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McCain Starts Planning for 2008 Run
AOL NEWS ^ | NOVEMBER 10, 2006 | LIZ SIDOTI

Posted on 11/10/2006 10:19:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. John McCain, considered the front-runner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, intends to launch an exploratory committee next week, party officials said Friday.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting a public statement from the four-term Arizona senator.

McCain, the Republican maverick who unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination in 2000, already has opened a bank account for the committee, officials said.

"The senator has made no decision about running for president," said Eileen McMenamin, a McCain spokeswoman.

Aides to McCain say the senator will discuss a presidential bid with his family over the end-of-the-year Christmas holiday.

McCain, 70, is a former U.S. Navy pilot who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was elected to the Senate in 1986, and served in the House of Representatives for four years before that.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: captainqueeg; election2008; hillaryclinton; johnmccain; keating5; mccain; presidency; rino; stopmccain08; whitehouse
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I don't want him. What are your thoughts?
1 posted on 11/10/2006 10:19:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Me neither.


2 posted on 11/10/2006 10:20:47 PM PST by VoiceOfBruck (Feed me)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ditto


3 posted on 11/10/2006 10:21:15 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NO GO!


4 posted on 11/10/2006 10:22:20 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

AAAGGGGGHHHH!

Not another McCain for POTUS thread. XD


5 posted on 11/10/2006 10:23:20 PM PST by kuma (Mark Sanford '08 http://www.petitiononline.com/msan2008/petition.html)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain certainly contributed to the Republican loss with his gang of 14...he also prevented conservative judges from making it to the bench. He is also against tax cuts. Rino piece of...you know what if you ask me.


6 posted on 11/10/2006 10:23:27 PM PST by nyconse
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No way. No time. No how.


7 posted on 11/10/2006 10:23:48 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He's got my vote. I don't want Frist nor the others unless its Condi or General Powell.


8 posted on 11/10/2006 10:23:58 PM PST by ma bell ("Take me to Pristine. I want to see the "real terrorists", Former Marine)
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim, could you post an unbiased poll(you know normal question would you be for or against) about John McCain's intention to run for President?

Thanks

9 posted on 11/10/2006 10:24:30 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
He's trying to 'ride in on a white horse' right now.

Huge ego/opportunist!

10 posted on 11/10/2006 10:25:01 PM PST by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He could START by helping our POW and MIA families that he's snubbed and betrayed....


11 posted on 11/10/2006 10:25:42 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: kuma
Not another McCain for POTUS thread. XD

I sure second that statement.

12 posted on 11/10/2006 10:25:58 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( Go Sooners! Thanks Aggies for your 12th Man!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"considered the front-runner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination"


BY WHO???


13 posted on 11/10/2006 10:26:14 PM PST by bonfire
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He was born in the Panama Canal Zone. I think he should run for president of Panama.


14 posted on 11/10/2006 10:27:23 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can't trust him. Very little difference between him and a liberal.


15 posted on 11/10/2006 10:28:10 PM PST by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century Democratic Party when he wrote 1984)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn't 72 a bit old to start out as President? Hell, he'd be 80 by the end of his second term. And those years in a POW camp couldn't have extended his lifespan. How old was Reagan when he became President?


16 posted on 11/10/2006 10:28:20 PM PST by RussP
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I'd rather vote for Rudy. McCain won't get our support.


17 posted on 11/10/2006 10:28:31 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NO McPain. No, No, No, No, etc., and so forth and so on.

NO MORE RINO'S PERIOD.


18 posted on 11/10/2006 10:28:45 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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I sure hope there's a good third party candidate to vote for...
19 posted on 11/10/2006 10:29:18 PM PST by babygene
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To: Echo Talon

Ok, here is my unbiased poll on McCain:

Would you be for or against the turncoat anti first amendment John McCain or would you rather vote for a real conservative?

a) Not only against, but hell no on McCaine

b) I'll go with the conservative please


20 posted on 11/10/2006 10:30:05 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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