McCain’s last stand?
First John McCain lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race, humbling enough for a politician who had spent a decade pursuing his White House ambitions.
Now the Arizona Senator faces the possibility of being turfed out of his U.S. Senate seat amid a challenge from within his own party before this fall’s midterm elections.
Mr. McCain, a self-styled maverick who has never been a darling of the American right, is preparing for an unexpected primary election battle against a former GOP congressman who has the backing of members of the anti-establishment Tea Party movement.
J.D. Hayworth, who represented Arizona’s Fifth District from 1995 to 2007 in the U.S. House of Representatives, will formally announce next week he will seek to wrest the Republican nomination from the incumbent.
“This is perhaps the most serious threat that McCain has faced in his entire congressional career,” said Rodolfo Espino, a political scientist at Arizona State University. “He has never been seriously challenged before — either in primary challenges or general election challenges.”
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ward Says:
McCain has been a media darling – hence the sexy term maverick – due to his continued efforts to undermine the Conservative base of the Republican Party.
The man ran what was possible the worst campaign I have ever seen (I didn’t think it could get much worse than the Conservatives campaign in 08) on a platform that was pretty much the same as Obamas – just not quite as much.
McCain is typical of too many inside the Beltway Republicans. He needs to be put out to pasture.
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Joe Says:
McCain, the third biggest reason the worst president in US history is now in office. Ranking in descending order: The media’s drool, GWB proliferate borrowing and McCain’s neo-liberalism.
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
beentheredonethat Says:
Past best before date. Time to put him out to pasture.
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
‘Time to put him out to pasture” with Palin. Is it true shes giving up palm reading for tea leave reading?
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
Has the tea party been taken over by neo-con Rhinos? Will this be their un-doing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-zRrutJ_Q
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
mike Says:
“You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.” John it’s time to walk away.
mid island mike
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Jean Says:
Re: #4 The palm notes consisted of maybe half a dozen words as a reminder to not forget an issue she was planning to talk about: Getting it caught on camera was clumsy/stupid and the media couldn’t resist making a big deal out of it and maybe she should have just referred up front to one sheet of notes instead !? To be honest it is rather funny and too irresistible for the media or comedians to not make fun of it, but if it was Obama it would have been light hearted teasing rather than being overblown as an irresistible ” GOTCHA ” ! ( Well at least early in Obama’s presidency, maybe today as his popularity is tanking, even the sympathetic MSM might also have mocked him, and certainly FOX NEWS would have mocked him ? )
Public speaking is not the easiest thing in the world to do and in fact is one of the most common fears/phobias, so wanting a few notes as backup in case of a brain cramp is really not ” cheating ” when 99.99% of her word where from memory or partially extemporaneous …… I don’t think her palm is so large as to compare to pages and pages of a scripted speech on a prompter that Obama seems to be depend on 100% of the time.
Posted on February 11th, 2010 at 8:46 am