Comments on: McCain Slashes Staff, Citing Money Woes

By: BlogRunner: Pressed for Money, McCain Cuts Campaign Staff

BlogRunner: Pressed for Money, McCain Cuts Campaign Staff — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:09:18 +0000

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By: McCain Busters

McCain Busters — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:00:50 +0000

Straight Talk Express 'bout outa' gas... It's always been said that "money is the mother's milk of politics", and it's true. Or perhaps more analogous in McCain's case, it is the "gas" that he needs to keep the Straight Talk Express movin' on down th...

By: pswiderski

pswiderski — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:00:44 +0000

Yes. And don't forget that his position on the immigration issues doesn't do him any favors, and, to a lesser degree, neither did his consistent and vocal support for the surge. I was sure he was the man to beat in 2008, but at this rate, I suspect it will be Romney or Thompson. As Giulian's life story comes out (and it is a mess of divorce and alienated kids) and his positions (pro-abortion, pro-gun-control, etc.), I can't believe good conservatives will vote for him.

By: brainy435

brainy435 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:58:41 +0000

I personally think it's symptomatic of the decay in Washington when a politician who has championed getting money out of politics moans about "only" raising $11.2 million for the primaries.

By: legion

legion — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:46:48 +0000

In addition to McCain’s well publicized problems with the conservative base, he has the additional liability of being a senior United States Senator running against people who don’t have to make hard votes on controversial issues.

Well, McCain dodges that particular bullet by simply not showing up for votes at all these days... But you're dead-on about Fred Thompson, tho. McCain's complete transformation from 'maverick outsider' to 'W's bootlicker' these past few years is frankly embarrassing, especially considering the infighting & backstabbing that's gone on between him & W in past campaigns. He's never been conservative enough to pull the 'hard-core' GOP vote bloc, and now he's not independent enough to pull much of the moderate vote either. Unless he's completely delusional, I doubt he'll stay in until the primary votes start dropping.