November 21, 2005

OH, TROUBLE, WHO WILL SAVE US?

McCain, Graham Warn GOP May Be in Trouble (AP, 11/21/2005)

McCain, looking at Graham, told the crowd of about 100 people that "some people have said this might be a very attractive vice presidential candidate."

The crowd clapped and whistled. Graham simply smiled.


But who would be Graham's running mate? McCain left us in the dark on that one.

Posted by pjaminet at November 21, 2005 6:10 PM
Comments

Real clear politics polls showed GOP approval at
27% Positive 67 Negative. The Dem Party Corresponding numbers are 25 & 70.

I'm shaking in my shoes.

It isn't as though the stupid party won't find a way to screw it up, but with a SOTU address, Alito nomination to impale themselves on, and the current 403-3 Strategery fo the Democrats, things are looking up.

Posted by: Bruno at November 21, 2005 6:24 PM

Ah, so that's what's in it for Lindsey. He delivers SC and gets the VP...

Posted by: b at November 21, 2005 6:41 PM

Unfortunately it doesn't occur to McCain and Graham that their middle of the road/anti-Bush approach is a significant reason why the GOP is in trouble (Dem Senators have raised twice the cash the GOP has while the GOP House and general GOP party are significantly outraising their Dem counterparts).

Posted by: AWW at November 21, 2005 8:26 PM

It's almost worth getting a McCain nomination into the general election just to see the stunned look on his face when the media accolytes suddenly disappear and the fawning coverage he's received since the mid-1990s suddenly turns into questions about his temprament and judgment, in comparison with the level-headed Democratic nominee (though the big media outlets will try for the first time in recorded memory to get ample conservative representation of the "McCain is unstable/untrustworthy" points of view, in order to show it's not they who are bringing this issue up, but those mean-spirited folks on the right).

Posted by: John at November 21, 2005 8:41 PM

Guys:

I think McCain is smarter than that - after watching him over the past 18 months or so (when I drop in on MSNBC), he seems to be positioning himself to run against the media if they turn on him. After all, other than ramming all the judges through the Senate, what is guaranteed to get the GOP fired up (for him) in 2008? Running against the media. And he could do it.

But, it is just a suspicion. If he continues to suck up to Chris Matthews, he will be sorely disappointed.

Posted by: jim hamlen at November 21, 2005 9:06 PM

CFR - he gave the media unprecedented power.

Posted by: Sandy P at November 21, 2005 9:39 PM

Can you say Keating 5?

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at November 21, 2005 10:11 PM

John nailed it. Bookmarking for 2008.

Posted by: Gideon at November 22, 2005 2:43 AM
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