Sen. Collins Would Advise McCain in 2008

NewsMax ^ | 15 February 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[Aussie Dasher]

If Sen. John McCain runs for president in 2008, fellow Republican Susan Collins of Maine will serve as one of his Senate advisors.

A spokesman for Sen. Collins confirmed that McCain asked her if she would be one of his advisors if he decides to seek the White House. The spokesman, Kevin Kelley, said Collins told McCain that he would.

The Arizona senator is regarded as a likely potential candidate for the Republican nomination.

[Aussie Dasher]

RINOs at the ready...!!!!

[swmobuffalo]

Hope he advises him not to run.

[LK44-40]

Slapping myself!!

I, who have been mostly fiercely opposed to this Rhino, noticed a slight softening of my attitude recently.

I needed this.

Count me among those self-destructive types who will stay home rather than vote for the Rhino.

[jecIIny]

Lets see how many cool aid drinkers there are tonight.

[Jeff Chandler]

But, but, McCain is a war hero. He's been in a war and knows what it's all about. He'd know what to do.

[Just Lori]

We need a new term. RINO is not a good description here. These people want to tear the Republican party apart. They are wolves in sheeps clothing.

[Bender2]

I think I'm going to hurl... Bigtime!

#2! Ladies are ill. Gentlemen vomit...

[blondee123]

My question: WHO is pushing for McCain to run??? I doubt it's the voters. Is he the best our party can offer? Sad......

[Taxbilly]

So does two or more RINO = herd of RINE, Republicans In Need of Employment?

[jecIIny]

"We need a new term. RINO is not a good description here. These people want to tear the Republican party apart. They are wolves in sheeps clothing."

Seems to me the ones who want tear the Republican Party apart are the ones trying to turn it into a religion with dogma. Accept this or your a heretic and we cast you out. I am so sick of these fanatics. If we loose the next election I WILL blame it on the "our way or the highway" crowd.

[LK44-40]

My question: WHO is pushing for McCain to run??? I doubt it's the voters. Is he the best our party can offer? Sad......

Don Imus (mega barf alert) probably...don't know for sure as I am fully recovered from any impulse to switch to him even if I can find nowhere else to tune.

[roses of sharon]

Who else would run? Who would watch his back? They would be defenseless against the smear machine.

Especially when we run for the hills, regularly!

[right-wingin_It]

Thank you, thank you , thank you! This news will be a moment of clarity for many.

[LK44-40]

Yea, right. We have this big lovely wooden horse someone left outside our tent as a gift. Let's bring it in and have a party around it. /sarcasm

[Kuksool]

Susan Collins is running for Senate re-election in 2008. She should focus on her own campaign and leave the rest of the nation alone.

[sageb1]

agree

[Falcon28]

We all know McCain is running. Question is, will he run as a Republican or an Independent candidate. If he runs as an independent, he could play the spoiler role and hand Hildebeast the White House with less than 45% of vote.

Wonderful..

[torchthemummy]

...said Collins told McCain that he would.

I'm sure McCain is glad HE agreed!

[sageb1]

Frankly, I think we all need to focus on our own states. National media is a diversion at this time. Seriously.

[LK44-40]

Are you suggesting that we should back him because, otherwise, he might decide to play a third party spoiler role to screw us?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

"I WILL blame it on the "our way or the highway" crowd".

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Are you sure this does not describe you? I'm not tearing the Republican Party apart, just resisting liberal efforts to that end.

[Falcon28]

Are you suggesting that we should back him because, otherwise, he might decide to play a third party spoiler role to screw us?

Negative...I will never back McCain. I'm just trying to see all the possibilities that could happen. If he does play 3rd party spoiler, we better have a darn good candidate on the Republican ticket.

[Falcon28]

Are you suggesting that we should back him because, otherwise, he might decide to play a third party spoiler role to screw us?

Negative...I will never back McCain. I'm just trying to see all the possibilities that could happen. If he does play 3rd party spoiler, we better have a darn good candidate on the Republican ticket.

[sageb1]

If I ran for anything, I would state that I stand for such and such and such and such. If you believe what I believe, vote for me. God, I hate politicking. Just like my dad who said "Don't EVER call me a politician!" He served his county and town for over 30 years. Because he loved working for his town and county. Period.

[DoughtyOne]

I'll advise him today. Don't run. Don't even think of running. If you do, the Republican party will splinter as sure as rain falls from the sky.

[Just Lori]

Sounds like the Catechumens should be praying for you. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. Leave religion to the churches. This is about politics. McCain is not good for the Republican party.

[tiki]

If McWeasel won the nomination, I'd vote for him over a Dim but I sure wouldn't want to make that choice.

