Posted on 06/06/2016 8:25:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai
At age 79, running what may be his last campaign, Sen. John McCain finds himself on treacherous terrain.
A household name in Arizona and still beloved by many, the Republican is also confronting hostile and unpredictable forces this election year: The swirling voter anger that propelled Donald Trump to the brink of the GOP presidential nomination, and the resulting backlash from other groups, particularly Latinos, a growing force in his state.
The combination has left McCain to grasp for answers about his own political fortunes as he seeks a sixth term, and has set up what may be his toughest general election challenge in years. […]
McCain is a perennial target for conservatives in his state because of his deal-making with Democrats on issues like immigration, and many Republicans felt he dodged a bullet when he failed to draw a top-tier opponent in the GOP primary this year. He is expected to win the Aug. 30 contest, though his campaign is tamping down a challenge from state Sen. Kelli Ward, spending money on ads and websites linking her to conspiracy theories about aircraft spraying Americans with chemicals. …
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30 years is already too long for this old goat to fleece the people.
I am voting for Kelli Ward in the primary.
Even Nancy Reagan didn’t have much use for him, did she?
No one in Congress deserves to be Cantorized more than McAmnesty.
He has betrayed the citizens repeatedly.
Please AZ, rid us of this “maverick”.
It’s still hard to imagine an Arizonan “just saying no” to McPain.
It is beyond mind boggling how and why the Arizona electorate kept this traitor on the payroll for so long.
Maybe if had only built “The Fence”.....
As is the case with most professional politicians, they have to be carried out of their office in a casket. It is a shame that AZ has no one who can represent them in the Senate but this tired retread.
Maybe if he had only built “The Fence”.....
Please, please, Arizona—do not send this deranged jerk back to haunt us for another 6 years.
USS McCain always listing to the left
Hang it up old man.
AP knows McCain is vulnerable. I am sure they figure Kirkpatrick will beat McCain easily, but have a hard time beating Kelli Ward. So they send Erica Werner to do a little piece to prop him up through the primary. Then they can try to take him out.
This year that just may be their best chance. If McCain is the nominee, I for one will probably just abstain from voting for Senator.
Ronnie would have been just an OK president without her, not the greatest president of the 20th century.
TIME TO RETIRE JOHN!
The McPain PACs are already busy.
We have had three large postcard mailers saying how bad Kelli is.
Not one saying why to vote for Juan....:^)
If McCain gets kicked out, the GOP-e will begin to collapse.
McCain has been the keystone since Bush 41.
Part of his power grab was to threaten to leave the GOP unless he got his way.
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