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« on: August 25, 2010, 03:57:13 AM »
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McCain Spent $20 Million to Win the Primary
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 22:21
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Amazing what $20 million worth of commercials will do for you, isn't it?

From the top story on Drudge: McCain Turns Vulnerable Label into Front-runner

Once labeled a vulnerable incumbent, the four-term Arizona Republican is the clear front-runner against challenger J.D. Hayworth after spending some $20 million and casting his GOP opponent as a late-night infomercial huckster in a series of devastating ads. The primary is Tuesday.

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Long unpopular with some home-state conservatives, McCain immediately recognized the threat posed by Hayworth, a talk-radio host and former six-term congressman from Scottsdale. And he set out to neutralize it. McCain also realized that the anti-establishment fervor could cost him his seat in the primary; it already had claimed two other senators — Republican Bob Bennett of Utah and Democrat Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.

McCain tossed aside his self-described "maverick" label and adopted a hard-line stand on immigration just a few years after working with Democrats on a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally. "Complete the danged fence," he says in a campaign ad, three years after dismissing the effectiveness of building a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2010, 06:12:01 AM »
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How many hours will it take for the "Sh*t Talk Express" to swerve back to the left?  Tomorrow is a whole new day for someone with no principles.  Just like liberals...
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2010, 08:22:59 PM »
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How seriously should we take this?

Do you support campaign finance reform?
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2010, 09:13:45 PM »
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He outspent J.D. Hayworth  20 million to .. 2 million.. [10-1]

We expect McStain to become a "moderate liberal" in the general election... He will champion   Global warming and the environment!.. trhen will tell us how he's going to create millions of jobs.. BLah,BLAH...

I am considering voting for his Democratic opponent.. It just makes me sick.l
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