Hey, @realDonaldTrump - Can You Vet Lindsey Graham Next?

by Kim D.

I'll say it again . . . Donald Trump may be seriously running for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination . . . or not. More importantly, he is vetting the Republican candidate field, be it for the highest office of the nation or for Congress. The latest feud between Senator John McCain and Donald Trump garnered steam when the Senator whined that Trump stirred up the "crazies" at an Arizona rally. Bear in mind that "crazies" is a term the Senator claims is one of endearment. Actually, this is McCain spouting off and insulting those who don't agree with him. He's done this before, although then the term of endearment was "wacko birds." 

This led to Trump questioning whether McCain was really a war hero . . . or did he? Sharyl Attkisson fact checked this claim and her analysis doesn't put Trump in such a damning light.

Donald Trump appears to have gotten under the skin of not only Democrats, but also fellow Republicans and the news media. Has that subjected Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, to unfair and/or inaccurate reporting?

An article in the Washington Post today is headlined, “Trump slams McCain for being ‘captured’ in Vietnam.”

The article’s lead sentence states, “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, on Saturday by saying McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese [emphasis added].”

Is this report accurate?

In fact, Trump’s actual quote is the opposite of what is presented in the Post’s first sentence.

No matter which side you personally take on this issue, for the moment Trump is winning. As he continues to highlight issues like immigration and the horrendous veteran health care system, his numbers keep rising, weeding out some undesirables idiotic enough to take the bait. Hopefully next on his list will be Senator Lindsey Graham, who now thinks it's cool to call people who don't agree with him "jackasses" (see minute 1:37 of the clip below).

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.

Senator John McCain satisfies his gigantic ego. He will run again in 2016.

By Rob Janicki
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on Tuesday publicly announced he will run again in 2016 for re-election and a sixth term in the U.S. Senate representing Arizona.  McCain will be 80 years old by the election in November 2016.  He claims to be in great shape and feels he has more work to do in the Senate.  Feeling great today does not mean McCain will even be able to competently entertain a competitive campaign, should another Republican choose to oppose his candidacy.   

Still further, it becomes problematical if McCain will even be able to fulfill his duties and his entire term of office, if re-elected.  When a person gets to be McCain's age (he is currently 78), changes in health can happen swiftly and rapidly become very debilitating .  This is where McCain's possible age  attenuated physical and mental abilities come into play.  Will McCain embarrass himself and Arizona with another term in the Senate as his various capacities diminish?  Only time will tell, but it's certain he won't add anything to conservative causes in Congress.  McCain has previously railed against the Tea Party and wasn't exactly statesmanlike in his disparaging remarks in doing so.  Apparently McCain never subscribed to Ronald Reagan's 11 Commandment, which simply states that no Republican will speak ill of another Republican.  Who can forget how McCain attacked first term Senator, Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Tea Party favorite, by calling Cruz a wacko bird, when Cruz, to make a point on the Senate floor, filibustered the Senate for over 21 hours back in 2013?

The Arizona Republican Party censured McCain in 2014 ostensibly for not being conservative enough for Arizona, no doubt for his rebukes of conservatives in Congress, while siding with Democrats on many issues.  Many conservatives inside and outside of Arizona have called McCain a RINO for his many instances of sidling up to Democrats for no apparent advantage to conservative causes.  Although McCain is from Arizona, he certainly is no Goldwater conservative or anything close.  McCain indisputably has an ego the size of the Grand Canyon and his latest announcement addresses that gigantic ego

There has been no rush to challenge McCain in the Republican Senatorial primary in 2016.  However, an Arizona state senator, Kelli Ward, has let it be known that she is considering a possible run against McCain.  The problem for Ward is raising funds to be competitive in what would be a grueling campaign against McCain, who is reported to already have a campaign war chest of $3 million dollars and most likely has deep pocket supporters willing to fill his coffers for re-election.  Ward has previously indicated that it would take $10 million dollars to become competitive in a campaign against McCain.  It's uncertain at this point in time where a state senator could come up with that kind of financing to confront McCain, a legend in his own mind.

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