[loboinok]

"If we loose the next election I WILL blame it on the "our way or the highway" crowd."

And when we win?

[LK44-40]

I think it can be better to lose with principle than to win so compromised that you don't recognize your viewpoints in the candidate.

It was better to lose with Goldwater (who's losing ideas became the party's eventually winning ideological core) than to win with a RINO like Rockefeller....MUCH better.

(This is not to say that it is not possible to be so rigid you become politically ineffecitve. It is possible, and it is a danger.)

[Once-Ler]

Looks like McCain is planning to sidestep the Republican primaries altogether and start wooing the moderate voters who already support him. Perhaps he is hoping if he can kiss enough MSM butt the media will just report he won, no matter the result, or delay the result long enough to get a lawsuit going.

In 1996 Bob Dole was able to lock in endorsements and campaign money, quickly and easily because of a lifetime of freindships and the likelyhood that Dole would either be President or Senate Majority leader after the elections.

McCain has many fewer allies within the GOP. His main source of power is the junk media. That ain't gonna get him the GOP primary wins 'cause the GOP base don't watch junk media.

[jecIIny]

"If we loose the next election I WILL blame it on the "our way or the highway" crowd."

"And when we win?"

I will salute with pride President McCain :-)

(and yes I typed that just to annoy some of the McCainophobes on here)

[Jeff Chandler]

Seems to me the ones who want tear the Republican Party apart are the ones trying to turn it into a religion with dogma.

The Republicans win when they stand for something.

The RINOs are self-serving, double-crossing backstabbers who love to damage the Republican party in order to ingratiate themselves with the Marxist media.

[Jeff Chandler]

I will salute with pride President McCain :-)

Better to not hope for that. McCain is an enemy of free speech. A President McCain could move to return the Fairness Doctrine and regulate web sites like this one.

[LK44-40]

The Republicans win when they stand for something.

Absolutely!

I post mostly drivel on this board but my allusion to Goldwater/Rockfeller in 1964 is spot-on as a historical precedent. /self-promotion

[Republican Wildcat]

A "likely potential" candidate. LOL.

If she's just going to advise him on how to carry her home state, fine. If not, poof. Bad move if he wants to win the nomination.

[Republican Wildcat]

LOL - who wrote this?

[dk/coro]

Last time I checked, Collins was a woman...and a lousy Pub.

[Just Lori]

(and yes I typed that just to annoy some of the McCainophobes on here)

That's a liberal tactic.

[jecIIny]

"The RINOs are self-serving, double-crossing backstabbers who love to damage the Republican party in order to ingratiate themselves with the Marxist media."

I think your too wound up. Try to relax a little. Have some more cool aid.

[marsh_of_mists]

Good. Just the thing to get the conservative base even more firmly against McCain. I myself used to like McCain a lot, before I became conservative!

[blondee123]

Is there no one with any cajones left in our party?

[LK44-40]

I think [Jeff Chandler] too wound up. Try to relax a little. Have some more cool aid

I think Jeff is just fine.

I'm not liking you much, though.

[LK44-40]

Is there no one with any cajones left in our party?

Well, there is Condi...if it is cajones that you want! I'm not sure she is even a conservative, though, domestically. (She is a great gal, regardless.)

[ShuShu]

I'm in AZ and last time round McCain couldn't win the primary HERE. Last year we would have loved a primary challenger.

[Rudder]

A spokesman for Sen. Collins confirmed that McCain asked her if she would be one of his advisors if he decides to seek the White House. The spokesman, Kevin Kelley, said Collins told McCain that he would.

I don't know about this. Picking a transexual as an advisor won't go over very good with the mainstream.

[Jeff Chandler]

I think your too wound up. Try to relax a little. Have some more cool aid.,

I call 'em as I see 'em. I have been following McMedia's career for 24 years. I know him beyond the media adulation, beyond the "He's a maverick, I like him-he's a navy man, he knows what war is all about" nonsense I hear from people who don't pay close attention.

As for being wound up, I have seen him act in frankly unbalanced ways on more than one occasion. I do not believe he has the emotional satbility to be the Commander in Chief.

[jecIIny]

"I'm not liking you much, though."

There are four types of people in this world.

The ones that like you for the wrong reasons.
The ones that like you for the right reasons.
The ones that don't like you for the wrong reasons.
And the ones that don't like you for the right reasons.

Of those the only one you really need to worry about is the last group. Now I don't know about you, but I don't people who can't tolerate someone who does not agree with them politically into that category.

[roses of sharon]

Very few, we have battered wife syndrome and need therapy.

[Jeff Chandler]

I think Jeff is just fine.

I agree.