Tuesday, May 24, 2005
John McCain '08?
4 Comments:
By 
geoffrobinson, at
Tue May 24, 05:15:00 PM:
McCain will never be the Republican nominee. Independents will not win the office. He will never be President. If he doesn't understand this, he is fooling himself.
By Josh, at
Tue May 24, 06:29:00 PM:
It is a bit difficult to see McCain as anything other than an Independent, considering his non-partisan approach to almost every issue as of late. He would find it difficult, I think, to energize a conservative base if he keeps up his current tempo, and Independents and centrists are not numerous enough to support a presidential candidate yet.
By Charlottesvillain, at
Wed May 25, 08:53:00 AM:
Two words in response to this post:
Keating Five.
I continue to find it perverse that the press regards McCain as a hero. It is only because of his periodic habit of making other Republicans look bad. They would abandon him instantly if he ever won the nomination.
By Cardinalpark, at
Thu May 26, 04:04:00 PM:
McCain won't win, but he wants to run and he certainly wants to influence Bush. The S&L / Keating mess to which Charlottesvillain refers didn't keep him out of the 2000 race, nor is it why he lost.
If my McCain post appeared to be a reflection of support for him, it's not. Instead, I was merely suggesting other motives for the defection which McCain sponsored - that is, personal political ambition viz. Frist, especially.
