McCain to Face a Primary Opponent

[Tarheel]

Well, this is some very interesting news posted on The Politico.com today.  It looks like the Republican Party Presidential Candidate for 2008 will face an opponent in the Arizona Republican Party primary leading up to the 2010 election.  Not just any opponent but this guy (Chris Simcox) is the founder of the Minutemen!

That ought to make for a very exciting primary in Arizona!  It would look like Sen. McCain's proverbial immigration reform 'chickens have come home to roost.'

Excerpt from The Politico, all emphasis is my own:

Ben Smith's Blog
April 21, 2009

McCain facing 2010 primary

Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party's nominee, but never trusted him, and he now appears to be facing a serious primary from the right in Arizona next year.

Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the movement to clamp down on illegal immigration, will [be] announcing tomorrow at an event on the Mexican border that he's resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary.

From a forthcoming release:

"John McCain has failed miserably in his duty to secure this nation's borders and protect the people of Arizona from the escalating violence and lawlessness," Simcox said. "He has fought real efforts over the years at every turn, opting to hold our nation's border security hostage to his amnesty schemes. Coupled with his votes for reckless bailout spending and big government solutions to our nation's problems, John McCain is out of touch with everyday Arizonans. Enough is enough."

McCain was forced to abandon his own immigration reform legislation during last year's Republican Primary, a move that may have cost him substantial Hispanic support to which his record could have given him access.

So he's basically getting it from both sides on this one.

Simcox, with a national base and a high profile on the right, is well positioned to give McCain a serious local headache.
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Full article:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/McCain_facing_2010_primary.html

[AUTiger1]

As shitty of a campaign as he ran, some of the things that he has said and voted yes on, and his stance on global warming makes me hope he loses.  He is a moderate that has a lot of liberal tendencies, or at least to liberal for me.  May a true conservative take his seat and not some RHINO.   

[HuntsvilleTiger]

As shitty of a campaign as he ran, some of the things that he has said and voted yes on, and his stance on global warming makes me hope he loses.  He is a moderate that has a lot of liberal tendencies, or at least to liberal for me.  May a true conservative take his seat and not some RHINO.   

And can't he shut his daughter the hell up? She's a moron and the left loves it every time she gets on TV and proves it.