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VANITY: A Conservative Nightmare in 2012: will McCain run again?
FR | 2010-03-14 | rabscuttle385

Posted on 03/13/2010 6:02:46 PM PST by rabscuttle385

The RINO McCain is in New Hampshire now campaigning for Kelly Ayotte, who is running for Senator from that state.

According to the Nashua Telegraph, he's also co-hosting a town hall with Ms. Ayotte.

The Boston Globe notes that the town hall meeting was

"reminiscent of those he held during his two presidential campaigns."

Fox News also reports that

McCain did over 100 townhall meetings leading up to the crucial "First in the Nation" New Hampshire Presidential Primary and won, once again becoming the GOP frontrunner.

So, my question for my fellow FReepers is, McCain's 2010 re-election race with J.D. aside, what happens if McCain wins in 2010 and then makes a power play to take the 2012 GOP nomination against Obama? What will you do? Whom will you support?

Even worse: what if McCain triangulates and runs alongside Romney?


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To: rabscuttle385
won't make this mistake again. No third party. McLame is dust. Go JD!


21 posted on 03/13/2010 6:11:12 PM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Red Steel

Has Hayworth really got a chance? I haven’t seen any polling data.


22 posted on 03/13/2010 6:12:09 PM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: rabscuttle385

Naa, not going to happen. Why borrow sorrow?


23 posted on 03/13/2010 6:12:54 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: Paperdoll

I can get rails and feathers, if someone else can supply the tar.


24 posted on 03/13/2010 6:17:02 PM PST by wolfpat (Moderate=Clueless)
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To: rabscuttle385

McCain has always done well in NH. Prolly just helping out with the Senate campaign.


25 posted on 03/13/2010 6:17:48 PM PST by byteback
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To: rabscuttle385

>With regards to me: piss on Romney, piss on McCain, and piss on their buddy Obama.

Honestly, I’d rather vote for Obama who, despite being a big ****head, is predictable and to whom the American people will stand up against, rather than McCain.

My reasoning is this: Obama is poised on being a lame-duck president, especially with the mid-term elections coming up. If we get a truly conservative {note: NOT “Republican”} Congress then we, as a people, can start getting spending down. BUT, considering that historically the Congress gains more members of the opposite party (one reason I dislike the two-party system) as the President’s... it wouldn’t do to let the “Democrats” make the otherwise-nonexistent gain by electing the Democrat-disguised-as-a-Republican we all know: John McCain.

Romney, likewise, seems to be a democrat-with-an-’R.’ There’s Romney-care, there’s flip-flops on abortion on who he’s talking to...

It is ESSENTIAL that we have Representatives that actually, you know, represent the people in their districts. THAT is far more important to our nation than ‘D’ or ‘R.’

And for all the “Sarah for Pres” people out there, I disagree... I think she would be much better in the position of Attorney General than in the office of the President because of how she handled the corruption & mismanagement in Alaska which we have federal laws against...


26 posted on 03/13/2010 6:19:02 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: rabscuttle385
what happens if McCain wins in 2010 and then makes a power play to take the 2012 GOP nomination against Obama? What will you do?

Move to another country.
27 posted on 03/13/2010 6:19:51 PM PST by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: rabscuttle385

McCain:”[Senator Obama] is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared about as President of the United States,” he said, before adding: “If I didn’t think I would be one heck of a better president I wouldn’t be running.”

The crowd groaned with disapproval.

http://www.thoughts.com/forums/showthread.php?p=159741


28 posted on 03/13/2010 6:20:29 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (i prefer my-partisan over bi-partisan)
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To: rabscuttle385

Let’s put it this way. McCain certainly wants to run again. But hopefully the party pros have more sense than to let him.

Although if it were up to Steele, he’d probably say, “Sure, Juan, go ahead!”


29 posted on 03/13/2010 6:20:36 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: rabscuttle385

As former President George W, Bush said: “Fool me once, shame on .....you....If you fooled me you can’t get fooled again!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A&NR=1


30 posted on 03/13/2010 6:20:38 PM PST by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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To: rabscuttle385
what happens if McCain wins in 2010 and then makes a power play to take the 2012 GOP nomination against Obama?

If he wins in 2010, then McCain continues to be a Senator. McCain has very little base to draw upon to make a second presidential run. Conservatives don't want him in the White House, and moderates already thumbed their nose at him. McCain would not make it past Iowa in the primaries.

31 posted on 03/13/2010 6:20:40 PM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: rabscuttle385

I would love to piss on McCain, only if he was dieing of thirst.


32 posted on 03/13/2010 6:21:07 PM PST by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

He’s got a chance. The polls had Hayworth even with McCain then McCain ran ads against him for a month before Hayworth was officially running in the race. McCain pulled ahead. The Primary is in late August which is over 5 months of campaigning to go. A long time in politics.


33 posted on 03/13/2010 6:22:03 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: trek
"It's always better to be pissed of than to be pissed on...unless you are Barney Frank." - Jess Duntno
34 posted on 03/13/2010 6:22:59 PM PST by jessduntno ("our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Sam Adams)
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To: rabscuttle385

There ya go.


35 posted on 03/13/2010 6:23:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Red Steel

*Note To Self!

Send more cash to JD on payday!


36 posted on 03/13/2010 6:28:23 PM PST by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: FlingWingFlyer

If you want to get into the game then worry about stopping Mitt Romney, not this silly idea of McCain.


37 posted on 03/13/2010 6:31:58 PM PST by ansel12 (Social liberal politicians in the GOP are easy for the left to turn, why is that?)
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To: rabscuttle385

‘.... will McCain run again?’

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!! my head just exploded !!!!!!!!

If the Republicans have ANY clue, they will surely not have McCain as their candidate.


38 posted on 03/13/2010 6:33:29 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: rabscuttle385

I doubt it. America will not accept him period.


39 posted on 03/13/2010 6:37:45 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rabscuttle385
what happens if McCain wins in 2010 and then makes a power play to take the 2012 GOP nomination against Obama?

I'd put his chances of winning at under 1%. Here is hoping he actually runs again, so we can crush him for good this time.

40 posted on 03/13/2010 6:40:09 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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