Posted on 04/16/2015 6:09:23 AM PDT by cotton1706
On April 6th, 5-term Arizona Senator John McCain announced on NBC that he will be running for a 6th-term to the US Senate in 2016, and said he was just getting started when it comes to his Senate career. This didnt come as much of a surprise to the conservative areas of the state who have been dreading the announcement for months.
Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward has become a quick favorite to retire the 78 year old Senior Senator who was first elected to the Hill in the early 80s. Ward officially launched a Senate Exploratory Committee last week, and received around 25% in recent polling according to a source close to the State Senator. McCain will no-doubt face a difficult primary, but that may not be his biggest struggle in 2016.
Rising Democrat stars in Arizona including Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, both pose as serious threats to McCain in early polling. In one poll, Democrats ranked Arizona as one of the most winnable Senate states in 2016 with other polling showing John McCain as the least popular Senator in the country.
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McCain has never been as vulnerable as he is now. He will be 80 on Election day, and his term would not be completed until age 87. His rapid decline in popularity is not a good sign for the McCain campaign, and would likely add to the already difficult General election if paired up against someone like Kyrsten Sinema.
Whether it be a close Primary challenge between John McCain and State Senator Kelli Ward or a neck-and-neck General election against one of the Democrats new darlings, 2016 is not shaping up to be a good year for John McCain.
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Why do these people refuse to go out and live under the laws they pass for the rest of us?
John McCain informs me that there is a divine purpose to melanoma.
John McCain informs me that there is a divine purpose to megalomania.
I believe he has already started. Same game plan as last time.
Premature Dementia ?
No , ..He states he is a Maverick
Whereas , in truth, he is a rabid , 'power hungry' ,and calculating 'turncoat'.
John is 15 years past retirement.
Another has been senator who would like to use the senate as his nursing home.
“This is the point before an election where McCain starts talking like Super Conservative in order to get reelected. The people of Arizona fall for it and the day after the election he reverts back to Dem lite and starts sucking up to the liberal media.”
The Rino’s are so powerful here, they removed two conservative Republican governors with barely a peep. McCain sucks up to military retirees, the geriatrics, and the Rino cabal. The Dems don’t run anybody real in the general.
The second pic of Kelli is very unflattering, quite deliberately, and this guy says AZ might elect the second coming of Tammy Baldwin or Gabby’s gun grabbing hubby. No way.
Maybe McPain can move to Nevada and try for dingy harry’s seat since he’s not running....s/
Didn’t the buffoon say the last election was his last one?
Recently got this from Kelli Ward. (Used "br"s instead of "p"s to compress her letter.) I couldn't swing the $100, but did send her some bucks. I live in her District and she has always coherently responded to my emails.
Dear Friends and Supporters:
I am pleased to announce that I am exploring a run for the US Senate in 2016! Ive started the Ward Exploratory Committee in order to test the waters and I hope you will help me make my decision.
As I look to the future, I am receiving huge support from the grassroots, encouraging me to consider a run for the US Senate in 2016. Because of the outcry for a new, positive, principled voice for Arizona in Washington, I am moving to test the waters in regard to this challenging opportunity to determine if the financial and political paths to victory really do exist.
If, during this period, it is revealed that the support exists for a US Senate run, I would run to give Arizona a powerful voice in the fight against Obamacare. I would run to stand up for the enforcement of our immigration laws and to secure the border. I would run to support the Constitution, smaller government and individual liberty. I would run as a positive, passionate, principled non-career politician. I would run to join a fresh, new generation of leaders in DC and end the stronghold that career politicians have had on our government for decades. I would run to be the voice that so many Arizonans long for from their representation in the US Senate. I would run to be your voice.
I appreciate your continued prayers, comments, and advice as I explore the possibilities. I will continue to travel the state to meet and listen to voters and look forward to making new friendships with people from all over our great state. If you would like to have me visit your group, please let me know.
As I explore this challenging opportunity, I will need more than just words backing a run - I will need funding. Frankly, I need your financial support to help me reach a decision. Informed, motivated voters lead the way to restore government of, for, and by the people. If we want Arizona represented in DC and not DC represented in Arizona, it is up to all of us. Success will take time, motivation, hard work, and money. Financial support is imperative in a David and Goliath battle.
That is why I am counting on you for a contribution of $100 today. It is a lot to ask, I know, but I need your help right now, if I cannot raise money, I cant run! If $100 is simply not possible, please consider a contribution of $75, $50, $25, or $10.
Sincerely,
Kelli
Democrat Kirsten Sinema follows the same strategy as McCain. Up through election day, there’s never any mention of what party she belongs to, and she talks a populist but conservative streak. Once elected, she’s a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.
Have we learned NOTHING from watching Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd turn into drooling vegetables before our eyes as their junior aides proceeded to cast votes for them?
John McCain has so rigged the system in Arizona that they might as well rename the Republican party the McCain party.
He has ordered that all precinct chairmen that are not loyal to him be replaced, and that has already been done. I’m surprised that they haven’t decided to limit the primary ballots to just his name.
And last but not least, his beer heiress wife has very deep pockets and will fund him as much money as he needs, so he cannot have his funding cut off. And with his vicious temper, anyone who dares run against him will be politically and personally destroyed, their reputation ruined by the meanest political operative mercenaries he can buy.
So until the angel of death removes him from this mortal coil, the only chance to get rid of him is if the Democrats have a moment of lucidity enough to nominate a candidate who isn’t a frothing radical.
Seriously, if there is such a Democrat, they would get a huge number of crossover votes from Republicans.
I would recommend that any Republican who dared to run against him register and run as a Democrat, then switch back to the Republicans when elected.
A) He’s NUTS!
B) He helped cover up the killing of Americans in Benghazi
C) He is all for millions of illegals to come into our country. There is a video of him basically yelling at Americans at a meeting in Arizona to accept illegals.
D) He is friends with Clinton and any other democrat but not so much with conservatives.
BS on unelectability.
He’s in until he’s dead or calls it quits himself.
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