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Feb28
Sinking McCain

TownHall.com columnists Dick Morris and Eileen McGann say today that, "the John McCain candidacy, launched amid much hope, fanfare, and high expectations, may be dying before our eyes" and may soon "just dry up from lack of support, money, or interest." They write:

Throughout all of 2006, McCain sat atop the polls right next to Rudy Giuliani. In the Fox News survey of December, 2006, he was getting 27 percent of the Republican primary vote to Rudy's 31 percent. But, after Giuliani announced that he was running, the Arizona senator fell to 24 percent while Rudy soared into the stratosphere at 41 percent of the primary voters. But even when McCain was polling well, he wasn't raising the money he needs for this campaign.

In the last quarter of 2006, during a time when he was tied for front-runner status in the GOP and doing well in general election matchups against likely Democratic rivals like Hillary Clinton, he raised only $1.7 million according to his filing with the Federal Elections Commission.

Even worse, he had less than $500,000 on hand, pocket change in a presidential race and barely adequate for a run for Congress.

Part of McCain's problem was that he wasn't raising money. But the other part has been that he is spending money too rapidly — and not on reaching voters but on paying political consultants. One top Republican operative from the old Reagan campaign commented, "McCain has hired every consultant he can find. He has all the top names, but no money."

What is McCain's problem?

Why did he go from the most exciting candidate in the race a year ago to the verge of oblivion today?

Fundamentally, he failed to heed the Shakespeare's admonition "to thine own self be true." The John McCain of the 2000 campaign is nowhere in evidence in 2007. "

I know a lot of Republicans. I don't know one of them who is eager to fund and vote for John McCain for president.

I agree that McCain is sinking fast, but Morris and McGann are wrong about the reasons. Don Surber has it right: The reason McCain is sinking fast is McCain-Feingold.

The fundamental difference between McCain 2000 and McCain 2008 is that he put his name on a law that forbids people from speaking out against their congressman within 60 days of an election.

Wrong on abortion? That has not stopped Rudy or Mitt. Wrong on gay marriage? Rudy lived with a gay couple after his second wife kicked him out of the house. Gun control? It has not stopped Rudy or Mitt.

McCain-Feingold. That is a show-stopper. Ever step in fresh dog-doo? The smell sticks to the shoe all day. That is what McCain-Feingold is to the senator from Arizona. He is no longer John McCain. He is McCain-Feingold.

Read the First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

That not only is the law, but that is good political advice.

Americans do not like to be told to shut up.

McCain-Feingold told Americans to shut up.

Write it down: John McCain will not win the GOP presidential nomination. Not gonna happen. Giuliani is the front-runner, and McCain's demise will help Romney, though you should watch for an unquestioned conservative to rise from the lower poll numbers to challenge Romney for the conservative mantle.


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Bill,

It doesn't matter who wins the GOP nomination. Not one of them will do what is really need to save this country, like closing the borders, deporting illegals, and freeing us from government education without God.

We need to go back to our roots. You can't get there with GOP 'Politicians' because they only vote where their power base is, not what's best for the country.

Likewise, voting for an independent won't help either. They'll never get enough votes to win.

All that's left is to start fresh. That means revolution. The best way to achieve that is to give the liberals what they want. When it all falls down around their ears, the masses can move in and take this country back. That's why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton. She's the worst of the worst being offered.

We should all vote for the worst possible candidate and get this thing over with. Then we can put this country back on the right track.

Well, you can vote for a Democrat, but the problem there is that it may send a message to Republicans, but it will also hand power over to the Democrats for nearly a decade.

You're betting that it will fall down around their ears. Will it? Has it in western Europe? Won't a decade of liberalism just push us closer to a socialist state? Can we then recover? Will it be possible?

I think Romney is the best candidate for conservatives. Although he has wavered on issues, he did it to get elected, and unfortunately compromise goes with a campaign.

McCain's problem isn't McCain-Feingold. It maybe with Rush's fans or dweeby conservatives, but for evangelicals and Christians, they just don't trust him.

Rudy has no chance. He's too liberal, and evangelicals will not expect him to change his positions once he's in office. In fact, they'll fear he'll probably promote them. So basically Rudy=Hillary. Evangelicals will sit it out, if it comes to Rudy. Too Eastern Establishment, too unapologetically liberal on values, too Yankee, and too arrogant. Rememeber, Oprah called him "America's Mayor."

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As a longtime Republican and first an American, I cannot support the candidacy of John "Juan" McCain. Never under any circumstances!

The Kennedy-McCain "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Act whether hashed or re-hashed is nothing buy AMNESTY all over again. The son of 1986 Amnesty that was a dire mistake. The freedom and independence of this country will be dealt a final death blow if this irresponsible immigration "reform" bill is allowed to become law and signed into law by Bush.

Not to mention the increase of radicals; criminals and others of drug cartels that will seep their way into this country a greater numbers this increasing the power of radical Chicano groups by outvoting us.

Remember the likes of known racist organizations of the Chicano radical left like La Voz de Aztlan, MEChA, La Raza (The Race) and the extremist; race hating Mexica Movement of Los Angeles.

Why then to you want to add the their political numbers by allowing illegal immigration unchecked? Also the seeping into this country; certain drug cartel criminals and murderers like the Zetas who were former military operatives of Mexico now drug cartel agents of the very same Mexico.

See Glenn Beck of CNN concerning the clandestine Zetas of Mexico and the murderous aspects of the operations in Mexico.

