Comments on: McCain Meltdown

By: bains

bains — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:48:59 +0000

Legion, like my die-heart democrat sister-in-law comes at McCain from the left. She pays lip service to McCain's "principled" stances, then turns aghast when McCain professes support to the Presidents policies. My sister-in-law is only pretending to be politically open minded.

As a McCain supporter in the 2000 election, I can say why I will never support his presidential aspirations. McCain-Feingold, the gang of fourteen, and comprehensive immigration reform. Foisting deals contrived outside the normal legislative process upon this country does not bode well for a presidential candidate.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:00:46 +0000

By hiring lots of staff McCain thought he would keep the talent away from other campaigns. Sort of like the Yankees-Red Sox free agent strategy.

The key point is the final one. Since 2000 McCain has positioned himself for a general election. Winning a GOP primary always seemed secondary.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:29:37 +0000

Speaking of McCain's campaign implosion and "gay sweaters," I am surprised that you omitted that the co-chair of his Florida campaign operation was arrested yesterday for soliciting oral sex in a public bathroom.

Vitter meets Haggard in support of Johnny M.!

By: Fersboo

Fersboo — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:10:36 +0000

Good Riddance!

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:04:43 +0000

Crusading for what is right but unpopular may not help you win the nomination, but it might. Crusading to limit free speech and reward those who break the law is not crusading for what is right. That in a nut shell is the problem McCain is facing. The rest is window dressing that made a bad situation worse.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:00:49 +0000

"It feels at times that somebody has put a voodoo curse on us," said one McCain loyalist. "The timing has been consistently bad."

No, McCain put a voodoo curse on them. The reason the GOP electorate doesn't like him is because he's simply not the same candidate he was in 1999. After the Bush campaign ruthlessly smeared him, he made kissy-face nice-nice with them. This lost him a lot of respect among people on both sides (myself included) who respected his maverick image. Also, there's the absolutely pathetic sacrifice of pretty much every principle he's ever campaigned on to the altar of supporting GW Bush, which is totally inexplicable. He may have been trying to win a larger share of the GOP hard-core base, but he alienated every Dem and undecided that might have leaned his way - even if he'd made the GOP primary cut, he's already made himself unelectable in a general contest.