John McCain: Can He Mend Fences with the Right? [as media prods Juan to "reclaim maverick title"]

TIME ^ | 2009-10-08 | Jay Newton-Small

[rabscuttle385]

At a White House meeting Oct. 6, Senator John McCain of Arizona urged President Barack Obama to make a decision about additional troops in Afghanistan quickly and not make it a "leisurely process." Senator Carl Levin of Michigan noted that it had taken Obama's predecessor George W. Bush three months to order a surge in Iraq. Then Obama spoke. "John, I can assure you this won't be leisurely, as nobody feels more urgency to get this right than I do."

Is McCain about to re-enter the fray? If so, it is a journey that has been nearly a year in the making. Since his defeat by Obama 11 months ago, McCain has spent much of his time in a self-imposed exile.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

never

[Tzimisce]

His “mending fences” strategy of talking down to us, sneering at us, making fun of us and selling us up the river isn’t scoring him any political points with this base.

So probably not.

I notice libs don’t vote for people who buck them either (like Joe Lieberman and Harry Reid), so I also can’t understand why the media is so baffled by John McCain...

[savagesusie]

no

[Jabba the Nutt]

Justification that Americans ought to be proud that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t going to help McCain win back the Right. And this misrepresents what McCain is about. He doesn’t want to win back the Right, he wants to minimize and demolish the Right.

[JSDude1]

NO, And no credibility with this guy..!

[JSDude1]

And Romney.

[dalereed]

Hell no!!

[JSDude1]

Democratic leaders in Washington say they aren’t bothering to recruit a local Democrat to face him.

Oh how generous of them, if McCain somehow pulls through, will you Arizonans PLEASE recruit a Tea Partier, or one of yourselves to run as a Democrat or Independent (You can not let him SAIL through, though it would be likely he would win at that point)..