John McCain's candidacy is sinking faster and should be equal to a political "RMS TITANIC" He is a mere frot man for the open border; no border crowd that seeks cheap labor at taxpayers expense.

As a longtime Republican; if John McCain should somehow end up with the presidential nomination of offered the vice-presidential spot on the GOP ticket in 2008; I will take a hike and vote for Tom Tancredo.

McCain will NEVER get my vote for the presidency.

He is a front man for the new world order crowd and corporate elites who desire a borderless world!

Put a fork in John McCain; he's done!

I am sorry about some missives concerning my previous posting. My reading glasses was not located at the time.

Still with extremist radical Chicano groups like La Voz de Aztlan, MEChA, La Raza (the race), MALDEF and Mexica Movement; this should be an indication that the immigration "reform" act sponsored and nurtured by the same John McCain should be rejected along with his candidacy for the presidency.

You do not add numbers as far as voting population to these radical groups or you donot increase their political power. These groups are a fifth column counter the traditions of the United States. They seek dismemberment; a Balkanization; splintering of this great country.

John McCain; NOT deservant of the presidency.

His candidacy is doomed to failure as I am confident that he will not achieve the GOP nomination for the presidency in 2008!

Again' stick a fork in John "Juan" McCain; he's done like a slab of cooked BBQ beef slab!

Anyone wishes to comment on my statements; please do so. I can't see why we wish to self destruct ourselves by increasing the danger of a fifth column on our own soil.

Please go to Yahoo Search and type in Mexica Movement if you wish to read about this hate sight which amounts to fascism and 21st Century Nazism.The site is nothing more then a hate/racist site that declares war on the United States. No doubt a hotbed of radicals and extremist located in East Los Angeles, California.

All nurtured and grown in Mexico. Terrorism can also be nearest our own soil, mainly our good "friend" to the south.

In my mind, the issue of the day is illegal immigrants and how to answer the problem. Fred Thompson is the only upper tier candidate I have seen who took a stand against the amnesty bill. He talked about what Americans want; secure the borders first. Now, whether or not he will do that as president remains to be seen. However, he could help us out by detailing how a president should go about the business of protecting Americans from invaders.

Fred Thompson would make an excellent "dark horse" candidate for the GOP in 2008. The thing he would have to remember is to offer specifics about getting control of our international border especially with third-world Mexico.

Mexico views the United States as some sort of dumping ground for the indigents, political radicals, extremists like Mexica Movement, MEChA and La Voz de Aztlan. These are highly racist groups on the political fringe of the far left.

Not to mention drug cartel goons, thugs and criminals that have gained a foothold well within our country. Fred Thompson would win in a landslidenif he offers cold, hard specifics how to regain our national purpose and our territorial rights.

I am not vert tolerant with the doings of Mexico or many of these leeches that have settled into this country from Mexico. Especially the Chicano radical types that need to have their wings clipped; literally.

MEChA, La Voz de Aztlan, Mexica Movement and La Raza; all clearly racist, hate tinged organizations of Chicano extremism.

In other words bring the political battle and all such battles into their backyards and what these bastards squirm.

Fred Thompson would make an excellent candidate for the presidency. He has a calling much akin to Eisenhower had in 1952.

Excellent darkhorse candidate that does not have the negatives of a John McCain. McCain additionally is too brash and too hot tempered to make a run for the presidency. McCain too thin-skinned also.

Fred Thompson again would have to re-image the GOP into a law and order party; (excuse the pun from his co-star television series) Law and order meaning securing our borders as a nation and forgetting this New World Order/North American Union nonsence.

Law and Order meaning tightening our borders and show no tolerence for those who trespass into our country with motives suspected.

In truth the past thirty years we have accumulated a certain fifth column made up of Chicano radicals, reconquista nutbag cases and other radicals imported as such as "cheap labor" within this country. Well at least under the guise of "cheapen labor". Our border laws and our national independence has been compromised away or has taken a beating because of the forces of cheap labor.

The greatest nation on earth should not depend on cheap labor to substain itself. We should not lower our finer moments to that of a third-world nation or third world nations status.

We need to return the GOP to the law and order party of the 1970s and 1980s. No tolerance for open borders, porous borders or a borderless state of mind.

We should give our border patrol all the tools they need to trackdown these indigents and other criminals; thus the greater protection of this country should come first.

In other words put some teeth in our border laws and return the GOP to the status of a law and order party and forgo the GOP as being some front of international corporations that thirst for misguided cheap labor.

You only have one country and once lost you will never get it back!

These are the things a Fred Thompson candidacy should stress and state will full grit teeth!

Fred Thompson would definately have my ear. He is what the GOP needs as a presidential candidate.

Hillary....too radical; too power hungry and this shows!Hillary interest about one person.....HILLARY!!!!A lap dummy of radical liberal HOLLYWEIRD and Barbra Streisand...[yech; do something about that schnauzer; Babs!]

Obama....Strictly a minor leaguer with no porven abilities.

Gore....Rehash from the past. How much more can the Demos gain with a thread bared tire. Worn out and of the past.

Edwards....Outside his hair; Edwards is a mouthpiece of the Washington D.C. lawyer lobby. Immigration "rights" lawyers would have a field day with this stoogie elected to the White House.

Kerry.....[yawn] Christmas in Cambodia or was that Christmas in Lower Savbobia? Just a retread like Al Gore.

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