MCCAIN BACKERS 2008
U.S. SENATORS
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Susan Collins, Maine
Norm Coleman, Minnesota
Pete Domenici, New Mexico
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Johnny Isakson, Georgia
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
Mel Martinez, Florida
Gordon Smith, Oregon
Olympia Snowe, Maine
John Thune, South Dakota
John Warner, Virginia
FORMER U.S. SENATORS
Howard Baker, Tennessee
Conrad Burns, Montana
Rudy Boschwitz, Minnesota
Dan Coats, Indiana
Alfonse D’Amato, New York
John C Danforth, Missouri
Dan Evans, Washington
Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois
Slade Gorton, Washington
Phil Gramm, Texas
Trent Lott, Mississippi
Mack Mattingly, Georgia
Don Nickles, Oklahoma
Warren Rudman, New Hampshire
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Howard Baker, Tennessee
Conrad Burns, Montana
Alphonse D’Amato, New York
U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Spencer Bachus, Alabama
Gus Bilirakis, Florida
Mike Bilirakis, Florida
Mike Castle, Delaware
Tom Davis, Virginia
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
Jeff Flake, Arizona
Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
Darrell Issa, California
Ric Keller, Florida
Peter King, New York
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Randy Kuhl, New York
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Steven LaTourette, Ohio
Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey
Dan Lungren, California
Jeff Miller, Florida
Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
Chip Pickering, Mississippi
Deborah Pryce, Ohio
Jim Ramstad, Minnesota
Peter Roskam, Illinois
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
John Shadegg, Arizona
Chris Shays, Connecticut
John Shimkus, Illinois
Fred Upton, Michigan
Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Jeff Miller, Florida
FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Steve Bartlett, Texas
Jim Courter, New Jersey
Joseph J. DioGuardi, New York
Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire
Ambassador Fred J. Eckert, New York
Lou Frey, Florida
Greg Ganske, Iowa
Steve Kuykendall, California
Tom Loeffler, Texas
Frank Riggs, California
Joe Schwartz, Michigan
Rob Simmons, Connecticut
Dick Zimmer, New Jersey
GOVERNORS
Charlie Crist, Florida
Mitch Daniels, Indiana
Jim Douglas, Vermont
Jon Huntsman, Utah
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
Rick Perry, Texas
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
FORMER GOVERNORS
Paul Cellucci, Massachusetts,
William Clements, Texas
George Deukmejian, California
Jim Edgar, Illinois
Tom Kean, New Jersey
Frank Keating, Oklahoma
Jim Martin, North Carolina
John McKernan, Maine
William Milliken, Michigan
Walter Peterson, New Hampshire
Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania
Buddy Roemer, Louisiana
Don Sundquist, Tennessee
Jane Swift, Massachusetts
Jim Thompson, Illinois
Pete Wilson, California
LAWYERS FOR McCAIN
Dick Wiley, Chairman, Washington D.C.
Stanton Anderson, Washington D.C.
A.B. Culvahouse, Virginia
Hayden Dempsey, Florida
Thomas Leary, Washington D.C., Former Federal Trade Commission Commissioner
STATE PARTY CHAIRS
George Gallo, Connecticut
Alec Poitevint, Georgia
FORMER STATE PARTY CHAIRS
Winton Blout, III, Alabama
Jean Inman, Massachusetts
Marlys Popma, Iowa
NATIONAL POLICY
Bill Simon, National Policy Co-Chair
Steve Goldsmith
Political welfare system... they all get government checks...
Government millionaires who could never make it in private life...
Listing every inside the beltway, lying sack of s**t politician does NOT make the argument to vote for McVain.
Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe...impressive endorsements (end/sarcasm)
JOHN McCAIN: “THE MAN TO LEAD AMERICA”
Over 50 Newspapers from the Early Primary States have Endorsed John McCain For President
Missouri
The Kansas City Star: “McCain Could Lead U.S. Well in the Years Ahead”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “John McCain: A Sense Of Duty”
California
The Sacramento Bee: “McCain: For GOP, A Nominee Of Principle”
Santa Cruz Sentinel: “As We See It: McCain Republican Choice”
San Jose Mercury News: “McCain best choice for Republicans”
Stockton Record: “John McCain: A Promise Of Principled Leadership”
Chico News & Review: “McCain”
Los Angeles Daily News: “McCain Vs. Obama”
San Francisco Chronicle: “McCain the Maverick”
Los Angeles Times: “John McCain For GOP Nominee”
Contra Costa Times: “McCain Merits Nomination”
Tracy Press: “The Press Offers Its Picks For The Presidential Primary”
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: “Republicans: Pick McCain
Cortez Journal: “For The GOP: McCain”
The Daily Independent: “Support McCain, Obama on Tuesday”
New Jersey
Recorder Community Newspapers: “McCain”
Roxbury Register
Cedar Grove Observer
Trenton Times: “GOP Primary: McCain”
Star-Ledger: “The GOP’s Best, By Far”
Arizona
Arizona Republic: “McCain Offers Integrity”
Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal: “McCain Best Prepared”
Knoxville News Sentinel: “McCain Best Pick In Primary”
Massachusetts
Boston Herald: “Choice Is Clear: McCain’s The One”
The Boston Globe: “For Republicans: John McCain”
Waltham Daily News Tribune: “Primary Endorsements”
Attleboro Sun Chronicle: “Our Choices: Clinton, McCain”
South Carolina
The State: “John McCain Clearly The Best In GOP Primary”
