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AZ-Sen. 2010: McCain race catnip to talk show titans (Beck says McCain a "progressive")
Politico ^ | 2010-02-16 | David Catanese

Posted on 02/16/2010 4:15:51 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Early polls suggest Arizona Sen. John McCain leads former Rep. J.D. Hayworth by a healthy margin in the GOP primary. Among conservative radio talk show hosts, however, McCain is losing by a landslide.

As McCain gears up for a vigorous challenge from the former six-term House Republican, national conservative talkers are picking up where they left off in the 2008 presidential campaign, blasting McCain as insufficiently conservative and unloading on him with all the bombast they can muster.

Hayworth, himself a former talk radio host, is the beneficiary.

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Earlier this week, popular Fox News television and radio host Glenn Beck—who once said McCain “would've been worse for the country than Barack Obama”—offered his unvarnished take on the Arizona senator during a radio interview with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).

"I'm convinced that John McCain is going to be one of the guys who pushes through a health care compromise," complained Beck. "And I don't want any health care through the federal government. Because you know and I know, senator, that they're going to build this damn machine whether we like it or not," he continued.

"And they're going to build it one piece at a time and a progressive like John McCain will help them build it," Beck asserted.

When DeMint signaled he was staying out of the Arizona primary, Beck expressed a sigh of relief.

"This is great news to me. So you are not endorsing him or helping him in Arizona?" Beck asked.

"No, I'm not. I know J.D. well and they can have their own race," DeMint replied.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Arizona; Campaign News; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2010; az2010; mccain; rinopurge; talkradio

1 posted on 02/16/2010 4:15:51 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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2 posted on 02/16/2010 4:16:47 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

Getting rid of McCain will go a long ways towards stopping ObamaCare, Cap’n Tax and Amnesty for illegal aliens.


3 posted on 02/16/2010 4:25:37 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
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To: rabscuttle385

Boy, you can tell these people are terrified that they are losing control not only of the Dem party, but more important, of the Republican party. Adios, Senor McCain.


4 posted on 02/16/2010 4:38:38 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: rabscuttle385

If the number of “Robo Calls” he’s making are any indication...McCain is in deep deep doo doo.


5 posted on 02/16/2010 4:58:06 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: LS; rabscuttle385

McCain should enjoy his retirement.

“Money for nuthin

and his beers are free!”


6 posted on 02/16/2010 5:11:07 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINOS)
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