John McCain Watch: The McCain Blogger Conference Call
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, greet supporters prior to boarding the campaign charter airplane, Friday, April 25, 2008, in Baton Rouge, La.
Captain Ed and Jim Geraghty have the poop on the call. There was not much new or earth-shattering in the ensuing discussion – Q and A.
Of interesting note: Flap (A Giuliani supporter/blogger), Sean Hackbarth (A Fred Thompson supporter/blogger) and Hugh Hewitt (A Romney supporter/blogger) were in attendance. Can’t say that Team McCain is NOT reaching out to the entire spectrum of the GOP.
Senator McCain is now off to Arkansas to campaign with Mike Huckabee.
6 Comments
Dennis
I don’t think McCain has anything earth shattering to say. Any creative ideas he does discuss are the same ideas I heard from Rudy when he was in the race.
Man, do I wish Rudy was the nominee.
Flap
Dennis,
You are correct. McCain is not a policy wonk for sure.
Rudy, Romney and Huckabee all have more going on in their little gray cells than McCain.
But, what can I say?
Would we rather have a snob radical left socialist or a lying POS with a philandering husband?
Sean Hackbarth
McCain’s alternative tax plan takes from Thompson. I think it’s a good thing to take good ideas from others.
As for McCain reaching out to his critics that is good, but he’s not saying a ton to ease their concerns. The latest being the NC GOP ad.
Flap
McCain is playing to the independents and could care less what the die hard GOP’ers think. McCain has never been a Republican Party man – in fact he once flirted with leaving it after he lost to Bush in 2000.
This is why so many in the Arizona GOP hate him.
But, he will win because the alternatives are so extreme.
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Mike New
I’m a huge Romney fan. I think he’s got a good chance to be the nominee 4 years from now. But, since he’s not the nominee this year, I’ve fully gotten behind McCain and all republicans should do the same. It is scary to think of what might happen to this country with Obama or Clinton in the white house.