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Sen. McCain faces toughest re-election challenge
AP/YahooNews ^ | 2/12/10 | JONATHAN J. COOPER

Posted on 02/12/2010 2:18:57 PM PST by Kartographer

Defeated just two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challenged, John McCain finds himself in a struggle to get even his party's nomination for another term in the Senate.

Conservatives, independents and Tea Party activists are lining up behind Republican challenger and former talk radio host J.D. Hayworth, reflecting a rising tide of voter frustration with incumbent politicians. Only 40 percent of Arizonans have a favorable view of McCain's job performance.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: az2010; goodbyejohn; hayworth; mccain
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To: colorado tanker
outside endorsements are not going to affect this race

Agreed. There have been quite a number of threads on the topic of Palin making an appearance to support McCain. I don't think anyone in the forum is focusing on what it might mean for McCain. Everyone is focusing on what it means for Sarah. In particular, those who don't like Sarah are trying to use it to make trouble for her.

What I would expect, if she does make an appearance, is that she will give him general words of praise as a patriot and a man who has served his country, and say that it was an honor to have been chosen as his running mate in 2008.

I doubt that it will persuade a single conservative to vote for McCain.

41 posted on 02/12/2010 3:13:47 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: molybdenum

What an egotistical menace. I hope he goes...and takes his nanny statist twin Mike Bloomberg with him.


42 posted on 02/12/2010 3:14:56 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (No tag line - I travel light.)
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To: Man50D

Sorry to post that to you twice. I left the computer for a bit, hit reload to see if my post had made it online, and didn’t see it.

I reposted and then realized my cable modem had disconnected and reconnected during it’s sleep cycle. Boing, soon as I posted the second time both posts showed up.


43 posted on 02/12/2010 3:15:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne (God, Family, Friends, Home, Town, State, the U.S., Conservatism, Free Republic & a dollar a day...)
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To: Cicero
As you point out, people are overlooking the McCain perspective here. What on earth is a four term Senator from Arizona doing asking for outside endorsements? And from whom, a one term Governor of Alaska and a freshman Senator from Massachusetts? What does that say about McCain?

He's scared and desperate is what that says to me. Never mind if they could help him, which I don't think they can.

44 posted on 02/12/2010 3:17:49 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Thanks Arthur. No love lost here, as I’m sure you have divined. LOL

I just pray that Hayworth is up for this. If so he should bury McNasty in a few days and never look back.

check this out: http://www.hotr.us/mccain/mccainagain.html


45 posted on 02/12/2010 3:22:50 PM PST by DoughtyOne (God, Family, Friends, Home, Town, State, the U.S., Conservatism, Free Republic & a dollar a day...)
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To: colorado tanker

Hayworth’s first national endorsement was a fellow congressman from CA.


46 posted on 02/12/2010 3:24:24 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Lauren BaRecall
Another of his good friends? Along with John f'n Kerry & Nancy Pelosi.

Strange when you think about it, McC & Kerry are 'good friends'--hero in 'Nam and prisoner in Hanoi while Kerry accepted 3 Purple Hearts for scratches then came home and turned rat.

47 posted on 02/12/2010 3:27:59 PM PST by molybdenum ((Yes I posted this masterpeace))
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To: sabe@q.com
An endorsement from next door probably carries more weight.

The vast majority of conservatives know Sarah is being classy and courteous to McCain, but are not going to be swayed by her endorsement.

48 posted on 02/12/2010 3:28:22 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: sabe@q.com
Hey, maybe McCain should switch parties. Seems to be working well for Specter, eh?
49 posted on 02/12/2010 3:28:46 PM PST by garyb
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To: colorado tanker

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/02/08/daily38.html?ana=from_rss

read it and weep


50 posted on 02/12/2010 3:32:19 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: colorado tanker

http://www.jdforsenate.com/learn-more-about-jd


51 posted on 02/12/2010 3:32:48 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Kartographer

LOL!


52 posted on 02/12/2010 3:32:54 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; All

“Only 40 percent of Arizonans have a favorable view of McCain’s job performance.”

If you deleted all the left wing East Coast Scum who retired out here, it would be less than 20%.


53 posted on 02/12/2010 3:34:33 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: penowa

Was this what she meant by the young revolution? Helping the other side win? What a ditz, keep it up valley girl, oh I mean. like republican progressive like....he he he he he he


54 posted on 02/12/2010 3:40:50 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Cockblock the sock puppet in 2010)
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To: DoughtyOne; NFHale

I hate to burst the bubble on Mehgan McCain, but 80 % of my friends here in Arizona never heard of her. ;-)


55 posted on 02/12/2010 3:42:51 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: sabe@q.com

Not to worry, bub....Kyl is next!


56 posted on 02/12/2010 3:43:59 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: colorado tanker

Its not just McCain and Hayworth. There are others like Chris Simcox who is the leader of the Minutemen. If you all were serious you’d tell the others to back out.


57 posted on 02/12/2010 3:44:03 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Kartographer
former talk radio host J.D. Hayworth

Former U.S. Congressman.

58 posted on 02/12/2010 3:44:30 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
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To: sabe@q.com
If McCain's approval is at 40% he's in the danger zone. This is not a good year to be an incumbent. That mostly goes for Democrats, but Republicans aren't much more popular. If McCain had kept on good terms with conservatives and the folks who would become Tea Partiers he wouldn't be in trouble, but the latter part of his career has been spent sticking his finger in their eye.

He might win, but I wouldn't put my own money on it right now.

59 posted on 02/12/2010 3:45:09 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Yeah right... What’s wrong with Kyl? He’s the third ranking official in the US Senate and at one time was thinking of running for the presidency in 2012 with McCain’s backing and in charge of his campaign for the Pres in AZ.


60 posted on 02/12/2010 3:45:36 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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