McCain also needs to refurbish the image that he has sought to burnish throughout his Senate career — as a political maverick willing to buck his party on some major issues....yet he must do so without alienating, and possibly inciting a primary challenge, from the potent conservative wing of the Arizona Republican Party, which has not always been thrilled when McCain has strayed from party orthodoxy on issues such as immigration, campaign finance regulation and global climate change.
Nuts!
The problem with defeating McCain is that he didn’t spend a ton of the campaign contributions we sent him in his presidential run. I’m pretty sure he tops $50 mil in the coffers, obtained by betraying his presidential supporters. It will be an uphill battle to defeat him, unless Sarah Palin campaigns for his primary opponent.
We all have to keep in mind, Sarah is probably going to go down to AZ and campaign on McCain’s behalf. Please, let’s not get angry with her for doing so... it’s a loyalty thing. McCain brought her to the national stage, so she’s going to the need to help him. Just warnin’ ahead of time.
Even so, we should support a conservative opponent; it will help both McCain (who must realize being a maverick is wasting good will and effectiveness) and the opponent, who sets himself up for the next Senate race.
McCain has stuck his finger in the eye of Arizona Republicans one time too many. He no longer represents anything Conservatives are about, and it's pretty obvious after this last campaign debacle that he never did. Every Republican I know here is furious with McCain. We are SICK AND TIRED of the mess that illegal immigration has left in our state. We all voted for McCain out of fear, and now all of our worst fears have come true. What do we have left to lose? As I said to a friend of mine, I'll vote for a Democrat before I vote for McCain again. At least the Democrat won't have McCain's "Star Power" with the media.
Please, please, please let J.D. Hayworth challenge McQueeg in the primary!
Seriously, we need to do everything we can to recruit him to it, and then finance his campaign through individual contributions, since I doubt we can trust the national party to actually support the more conservative candidate (remember Bush and Co. supporting Specter against Toomey?)
I should have known Bruce Merrill was involved in this. Idiot alert!!!!!!!
McCain is not that well liked here.
McCain will win solely because that Arizona senate seat goes to the highest bidder. George Soros would have it if he paid more than McCain. But as things stand now, McCain’s wife will continue to buy him his seat until they have to scrape him out of it.
I wonder how much of the money to get McIdiot re-elected in AZ is coming from Democrat sources.
The problem with McCain is he controls the AZ Chamber of Commerce and they control him -- and the AZ GOP... this is why he keeps pushing Amnesty and this is why he always runs unopposed.
I suppose that means that McManiac will be campaigning against the bill to get Obama to “prove” he’s qualified, too.... LOL...
Eight Arizona Legislators Introduce Bill for Presidential Candidates to Prove Eligibility
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170651/posts
John McCain is like a cancer on America and the Republican Party. Has he not done enough damage? He needs to go home and play with his grandkids.
Not on my watch...
I don’t know anyone who is supporting him. Just like with Twinkletoes Graham, if he is the nominee, I’ll endorse his general election opponent.
Bendover McCain- Obama's most useful idiot.