AZ-Sen. 2010: AZ Sen Poll: McCain Opens Primary Lead (over Hayworth) (thanks a lot, Sarah)

Real Clear Politics / Rasmussen ^ | 2010-01-22

[rabscuttle385]

Sen. John McCain (R) has known from an early stage that he could face a tough primary in his bid for re-election this year, and acted on it. He already launched radio ads touting his effort to block President Obama's "extreme left wing crusade." And just this week, Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R) recorded robocalls that went out to voters in Arizona.

Now, a Rasmussen poll (502 LVs, 1/20, MoE +/- 4.5%) shows the Maverick just over 50 percent in a potential matchup against former Rep. JD Hayworth -- not the best position for an incumbent to be, but an improvement over the dead heat Rasmussen found in November.

Primary Election Matchup
McCain 53 (+8 vs. last poll, 11/18)
Hayworth 31 (-12)
Simcox 4 (unch)
Und 8 (+1)

[Reagan Man]

Get use to it.

As long as you and others keep defending Brown, I'll be in your faces.

From the way you post, you obviously ARE a 12 year old with a serious crush on Scott Brown. Your love for Brown shows no boundaries.

[Will88]

There are people who have been chomping at the bit for Sarah to support McCain, just so they can trash her. They’ve been hoping for it. You know that too, Bruce.

There is your orginal nutty statement from your #139 where you purport to divine the motives, by some psychic means, of posters here who do not agree with you, and do not agree with Sarah's decision to support McCain. Pretty presumptuous of you to tell others that they don't really mean what they are posting, but that they mean what you say they mean. - You need to think about how insulting that is to people with honest opinions that do not align precisely with yours.

There are people here, including me, who have been hoping that Sarah would take this year to establish herself and her positions on the issues so she might be a viable candidate in 2012. Campaigning with Juan McCain is about the worst possible way to do that.

But don't let me confuse you with the facts, and the real motives of posters who disagree with you. Your phone is ringing again and The Psychic Hotline has more information for you.

[magritte]

"that Sarah would take this year to establish herself and her positions on the issues so she might be a viable candidate in 2012..."

Stumping for McCain IS a part of becoming a viable Republican candidate in 2012. The fair-weather backers of Palin were going to drift regardless, because eventually she was going to do something RINO (in their eyes) anyway...no big loss.

To play in the Republican big leagues, you have to understand how the game works. Losing primary candidates are on top of the list for the next election.(Romney, Huckabee). Losing Presidential VP candidates are nowhere and tend to fade away. One way back is kissing some establishment butt, shaking the right hands, talking the right talk. It takes a while and may be all for naught, but it looks like Palin is heading in that direction. Very savvy...magritte

[yongin]

If I was a tin foil conspiracy guy, I would say the Fox News gig and numerous speaking engagements are pay offs to Palin by DC GOP insiders so she won’t run for President in 2012.

[SeattleBruce]

“Well I didn’t want to get into an argument about Sarah Palin, you hate her, we get that. Does it really suprise you she would support a guy who gave her a chance to come into her own on the national stage.”

Say what? I ‘hate’ her? On what basis do you make that charge? Ridiculous. I’m asking questions. Since when is asking questions and making suggestions of our party leaders not allowed? :)

Further, you make some claim about how this thread was ‘hijacked by those sniping’ describing those talking about Sarah’s decision, when clearly her name was in the title of the thread! How is this not wanting to get into an argument. I think that’s disingenuous when you look at your language there.

I supported the McLame/Palin ticket in 2008, and have supported Sarah Palin, including on this board. You are misinformed about me.

[Will88]

Stumping for McCain IS a part of becoming a viable Republican candidate in 2012.

We'll just have to disagree on that. She was part of a presidential ticket and is now very well known. She should be establishing her positions. She cannot campaign with McCain without being tainted by his positions of the past: amnesty, for cap and trade, against Bush tax cuts, for closing Gitmo, against enhanced interrogation, and he sounds ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in some statements about Obamacare.

Sarah doesn't need McCain and she owes him nothing. She strengthened his ticket and brought him votes he could never have won. Now, he does need her, but this will only harm her and he knows it. A mistake on her part if she has any plans to run again for national office. Maybe she has no plans to run later, but she should tell her supporters if that's the case.

[AuntB]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2434882/posts?page=30#30

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2434882/posts?page=32#32

[calex59]

I love Sarah, but her political instincts seem rather poor. What she sees in this guy is a mystery to me.

Every thing Sarah has done has pointed to her political instincts being quite good, excellent in fact. Those of you who can't see why she is supporting McCain just have no concept of loyalty. A lot of the FReepers bashing Sarah for this didn't like her to start with and are using this as an excuse to bad mouth her.

I stand behind her and if Arizona voters want to get rid of McCain they have two choices. Either get someone to run against him in the Primaries or vote in the Democrat in Nov. Those are their choices. Those of us in other states would like to dump him also but we can't do it, we can't vote in Arizona.

People are blaming Sarah, they should be blaming the Arizona Republicans for not having a viable candidate to run against McCain in the Primaries. As far as Sarah knows there is no one running against him, and in fact there isn't.

[molybdenum]

i honestly doubt any conservative "hates" Sarah--only what she is doing! If you care about her, her future and more important, her family and our country, you would feel as disturbed at this as the rest of us. I feel awful sorry for her, but...she's a grownup, she has her choices and she has made a 'pact with the Devil'.

She has the sympathy of many...and you know where you can find that--in the dictionary.

McCain has to go.

[notaliberal]

I think tea party participants should boycott the event when Sarah shows up for McCain. That would make a big impact.

[napscoordinator]

If he were running for Governor, I would agree with that statement, but he is a Senator who has huge influence on all of us.

[Theodore R.]

I don’t think Hayworth will even run. People in AZ falsely “think” that McPain is “conservative”, and I don’t think we can change their minds.

[Will88]

Thanks, AuntB, I’m reading those links and they are interesting. Sometimes when something seems counter-intuitive in politics, we learn that some behind the scenes operators are having their influence.

But, if that’s the case, Sarah will disappoint more and more of those who had high hopes for a future candidacy. I’m going to read further in some of the links.

[molybdenum]

I'm in the process of checking him out. Wish he would fish or cut bait--he may be demoralized with this latest blast. RINOs/Big Beltway/libs , vast power & money.

Found Haworth's blog fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=447902182&blogId=471109873

[ElPatriota]

...And, if she claims to be a conservative, there is no explaining away joining the campaign of the biggest, backstabbing, scheming and harmful RINO in Washington. No one has done more harm to conservatism than Juan McCain...

EXACTLY!

Although there is an explanation... that we really don't know Sarah that well, in which case that is fine.

Sarah, show us who you really are... and we'll take it from there.

[molybdenum]

you say, “not Senate material”. Will you please clarify?

[Theodore R.]

One reason conservatives might consider Medina in TX is regarding the shameful treatment Perry gave to former Supreme Curt Justice Steven Smith. If he would treat an elected justice that way, imagine what he would do to the “little people” voting in the Republican primary.

[Theodore R.]

Nancy Reagan once did that to Reagan at a press conference with Sam Donaldson too. The American people will always want McPain around just for the sake of irritation, I suppose.

[molybdenum]

“Going Borg” !!! Yikes! Viral?

[molybdenum]

Oh, really savvy...by your reckoning, then, desert her principles (and conservatives') to forge her way. (In this case, she seriously miscalculated.)

You make it sound as though our side has no chance--we have to endure the power Establishment forever. Strange thing to say, when we actually are motivated, and winning important fights! But you have some company on this thread. Defeatists.