Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Is the Arizona sun setting on an old political relic?

By Rob Janicki
Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) earlier this year announced that he planned on running for re-election in 2016.  McCain will be 80 years old by the time the November 2016 election rolls around.  McCain indicated that he still has unfinished things to do in the Senate.   In other words, he hasn't completely screwed up the Republican Party and run it into the ground yet.  There's more unfinished business that he and Lindsey Graham can attend to.  Meanwhile, back at the ranch house in Arizona, the natives are well beyond restless with McCain's RINO act.

Five-term incumbent Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)  has good reason to fear a primary challenge. Newly released data from liberal-leaning Public Policy Polling shows half of Arizona’s Republican primary voters disapprove of McCain’s job performance, and more than half would prefer a more conservative Senate candidate in 2016.

After more than three decades in Washington, McCain earns merely 41 percent approval from Arizona Republicans and 36 percent from general Arizona voters, PPP finds. Just 37 percent reported a willingness to support the Senator in his 2016 re-election bid.

In the days leading up to his re-election declaration, McCain and wife Cindy each released letters asking for financial support.


Although no Arizona Republicans have announced their candidacy to challenge Senator McCain, the two most prominent prospects are very close to McCain in this very early polling effort.

According to poll results, “McCain leads Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) 40/39, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) 42/40 ....

I expect to ultimately see McCain lose the Republican senatorial primary in 2016 once Arizona Republicans coalesce around one of the two congressman mostly likely to challenge McCain.

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