Greenville News: “McCain Has What It Takes To Be President”
The Myrtle Beach Sun News: “McCain In Republican Primary”
“Senator Is GOP’s Best Hope Of Keeping The Presidency”
Charleston Post and Courier: “Give Senator John McCain The S.C. Victory He Deserves”
Rock Hill Herald: “McCain Is Best Candidate In Saturday’s GOP Primary”
New Hampshire Newspapers
New Hampshire Union Leader: “John McCain Is The Man To Lead America”
Portsmouth Herald/Seacoast Media Group: “Vote Sen. McCain In GOP Primary”
Exeter News-Letter
Hampton Union
Rockingham News
The Keene Sentinel: “John McCain”
The Valley News (NH): “The Case For McCain: An Honorable Primary Choice”
Salmon Press (11 NH Weeklies): “New Hampshire’s Salmon Press Endorses Sen. John McCain”
Littleton Courier
Coos County Democrat
Berlin Reporter
Granite State News
Carroll County Independent
Meredith News
Record Enterprise
Winnisquam Echo
Gilford Steamer
Baysider
Mountain Ear
The Cabinet (NH): “The Primary”
The Cabinet
Bedford Journal
Hollis Brookline Journal
Merrimack Journal
Concord Monitor: “Republicans’ Best Choice Is John McCain”
Nashua Telegraph: “McCain Our Choice For GOP Nomination”
The New Hampshire Business Review: “John McCain: The Best Candidate For President”
The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: “We Pick Senator John McCain”
Portland Press Herald: “McCain Deserves His Party’s Nomination”
Claremont Eagle Times (NH): “McCain”
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune: Our View: McCain Is Best Choice For Republicans
Alabama
Tuscaloosa News: “We Endorse McCain”
The Montgomery Advertiser: “McCain Tops Field of GOP Hopefuls”
Selma Times-Journal: “McCain Is GOP’s Best”
Times Daily: “For President”
St Clair Times: “Experience Should Earn Clinton, McCain Nominations”
Talladega Daily Home: “Experience Should Earn McCain Nomination”
Anniston Star: “McCain, Clinton Best Choices”
Illinois Newspapers
Daily Herald: “For President, Republicans: John McCain”
Chicago Tribune: “For the Republicans: McCain”
Journal Standard: “Primary Election Endorsements - Presidential Candidates
Minnesota
Minnesota Daily: “The Case For Sen. McCain”
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Inquirer: “McCain”
Connecticut
Yale Daily News: “Primary Endorsement: John McCain”
New Haven Register: “McCain’s Appeal Crosses Party Lines”
Georgia
Savannah Morning News: “GOP Pick: McCain”
Marietta Daily Journal: “McCain Nomination Key to GOP Win in Fall”
Albany Herald: “Sen. McCain, Sen. Obama Best Choices”
New York
New York Post: “McCain For The GOP”
Newsday: “Newsday Endorses Mccain In New York Primary”
Alaska
Juneau Empire: “Republicans Should Support John McCain”
Florida
Tampa Tribune: “McCain Is Our Man”
Daytona Beach News-Journal: “McCain’s Experience, Moderation Stand Out “
Bradenton Herald: “The Republican: John McCain”
Pensacola News-Journal: “For President — Our Recommendations”
Orlando Sentinel: “The Arizona Senator Is Clearly The Most Qualified Of The Contenders”
Gainesville Sun
The Palm Beach Post
The Polk County Democrat: “McCain Is GOP’s Clear Choice”
The Sun-Sentinel: “McCain the GOP Choice in Florida’s Presidential Preference Primary”
St. Petersburg Times: “McCain for Republicans”
Michigan
Detroit News: “The Detroit News Endorses McCain”
“[W]e believe Arizona Sen. John McCain is the candidate who is best qualified to lead the nation. ... McCain’s longtime presidential ambitions are at last aligned with the needs of the nation.” “
Detroit Free Press: “Sen. McCain Would Make Strongest GOP Nominee”
Kalamazoo Gazette: “McCain In GOP Primary; No Pick For Democrats”
Livingston Daily: “McCain, Uncommitted Right Choices For Livingston County “
Times-Herald: “McCain Has Earned Chance To Lead Nation”
Jackson Citizen Patriot: “John McCain The Choice In Big Primary Race”
The Daily Telegram: “McCain Best Qualified”
Iowa Newspapers
Des Moines Register: “Republican Endorsement Editorial: Why McCain”
“... none can offer the tested leadership, in matters foreign and domestic, of Sen. John McCain of Arizona. McCain is most ready to lead America in a complex and dangerous world and to rebuild trust at home and abroad by inspiring confidence in his leadership.”
Iowa State Daily: “Daily endorsement: McCain for Republicans”
Quad City Times: “Time For A Real Hero”
Woodbine Twiner/Logan Herald-Observer
Jefferson Herald: “Our Picks For President”
All that tells me is that McCain is a dyed in the wool Washingtonian.
I’m not wild about McCain.
But this list has some pretty damn impressive conservatives on it:
Coburn
Kyle
Thune
Dan Coats
Phil Gramm
Mack Mattingly
Don Nickles
Bill Simon
Not listed are Olsen, Steve Forbes and many others.
Yes, there are some liberals and RINOs on there, also.
But I’d vote for any of those supporters of McCain’s listed above and in fact have voted for one of more of them, at various times....
In any event, McCain is the GOP nominee and he does have some legitimate conservative support.
Thanks for the list. We know who to campaign against next election.
You can add Roger Villere, Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana, to your list of STATE PARTY CHAIRS. After the elected slate of delegates decided to support McCain, he joined them, along with Louisiana’s RNC members, and they all urged everyone else in the country to unite behind McCain and start focusing on stopping Hillary or Obama in November.