McCain, Graham to Congress: 'Stay the course'

The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC ^ | 2011-05-28 | Brad Dickerson

[rabscuttle385]

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During the comments, talk turned briefly to whether McCain would support former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - his running mate during the 2008 presidential election - in a bid for the White House in 2012.

McCain said it is all hypothetical at this point, as Palin has not officially announced her intention to seek the Republican nomination.

"I'm proud of Sarah Palin. I'm proud of the campaign that she ran and she invigorated our campaign," McCain said. "I think she will be a very formidable candidate if she decides to seek the nomination of the Republican Party."

The New York Daily News reports that Palin will begin her "One Nation" bus tour this weekend, an event that organizers are keeping cloaked in mystery.

Her political action committee is only revealing that she'll start in Washington and go up through New England to "educate and energize Americans about our nation's founding principles."

There is no mention on whether an announcement will be made on the tour.

"If she were the nominee of the Republican Party, I think she'd do what I didn't do, and that's beat Barack Obama," McCain said.

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[Mariner]

""If she were the nominee of the Republican Party, I think she'd do what I didn't do, and that's beat Barack Obama," McCain said. "

Would a McCain ENDORSEMENT hurt her?

[Mariner]

"Nor will she. "

Of course she will.

Do you really believe she would take the entire conservative base out of the game and then not follow through?

$100's of millions of donations and 10,000 volunteers stand ready for only her. If she fires them up and then pops their bubble and good portion will STAY on the sidelines and BHO cruises to victory.

In a walk.

And everyone in the GOP knows it.

[JerseyDvl]

I am no McCain fan but lets be honest-the primary wasn’t even close. JD lost by 24%.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"Do you really believe she would take the entire conservative base out of the game and then not follow through? $100's of millions of donations and 10,000 volunteers stand ready for only her. If she fires them up and then pops their bubble and good portion will STAY on the sidelines and BHO cruises to victory."

Good point, thanks

[Mariner]

And, every other GOP candidate is starving for oxygen right now.

Romney could shoot his wife and he would only be the SECOND story in the line up...

"And in further new from the GOP Primary front..."

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!!

[Slings and Arrows]

Just don’t look too closely at where McCain has his hand.

[School of Rational Thought]

If Palin has any hopes, she need to tell McCain to stay the hell away and shut up.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Every poll I see has Palin well down. She won’t run.

[txrangerette]

McCain ran as a loser and he lost. Even someone as vain as McCain has to admit that. I don’t think he’s slamming Obama so much as he’s saying he blew it, and he thinks Sarah Palin would not.

[sickoflibs]

RE:" Every poll I see has Palin well down. She won’t run."

Doubting Thomas! How do you explain the "Raging fire in her belly" ?

[stephenjohnbanker]

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How do you explain the “Raging fire in her belly” ? “

Too much hot sauce?

[rabscuttle385]

Too much hot sauce?

Political diarrhea.