Mood:
brightGreat little article by some guy recently sentenced to jail in the US
For the future of the Republican party and their next leader
and the next US Presidency all eyes should be on Arizona.
http://www.nysun.com/article/69524
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Does he have a get out of jail card free or something?
I mean what the heck, the Federal Reserve bent the banking rules for Bank of America and CitiGroup last year, surely he can get some leniency for his "first offence".
I wonder publicy if he is protecting somebody. Harrumph!
Meanwhile, over at Nixon's, a politics-themed bar...
in where else but anywhere but Arizona
sez Glenn, enjoying a midday beer: "McCain would be a good president because of his military background. But he said he became suspicious of McCain's "straight talk" in 2000, when McCain went from attacking Bush in the presidential primary to defending him in the general election.
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"The party swayed him," said Glenn, 36, who at this point favors Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. "He was fighting Bush for the nomination, then he was suddenly for Bush. It was like, 'Do you really feel that way, John?' "- - -
Nixon's owner, Phil Miglino, says he has watched the state Republican Party's conservative sharks circling McCain. The senator lost an internal battle last year for control of the local party committee in the district that includes the Esplanade and McCain's nearby condo. Miglino, 36, who describes himself as a liberal Republican, is puzzled by the intrasquad fighting.
"When Barry Goldwater was running for president, I bet the whole party was behind him," Miglino said as he stood behind his bar, which was decorated with vintage Goldwater, Nixon and Reagan political posters. "The chance of having a president from your own state — how do you not see the value in that?"
But, he said, the erosion extends far beyond conservatives: "The political people I talk to would really like to see John McCain as president of the United States, but the political game of getting there — maybe it's just not there."
Even in Arizona, McCain Support Ends
July 22, 2007
