to play ball for a short while.
Bye.... bet you are not even an Arizonan.
YES! IBTZ!
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