Honestly, J.D. Hayworth ran a campaign that made McCain look like Patton by comparison. Even if he had won the primary, he likely would have lost to Glassman (who would be worse than McCain and 40 years younger). The AZ pub party often has trouble coming up with decent candidates; it’s as though there’s no “farm team” to keep an eye out for up and comers. Look at the race to fill Kyle’s seat: A primary between a guy who employed illegal aliens and one who wants to grant them amnesty! To make matters worse, Tucson is dark, dark blue at this point and Phoenix is on the way, so I wouldn’t hold out a lot of hope for AZ in the future. It’s a purple state in many ways already. Some of the illegals left, but there are hoards of “baby mommies” running around looking for Uncle Sugar Daddy to pay the bills, and they vote. There are also a lot of elderly union grifters who will vote D until (and likely after) death. Then there is the hispandering industry.
Hey—wrong thread! What happened?