John McCain Could Lose His 2016 Primary Battle

townhall.com ^ | 5/7/15 | Daniel Doherty

[cotton1706]

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has decided to troll conservatives and therefore will run for re-election in 2016. Despite his long tenure in Washington, however, he may be in “a lot of trouble,” according to a new PPP poll. While his numbers are perfectly fine among self-identified Right-leaning moderates, the fact that conservatives are angry with him and jumping ship might jeopardize his chances of winning a sixth term.

“It's his struggles on the right that have McCain imperiled,” the poll finds. “He gets narrowly positive reviews from both 'somewhat conservative' (51/37) and moderate (50/44) Republicans. But among those who identify themselves as 'very conservative,' just 21% approve of the job McCain is doing to 71% who disapprove. 83% of voters within that group say they would be more inclined to vote for an alternative on McCain's right next year compared to only 11% who actually say they would vote for McCain.”

That’s to be expected. After all, Arizona Republicans censored him last year because he was (ahem) too liberal, right around the same time he was surveyed as the least popular US Senator in Washington by his constituents.

Fortunately for him, however, not all is lost; he edges all of his presumptive Republican challengers.

[Gen.Blather]

Last time somebody tried to primary him, he spent 23 million dollars of his own money...in a primary! For that much money you could elect a cardboard cutout of The Hamburgler.

[rrrod]

agree with you...Not much time has been dedicated to his mental state. The guy is a loose cannon.
Some may recall his positions on Egypt,Libya and Syria.

[Gaffer]

I don’t know about MS, but one of the things that recently distressed me greatly was to see that financial assessment of some conservative and Tea Party related organizations that collect millions and millions of dollars from conservatives.

In it, there were a dozen or more that had extremely pitiful $ to candidate vs. expense ratios (mgt, payroll, expenses, etc.). (to me, some of the percentages I’d consider an outright scam).

I remember the founder of one of them on TV in the aftermath of Eric Cantor’s historic embarrassment in Virginia. She was explaining how the ‘helped (or talked to)’ the primary winner with a lot of blah, blah, blah - but they gave him no money. Her added comments were “We’ve been busy helping Chris Daniel to defeat Thad Cochran...blah, blah....”

In the end, I don’t think they really gave him much, if any, either.

[Thorliveshere]

About frickin’ time!!!!!! Pray that he does lose!!! Pray! Pray! Pray!

[Flintlock]

McC is the perfect example of WHY you don’t let the enemy INSIDE your tent while also PI$$ING there as well.

RINOs do HUGE damage while IN the party.

[sport]

He is a Democrat, though the Democrats clothe him in Republican robe[s], until needed. then he emerges, does his dirt, and then returns to his Republican robe. But, with all his warts, he is the Prince Charming of the good voters of Arizona. They love, adore, and worship him. Even though he scorns them, spits in their face and otherwise holds them in the bases of contempt.

[Busko]

Does it matter? After watching and seeing how the RINOs caved in on the Iran deal and how McConnel bitched up. We are in need of real conservatives.

[MrB]

could => should

[JPG]

Even the young ones are rebelling

[Paine in the Neck]

"Please, PLEASE, make it so."

[C210N]

Fortunately for him, however, not all is lost; he ...

knows how to turn up the conservative lies when the campaign heats-up, fooling just enough voters to eek his way back in.

[Mechanicos]

If the Party bosses want McCain back in they will get it. AZ has one of the most corrupt voting systems. Its been sued before for having all the votes from the counting computer go to the Secretary of State’s computer and then to the reporting computer.

[pfony1]

Sooo....

How do we fund the primary campaign of McCain’s strongest challenger?

How do we avoid re-nominating McCain because we have foolishly spread our disgust among a long list of (vain?) Conservatives — the technique mastered by Lindsay Graham?

[SMM48]

Unfortunately, Arizona has an open primary. What’s wrong with the AZ GOP?

[Steely Tom]

If he does lose his primary, he will instantly flip and enthusiastically support whatever Democrat is running, no matter how left-wing that Democrat is. The MSM will love this, and reward him with all kinds of air time, including multiple laudatory biographies to commemorate the end of his career in politics.

I don't think he will lose his primary though, and I think he will be re-elected. He'll leave Capitol Hill in a box.

There were multiple stories about how McCain was facing the real possibility of being turned out of office back in 2010. Didn't happen.

[DuncanWaring]

The one thing I regret about moving out of Arizona is that I can’t vote against him anymore.

[KevinB]

Last time somebody tried to primary him, he spent 23 million dollars of his own wife's money...in a primary!

Fixed.

[deport]

Don’t know enough about Arizona’s electoral process but McCain is edging the
three other contenders in the survey. If that many get in the race with him then
he’s got a good chance of going to a primary runoff. Mississippi’s race with
Cochran comes to mind in that type situation.

[TomGuy]

John McCain Could Lose His 2016 Primary Battle

No he won't. He has too many I.O.U.s from too many influence peddlers and he knows where too many bodies are buries.

Many thought he would lose in 2010. He breezed through that one. Many thought Lindsey Graham would lose in 2014. He, too, breezed through that one.

The problem is that 'conservatives' put up too many challengers. Voters don't pay attention until near election day. When they to in to vote, they see a confusing list of names and vote for the one most recognizable -- the incumbent.

Conservatives need to put up one -- 1 -- ONE -- solid challenger and spend their advertising to introduce that ONE person to the voters. Instead, like in S.C., they run 4-6 people who dilute the votes.

Heck, conservatives are already following that same pattern in the presidential race. At least, so far, a couple of moderates may also be challenging each other.

[JRandomFreeper]

Prayer is good.

Prayer without actual activism on the ground is meaningless.

Pray, yes. Work... oh yes... Lots.

/johnny