John McCain is in the fight of his political life in the age of Donald Trump

WACOMPOST ^ | 8/29/2016 | Paul Kane

[bkopto]

The most immediate embodiment of McCain’s problems is Kelli Ward, 47, a former state senator who knows that Trump crushed the field in the March presidential primary by stoking the fires of Arizona’s long-running battles over illegal immigrants crossing the southern border.

Ward is McCain’s main primary challenger Tuesday; she has attended Trump rallies and embraced his rhetoric while highlighting McCain’s bipartisan work on immigration bills that would grant undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.

“He’s the champion of compromise,” she said of McCain in an hour-long interview in a Scottsdale campaign office, not intending it as a compliment.

Public and private polling give McCain a big lead over Ward, but this week’s CNN poll showed him with just 55 percent of the likely Republican primary vote. “We’re going to do well, not great, but we’re going to do well,” he told supporters at a rally.

[pgkdan]

The people of Arizona have had numerous opportunities and even more reasons to retire this rat bastard son of a bleep but over and over they’ve failed to do so. i don’t expect anything different this time around.

[WENDLE]

Why would intelligent people vote for this creep. He has and is wrong about every issue. Hw would make a great democrat. Please get him out ARIZONA!!

[Hugin]

I wish her well. If I was in AZ I would vote Dem in Nov just to get rid of him.

[DiogenesLamp]

John McCain is in the fight of his political life in the age of Donald Trump

John needs to go. He has turned rancid, and now he is the worst sort of person we need in Washington D.C.

[ez]

I bet a third of people who vote for him don’t know any of this. Any.

[Theodore R.]

Hardly? His mother is like 102 or so.

[hsmomx3]

I don’t know anybody voting for him. Many are voting for Kelli.

[Fungi]

There are bigger fools in the Senate but still, McLame has to go.

[Nextrush]

McCain has been propped up by big money from defense contactors and big media companies.

McCain has been on committees in the Senate dealing with both.

His last years in uniform were spent as a liaison officer with Congress.

McCain could smell the money and power then, no doubt.

[BlackElk]

God will soon fire the sorry SOB if Arizona voters fail to do so.

[taildragger]

37% to 33% for Ward? Do the math, were the heck is the other 30%?

I hope she beats him. Notice, Trump's change of plans and he is not in AZ like he was supposed to be.

IMHO he wants nothing to do with this.

Also notice Sarah Palin didn't get involved this time.

It will be our Mini-Brexit if she gets in and possibly portend to the Trump support in AZ.

let us hope....

[DoughtyOne]

Six more years?  Oh how he will betray us.  Let me count the ways...


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[elpadre]

“...I would vote Dem ...”

go wash your mouth out with soap to even think of such a thing!!

[CaptainK]

We’ll find out how accurate the Breitbart/Gravis poll is very, very soon.

[mvonfr]

30% undecided... theoretically these tend to go to the challenger... we'll see.

I see no problem with McCain gone for good.

[isthisnickcool]

I’ve been in the room with McCain more than once, he is crazy. Seriously, he has no grasp on reality except the one he has made up in his head.

[righttackle44]

What help did you give to us voting drones of Arizona? Did you donate to Kelli Ward's campaign? Or is it simply your style to call people names from behind an anonymous Free Republic handle?

We could have used to additional funds, but apparently you only contribute hot air and words to defeat your political foes.

[Hugin]

McCain or a Democrat, what’s the difference? Except that a Democrat will stab you in the front and not the back.

[DLfromthedesert]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206996022919097&id=1235106677&set=gm.1451431328220035&source=48&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_activity

Endorsements for Kelli Ward

[little jeremiah]

Arizona and Wisconsin are two different places. Looks as though McCain and Ward’s numbers are very close.