Arkansas Blog

April 13, 2006
McCain Warns of Rough Going for GOP By MIKE GLOVER
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -"We Republicans are going to have a tough race in 2006 because the country is not happy with us," McCain said. "We have a 25 percent approval rating in Congress." During his Iowa appearances, McCain refused to change his stand on issues that rankle both the party's establishment and conservatives, including his opposition to ethanol subsidies and a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

It seems like the only electable Republican is McCain, and he probably can't win the nomination. Anybody they can agree to nominate is probably too conservative to be elected.

Anybody else beginning to notice that, while it used to be worn as a badge of honor, "conservative" is turning into a negative label to the majority of voters, a label candidates may soon be running from?

Wow! Matt Lewis has spun so much crap, I don't know where to begin. First of all Huck's campaign was and is no more than a tubal pregnancy. Not a chance of a live birth, no not one. But, even I have to be pretty happy that the Huckster is no Honest John McCain.

Ain't no rankling of the Republicans, they all know they have to have one guy out there that appears sane. They also know what a fake McCain is and how when the voting time comes he'll vote like any other right wing nut in Congress.

Zacarias Moussaoui needs a McCain, FEMA needs a McCain, Falwell needs a McCain, Enron needed a McCain,...every nut and group of nuts needs an Honest John McCain to fly out ahead of the pack and give the appearance of being reasonable, sane, and fair, while at the same time secretly being as evil as the rest of them. McCain is the pretty feathery part on a fishing lure, the part that attracts the fish while the hook is being set in his mouth.

Huckabee failed to catch on in Memphis for at least 2 reasons. 1., it was Frist's party, he organized it, he paid for it, he was the star, the head nut, and was crowned Miss America with the crown he paid for himself. Huck's role was to be just another admirer of Frist, nothing more.

Secondly, Huck failed to catch on because he looks, acts and thinks like a Baptist preacher. Politicians talk Jesus 24/7, but actually they try to avoid Baptist preachers even harder than the rest of us. They are as much Christians as McCain is a "straight talker."

(think Pat Robertson or Alan Keyes)

I'd rather not. Need I say more about the wisdom of Matt Lewis or the Republican Party? Anyone who ever for a minute took Robertson or Keyes seriously is in need of shock treatments at the earliest possible time. These folks are killing our kids, and we're next! THINK!

McCain, a moderate Republican, who can't get his party's nomination. Pretty sad. So the GOP will come with a right wing Bible thumper. The Dems will counter with liberal ole Hiliary. And those of us somewhere in the middle will, once again, be left without a candidate, holding our nose at the voting booth while trying to choose between two bad options. A solid third party is needed to bring these two parties toward the middle.

"Huckabee's presidential campaign is already dead in the water."

Sheese. Who thought it was anything else to begin with? The Huckster is merely looking for a job when he leaves office in Jan.

McCain is just another bush clone. Still living off demonstrated Viet Nam braverly apparently exhausted while still a POW. A brave straight shooter would have told bush in 2004 to "bite me".

Huckabee's "presidential campaign" died a bornin'. As a Republican governor of a poor state, he can't afford to entertain right wing fantasy policy and expect to have any credibility at home. Huckabee lives in the real world by necessity, if not always comfortably.

The next President will have to carry two of the big states to win, California, New York, and Texas, plus Ohio. I do not see that happening for Huckabee. Sorry Huck. I could see Hillary winning the big states and the nomination.