More Than Half Of Republican Senators Unsure About McCain
June 12th, 2008, 11:42 AM EDT
26 senators are unsure about McCain. 14 won’t back him and a dozen others won’t answer whether they’ll back him.
Republican members who have not endorsed or publicly backed McCain include Sens. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Jeff Sessions (Ala.) and Reps. Jones, Peterson, John Doolittle (Calif.), Randy Forbes (Va.), Wayne Gilchrest (Md.), Virgil Goode (Va.), Tim Murphy (Pa.), Ron Paul (Texas), Ted Poe (Texas), Todd Tiahrt (Kan.), Dave Weldon (Fla.) and Frank Wolf (Va.).
Well, they don’t have a choice. Unless there are some Republican Party rules I’m unfamiliar with, McCain is their nominee and they have to stick with him. So whether they’re unsure or not, they have to vote for him.
Although their dissatisfaction with McCain makes me wonder if the RNC wishes they had a primary electoral process like the Dems… then they could use their superdelegates to overturn the will of the people.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
McCain was practically a Liberal in 2000! John Kerry allegedly asked him to be his VP choice, but this can be denied by both sides. McCain was unelectable as a Republican so he has changed all his positions to get his chance at history. No, Sen. McCain is history. The Republicans are trying desperately to trash Obama to make McCain look better. McCain is a good person and a patriot, but he’s taking credit for the surge and he couldn’t get that done without Democratic help. An American soldier is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. They are heroes doing a nasty job for us, but the truth will make them free.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Whom are the sentators going to vote for if they don’t vote for McCain? Would they rather vote for Obama? They can go ahead then if they want. Along with the other Republicans, including those radio hosts, who are not behind the Republican presidential candidate.
Remember it was Republican voters who decided who was going to be the Republican candidate, so the Republicans are stuck with John McCain. So I wish other Republicans would stop whining about who the candidate was. If you do not like the Republican candidate there are alternatives.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
We are stuck with DUMB and DUMBER !
One a liberal wack, the other a liberal anti white wack!
Please say a fond GOOD-BY to the ole USA !
BETTER WE SAY GOOD_BY TO THOSE IN OFFICE AND
VOTE THEM OUT !!!!!!!!!!!
They stay TOOOOOOOOOOO long thats why the USA is in the Mess we are in !!!!!!!!!!
June 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Cheryl, do you think the Democratic party gives a rat’s ass about who would be the more competent President? They want power, and that’s all they care about. Not that the Republican party is any different, really.
I am, again, NO fan of Hillary, but she is much more qualified, capable, and experienced than Mr. Change and Hope.
I thought I would be happy to see Hillary lose but I think for the country Obama is a potentially worse choice. Perhaps you could argue they have similar positions, but at the very least Obama is too untested to be President in my opinion.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
“Senators who haven’t endorsed McCain include Sen. RINO, Sen. Barely Republican, Sen. Super Independent, Sen. Dr. Should Be Libertarian, Sen. Mostly Liberal, and Sen. Hardly Conservative.”
Some of these are no surprise…Hagel and Paul right off the bat.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I agree the Democratics want power regardless of whom would of been the better candidate or at what cost. Most of the senators and congresmen/women have been there so long they do not know what it is like to have any other job or how the adverage lives.
Some of them need to retire or be voted out. You do not put the same group of people back in office when they have a low aprovial rating.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Good and they should be doubtful of McCain. I used to be doubtful about Obama but now I do not feel so sure or secure about McCain…..
June 13th, 2008 at 2:23 pm