McCain IS running for reelection

[BM]

You must be logged in to read this quote.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/30267-1.html


Well we know Janet Napolitano isn't Obama's AG. If she doesn't take any other cabinet position, she could give JMac a run for his money.

[Ronnie]

The race should be interesting if she runs.  I still think that McCain has the advantage, but who knows.

[Lief 🗽]

I hope Napolitano still runs. We shouldn't let McCain get away with a free Senate seat.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Hubris is a dangerous thing. That's all.

[TheresNoMoney]

Just because he says he's running doesn't mean he is. It would be stupid for him to announce his retirement already.

Whether he runs or not, Janet Napolitano has no excuse not to challenge him as she will be term-limited in 2010.

[YRABNNRM]

John Warner was also running for re-election in 2008 at one point.

[Sam Spade]

McCain is going to die in office, as I have said countless times before.

Considering the likely environment in 2010, unless McCain pulls a William Roth or has something else really damaging happen, I sincerely doubt he can be taken out.

[TheresNoMoney]

Considering the likely environment in 2010, unless McCain pulls a William Roth or has something else really damaging happen, I sincerely doubt he can be taken out.

Hell, he only got 54% of the vote in his home state against Obama. Not impossible for Napolitano to win.

[Sam Spade]

Considering the likely environment in 2010, unless McCain pulls a William Roth or has something else really damaging happen, I sincerely doubt he can be taken out.

Hell, he only got 54% of the vote in his home state against Obama. Not impossible for Napolitano to win.

I never said it was impossible.  Just unlikely.  As much as I expect things to be a couple of years.  Talk to me then and maybe I'll change my mind.

And 54% in Prez race (which means you can add a few points of margin for a Senate incumbent) is nothing to sneeze at in a year such as this one...

[Psychic Octopus]

McCain would win, but it would be very close

[Nixon in '80]

It would be close, relative to McCain's past victories, but not that close. McCain wins by 7 (+/- 5).

[Хahar 🤔]

Napolitano won't run against McCain if she knows what's good for her.

[BM]

Now that she's been named as part of the Obama administration, McCain will probably be in the Senate until the day he dies.

[Nixon in '80]

Now that she's been named as part of the Obama administration, McCain will probably be in the Senate until the day he dies.

I have a feeling McCain's going to live to be 96 or so... so that'd be 2032-ish?

Sweet.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

McCain could be the Byrd of the late 2020's, that is, if Byrd ever dies.

[BM]

I think the Democrats in the Senate have been playing Weekend At Bernie's with Byrd for a few years now.

[Brittain33]

Not to be macabre or anything, but it's a disconnect to talk about McCain living for decades to come given how differently this subject was discussed this year in the election and knowing his record.

When he gave up five years for his country in the Hanoi Hilton, he undoubtedly also gave up some of his long-term health.

[Sam Spade]

Not to be macabre or anything, but it's a disconnect to talk about McCain living for decades to come given how differently this subject was discussed this year in the election and knowing his record.

When he gave up five years for his country in the Hanoi Hilton, he undoubtedly also gave up some of his long-term health.

True, but of course looking at his mother - if he has some of those genes in his health palette, the sky's the limit.

[Brittain33]

True, but of course looking at his mother - if he has some of those genes in his health palette, the sky's the limit.

True--but my first thought after your comment was of Rose Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Not to be macabre or anything, but it's a disconnect to talk about McCain living for decades to come given how differently this subject was discussed this year in the election and knowing his record.

When he gave up five years for his country in the Hanoi Hilton, he undoubtedly also gave up some of his long-term health.

aside from his war injuries, he appears to be in pretty good health, and 73 isn't that old by Senate standards. He'll run in 2010, and probably in 2016 too. I can totally see him in a role similar to what Robert Byrd has now. Remember that fellow Arizonan Barry Goldwater stayed in the senate for more than 20 years after his failed presidential bid, finally retiring in 1986 at the age of 77, though he ultimately lived to 89.

[Brittain33]

aside from his war injuries, he appears to be in pretty good health

I recall a lot of discussion about the likelihood of his melanoma returning, and continuing to return.

Again, I have no wish for him to die at anything but a naturally old age and happily doing his job well, but this is how it was discussed this past year.

[Nixon in '80]

aside from his war injuries, he appears to be in pretty good health

I recall a lot of discussion about the likelihood of his melanoma returning, and continuing to return.

Again, I have no wish for him to die at anything but a naturally old age and happily doing his job well, but this is how it was discussed this past year.

But now the pressure's off. He'll live for another twenty years out of delicious irony.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

McCain could be the Byrd of the late 2020's, that is, if Byrd ever dies.

I have a got feeling Byrd might not be around by the next Prez election. Last time I saw him he had go down hill relatively fast from say where he was last year.


I still think McCain may change his mind especially if Napolitano becomes Sec of Homeland Security b/c there is less pressure for him to run jsut so the GOP can hold the seat. Thought I doubt McCain really cares about that very much. Beyond the Govenor who is a strong Democrat candidate that could take on some one like Shaddegg or Flake moreorless McCain.

If Napolitano becomes a Secretary who becomes Govenor of AZ? They don't have a Lt. Gov so I would assume either State Senate President or maybe state Secretary of state Jan Brewer(R). Anybody know?

[Daniel Adams]

McCain could be the Byrd of the late 2020's, that is, if Byrd ever dies.

I have a got feeling Byrd might not be around by the next Prez election. Last time I saw him he had go down hill relatively fast from say where he was last year.


I still think McCain may change his mind especially if Napolitano becomes Sec of Homeland Security b/c there is less pressure for him to run jsut so the GOP can hold the seat. Thought I doubt McCain really cares about that very much. Beyond the Govenor who is a strong Democrat candidate that could take on some one like Shaddegg or Flake moreorless McCain.

If Napolitano becomes a Secretary who becomes Govenor of AZ? They don't have a Lt. Gov so I would assume either State Senate President or maybe state Secretary of state Jan Brewer(R). Anybody know?

Secretary of State Brewer will replace Napolitano.