McCain, Murkowski Primary Results Send Mixed Messages

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I love how they call themselve tea partiers..they should be taken as serious as a tea party... anyone that believes we shouldn't pay taxes.. please move to a third world country... take your tea with you bc that is about all you will have to your name. Also let's not forget the billions of dollars our former president burned up without representation in a war that we should not even be fighting.
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Waleed of DC 10:01PM December 23, 2010

John McCain, despite any flaws he might have (and I can't think of many, when compared to other politicians), has stood up for Americans and this country more than any other serving politician in either the house or Senate. He is intelligent, well-studied, and a war-hero to boot, with more courage than most of you'll ever have even in your fantasies. Thank goodness he got back in again to continue loooking after American interests. I only wish he had won the White House this last election, instead of Obama, who was voted in by a bunch of brainless liberals trying and succeeding in darned-near wrecking this country, bandwagon-jumpers, and politically-uneducated-&-unawares. And as for all of you who constantly badmouth McCain, conviniently forgetting facts you should know, or not researching before you flap your mouths, of course you are entitled to your opinions...and I am too, and here is mine: if I hear about one more mealy-mouthed comment about John McCain, I am going to hunt you down and violate your rump's civil rights with the toe of my boot, because that is about the level of intellectual discussion you deserve!!!

Jim of MI 11:00PM August 26, 2010

Let's face it folks, McCain, Fiore et,al ----all bought into and paid to win in the PRIMARY.....that does not mean they have been elected or re-elected. I pray and hope that this time around all the voters will think and consider BEFORE voting. Just look where we are now due to the previous incompetent and corrupt administration. You get a dumbsh--- like Dan Quayle who states, President Obama is the worst president in history---the dumbest statement any fool can make when we all know we are in this financial morass due to the incompetence and chicanery of the former Republican adimistration. Do not allow them to continue with the same OLD strategy of distortion, distraction and deception. We all know what happened and why we are suffering the consequences of an inept administration. President Obama INHERITED the legacy of the Bush administration which left us with millions unemployed, millions of lost jobs, pensions, savings, 401ks, millions of families in foreclosure and homeless. And all the GOP (the Greedy Old Party) the party of NO can come up with is more lies, distortion, deceivement, and distractions. And, of course, extent permanently the tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy, greedy 3% of the population while voting against any assistance for the unemployed. Please, don't let the same old incumbents, the same old greedy, old men, who have brought us to the brink of disaster...the same ones who have been there for 20-30 years or more making the same disastrous, incompetent mistakes that have brought our nation to its knees. DEMAND term limits, demand caps on campaign spending, demand salary and pension limits for our federal, state and local politicians. Our rich politicians made sure to increase their salaries, insured their bonuses while voting against a lousy $200 for seniors. It is our CHOICE....make sure you vote well if you don't we will end up a Third World Country due to our stupidity and the incompetence, greed, and hunger for power and money of these vicious old men.

A. Geary of IA 2:36PM August 26, 2010

This needs to be pointed out here and now,that RINO US Senator Amnesty
John McCain Has Not Been Re-Elected To The US Senate Yet AND That all
that RINO Amnesty John McCain WON was the GOP (Closed) Primary over his
Republican Challenger JD Hayworth and even though McCain must have raided
his rich wife Cindy McCain purse for $20 Million Bucks to Try And Buy His Own
Re-Election,here now then. The General Election Will See RINO McCain OUT
of office when his young more attractive Democrat Opponent whips McCain
two face lying senile old dismal faiure Amnesty John McCain butt real good!
And,the Republicans will only have themselves to blame for voting in the Arizona Primary to nominate RINO McCain for another wasted term in Congress.
Furthermore, Independent Voters here in Arizona cannot vote in the Arizona
Primary unless they ask for either a Republican or Democrat Ballot and it is
the Independent Voters in Arizona that are the Majority not Democrats or
Republicans and we want RINO John McCain Gone In November 2010!
Yes,indeed Lou Dobbs was right as RINO Amnesty John McCain is the classic
example of "The Best Corrupt Republican In The US Senate That 20 Million Dollars Can Buy" and RINO McCain is the Best Republican that Democrat AWOL
Vacationer in Chief President Barack Hussein Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
and Democrat US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats have today.

Ralph of AZ 11:58AM August 26, 2010

Contrary to the muddled theme of this article, incumbents are an endangered species, and the only ones who have survived have either a) been forced to spend tons of money fending off challengers, or b) sound like reformers, thus adopting the positions of the insurgents, to win.
In Arizona, the once-dominant Republican, John McCain, had to spend 7 times more money than his challenger, and he had to shift his liberal course in the Senate and adopt a more conservative tone to survive. Is this a real change of heart, or was this done to win an election? Well, that jury is still out, but he couldn't go on being the same John McCain and survive. Importantly, too, he had the endorsement of Sarah Palin, and without it, would he have survived?
The most interesting election is in Alaska where US News admits that an unknown, but highly-qualified man, came out of nowhere and as of this writing is leading a powerful Republican incumbent senator. Again, Sarah Palin made this out-of-nowwhere insurgency possible. Even if Murkowski manages to defeat Miller, it proves that incumbents are endangered.
And as for Florida, anyone who thinks that Gov, Christ, the incumbent, will have an easy way to victory in 2010 just isn't paying attention.
The net-net of this US News article--it's off base. Insurgents (made up of angry voters) are justifiably shredding incompetent incumbents who haven't dealt with this country's problems.

SherlockHolmes of NH 9:23AM August 26, 2010

If McCain hadn't paid through the nose -- I mean, $20 million on a primary! -- he'd be headed for retirement just like the others. And as far as the Dem primary, I'm sure many people are thinking a Dem's a Dem, and who cares? All the excitement is in the GOP primaries.

Brendan of ID 9:09PM August 25, 2010