McCain won't be trusted by either Republicans nor Democrats.
He's burned both sides too often...
A whole article without the word, "Maverick"? What's next, cats and dogs voting for McCain together? I think not.
In any event, I would prefer Brownback, Allen, Pawlenty, and even Romney to those two Media Whores.
McCain vs. Hillary Clinton... The lesser of two evils is McCain... Either way its a blow to the conservative movement... Tom Delay in 2008! Now that would drive the liberals stark raging nuts!
Being a favorite of the MSM is not going to get you nominated in the Republican party.
I would never vote for McCain under ANY circumstance. That includes Hillary.
And there has been no massive shift in the political landscape. The only massive shift that has taken place is in the delusional brains of journalists.
This is just an attempt by the MSM (who love McCain) to get him out in front of the potential Republican candidates for 2008. There was a lot of this McCain-push activity over the weekend.
Has the New York Sun gone nuts? Do they suddenly think they are the New York Times?
Are we going to fix the "corruption" charges by nominating one of the Keating Five, who made a deal with clinton to get the DEA off his wife's back for stealing illegal drugs?
Are we going to fix the "war problems" by nominating a maniac who was nicknamed "Ace" by his fellow pilots because he managed to crash five of his own planes?
Are we going to satisfy the conservative base by electing the author of the "no political speech allowed except by certified members of the MSM" bill?
Are we going to satisfy the religious base by nominating a man who dumped his wife, who waited for him loyally to return from Vietnam, in favor of a rich woman who could bankroll his political career?
Are we going to nominate the man who chaired the POW-MIA committee and ensured that nothing would be done for these lost comrades because he wanted to make a pile of graft from the Communist North Vietnamese government?
I don't think so. I could say a lot more, if I thought this was likely to move forward. But I don't think the Republican Party is as suicidal as this, yet.
But I'm deeply disappointed in the Sun for running this tripe.
A McCain nomination would be a win/win situation for the democrats, so why else would these democrat sympathizers be excited about the prospects. It would require republicans to vote for McCain and they certainly aren't there now.
Still far too early to predict who will be the Republican front runner.
What a BS.
Destruction of the First Amendment in McCain-Feingold.
The prevention of any cohercive techniques in extracting information from terrorists.
A long track record of opposition to the Second Amendment.
Support for Illegal Invaders and their rights.
McCain may sound like the Second Coming - but only if you live in Massachusetts, New Jersey or Kalipornia - and your not a real Republican.
One would expect such praise from the media for such a media sycophant.
I get the feeling that I am going to feel very abivalent about the GOP nominee. That is until they are lined up and compared to Hillary and I will probably be a fervent supporter.
Maricopa County Republicans Condemn McCain for Straying from the GOP Reservation
By Dennis Durband
July 8, 2005
By a vote of 17-3, with two abstentions, the Maricopa County Republican Party’s governing board has voted to express its dissatisfaction with the representation of senior U.S. Senator John McCain.
The Executive Guidance Committee passed an amended resolution during its monthly meeting Thursday night. The initial resolution, introduced by Legislative District 11 Chairman Rob Haney, called for a “Resolution of Censure and Shame Over the Representation of John McCain.” Phil Mason introduced an amended resolution that won passage.
Motions to table the resolution and to withhold release of the action for 30 days until McCain could respond were defeated.
Representatives of both Arizona senators, McCain and Jon Kyl, were in attendance to oppose the resolution.
The resolution finds fault with McCain over five issues:
McCain has attacked First and Second Amendment rights through his support for Campaign Finance Reform and his legislation attempt to close down gun shows;
McCain has done great harm to our national defense and economy by twice voting against drilling in the Alaskan Oil Reserves;
McCain is opposed to the amending the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman as stated in the proposed federal marriage amendment act;
McCain has allied with the liberal Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy to introduce another immigration amnesty program for illegal aliens, ignoring the vast majority of Arizona residents to take strong action to stop the invasion of the United States; and
McCain led the derailment of the Republican strategy to end the filibuster of presidential judicial and ambassador appointments, undermining Republican leadership. The Executive Guidance Committee supports the position of both President Bush and Senate President Bill Frist to end the filibuster of nominees.
The EGC then resolved to “express our extreme displeasure with our own Arizona senior Senator John McCain for undermining the conservative mandate of the 2004 election, and state that we condemn John McCain’s betrayal of trust Republican voters placed in him. We further state that only under extremely ‘extraordinary circumstances’ will we support the candidacy of John McCain for President of the United States. We urge other Republican organizations to likewise convey to Senator McCain that they will not support his candidacy.”
Maricopa County GOP becomes the third Republican organization this summer to pass a resolution against the political betrayal of Senator McCain. Last month, the Arizona Republican Assembly voted unanimously to censure McCain, and the GOP Legislative District 11 voted 32-18 to do likewise.