Senator McCain has been handed the anvil, an often used tactic for the next generation, wave or wing of the party who discover that they can't persuade, stop or otherwise prevent a colleague from running for or capturing a nomination/coronation where he can't win the General election. This is often used with powerful career politicians who for various reasons win at home while developing insurmountable political baggage.
Senator Bob Dole comes to mind. Jack Kemp is lurking around the McCain camp as some economic guru. He very well may draw the short straw and be asked to take another one for the team and be McCain's VP.
Many Republicans felt that Bill Clinton was a lock for reelection in 1996. It was his turn and Bob Dole was nominated, drug to the November general election and defeated. Senator Dole was heavily criticized by the conservative political pundits of the day as is Senator McCain today. The self proclaimed Maverick of the Senate will be given his proper condolences by his fellow Senators as he heads back to Arizona to think "what if" forever.
Senator McCain may have well secured his place in future political trivia quizzes and written his own political epitaph as Obama becomes the first African-American President or Hillary becomes the first woman.
12 February 2008 US Senate floor
I can only imagine
1 comment:
I would much rather go down on the Dole or McCain ship than step foot on the Obama/Clinton socialist ship. My first election voting was the '96 Dole race, and it is a vote I will never regret, he is a good man. Senator McCain brings the GOP some credibility at a time when it needs all the help it can get. They have no credibility on spending, Tom Delay said just a couple years ago that the GOP had rung out all the waste they could, after a huge expansion of government, ha, now he wants to cut spending, what a fraud and joke, please, McCain can win, and if not I am glad I have supported him since the 200 primary, and that is something I will never regret.
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