The Demise of McCain’s Presidential Bid

Hawaii Reporter ^ | 2/27/07 | Rachel Alexander

[pissant]

You ain't so bad afterall, Jimrob.

[KevinDavis]

It could be for health reasons...

[Rudder]

The challenge to Rudy will not be from McCain.

Yep, the old fireball Duncan Hunter will drop Rudy like a bad habit.

[Norman Bates]

his support among Republicans has eroded too deeply; his second wind at a presidential campaign has already run out of steam before it’s even officially started

I seriously doubt it. This sounds more like famous last words.

[pissant]

You are hoping that Hunter does not make the top tier, that much I know.

[pissant]

It wouldn't break my heart to see McCain drop out.

[Norman Bates]

At best Rudy has even odds with McCain. Romney is a longshot. That said, I expect McCain will be the GOP nominee. Recent history strongly suggests just that.

[Norman Bates]

1976
Reagan vs. Ford, Ford overcomes

1980
Bush vs. Reagan, Reagan overcomes

1988
Dole vs. Bush, Bush overcomes

1996
Dole coronated

2000
McCain vs. Bush, Bush overcomes

2008
Giuliani vs. McCain, undecided

[pissant]

I suggest and hope neither.

[TheBattman]

And my reply to such a call:

"Of course I don't want Hillary to be president - but Psycho McCain is not an superior choice when there are far more qualified and quality candidates out there...).

[Tax Government]

Anybody associated with the McCain-Feingold act should be tarred and feathered, and spend the rest of life begging with a tin cup on a street corner.

[Rudder]

A reasonable but false presumption. I am chiding Hunter for being ill-prepared in the beginning---the 1-2 years pre-announcement planning and reach-out, marketing, PR, etc.---and continuing in the same manner. I volunteered for Hunter via e-mail and signed up via his web site. It's been roughly 2weeks and I haven't heard word one. Right now as I type, Rudy is raising tons of cash as is Romney. As it looks now Hunter just doesn't have the verve and vigor nor the management skills to run up on and overtake these big leaguer politicians.

Politics is about discussion and compromise. I'm not saying no to Hunter, I'm asking him to do some friggin' work, cause his cycle needs kick-startin'. And I'm not saying oh hell yes to Rudy either. Our job is to create an influence that will be heard and agreed to by the final GOP runner. We can and should promote our staunchest conservative candidate to the hilt, but we should careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water by abstaining in the general. Either way whoever gets in the office will have to have been shaped by the conservative agenda (e.g., Rudy goes right on abortion real quick; McCain commits Hari Kari; ) if we present a rational and coherent voice,etc., etc.

[healy61]

Health issues are a good point. I recall the cancer on his face is often agressive when above the neck. I notice the cameras do not show the extent of the damage.

[KevinDavis]

He has not been looking good lately.. I don't think he is going to run..

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

McCain’s criticism of Bush’s former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld angered a lot of Republicans who view Rumsfeld as a hero. “We are paying a heavy price for the mismanagement, that’s the kindest word I can give you. I think Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history,” McCain said on February 19, 2007. This is how a Republican presidential candidate characterizes a top cabinet official from the prior Republican administration, with a barb declaring his secretary of defense as worse than even the most liberal Democratic secretaries of defense Les Aspin, Robert McNamara, and Harold Brown?

Is that the judgement of a man we want in charge of the Defense Department?

[pissant]

No plans at this point to abstain from the general. You are right, Hunter 2 years ago was not planning on running, hell, I doubt he was planning on running 6 months ago. First I heard his name floated was October. He is not running for ego, he is a very humble man, unlike the big 3. He is running because he does not like what he sees. Is he naive to think he can scratch his way into competition agianst the monied guys, perhaps. Or maybe he felt the hunger out there for a conservative alternative and has stepped up to the plate. His plan now is to compete in Iowa, SC and NH. He does not have the cash, though he certainly has many volunteers, right now to do much beyond that. His only hope is this: That the groundswell of support he is seeing from conservatives here and elsewhere, will translate into a groundswell of support in the GOP primary voters. Many here, regardless of the money and prestige a McCain or Rudy has, won't lift a finger to support them in the primary season. All the ads in the world won't change that. I've already convinced dozens of people to support Hunter in the primaries, and others here and elsewhere are doing the same. This early political season is giving him the opportunity to make his mark. If our efforts don't show fruit in the next few months, than what have we lost? Nothing. The big three will still be there, presumably, and we can pick who to support that's least offensive.

[advertising guy]

to remind all.......Cindy MC Cain was on local am radio a few weeks ago and alluded to Mc Cains REOCCURING melanoma and blantanly said " We are not all aboard on this presidential thing"......................I will say again, Mc Cain will not run for the presidential nomination........

[pissant]

Hell no.