McCain Clubs Hillary With Iraq
Politico:
Iraq and electability once again dominated the Sunday talk shows as the race for the White House kicked into high gear, less than six weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), fresh off his latest visit to Iraq, told This Week’s George Stephanopoulos that “significant progress” is being made in reducing sectarian violence thanks to President Bush’s decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. combat troops to the war zone.
McCain, who is trying to ride the improved security situation in Iraq to an improved standing in the polls, took shots at several Democratic candidates, including Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) and former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), for their suggestion that the United States should begin withdrawing its forces from Iraq soon.
“Is that the same Sen. Clinton that said she had to suspend disbelief in order to acknowledge to that the strategy of the surge was succeeding?” McCain said in reference to Clinton’s statement that the United States should stop trying to intervene in a “civil war” in Iraq. “Clearly, it’s succeeding. You would have to suspend disbelief to believe that it’s not.”
McCain later said Clinton’s support for a phased withdrawal from Iraq “would have been a catastrophe for the United States of America.”
“Look, now the same people who were saying seven or eight months were saying you can’t succeed militarily, we’ve succeeded military. Sen. Edwards used to call it the ‘McCain strategy.’ He doesn’t call it that anymore,” McCain claimed. “Their record is wrong on this. My record is right.”
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Thats pretty much the major reason why i’m voting for him. He leads hilldog in the national polls too.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:13 pmI’d say this is akin to him flying his A-4 up all their asses!
November 25th, 2007 at 9:59 pmThank you, Senator McCain!
McCain
Right on Iraq, Right to Life,(and pork, I think.) Wrong on Immigration, Campaign Finance, Cooperating with Democrats (gang of 14), Respect for Hillary.
He’s no stronger on Defence than Guiliani and Romney and he’s got these awful negatives. A vote for McCain is a vote for open borders.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:24 amMcCain doesn’t lead Hillary. No one does. She wins head to head in all the polls right now against every republican. McCain will never win the primary. I love the guy, but he appears a bit senial on film, it kills him. He has been steadily dropping since this thing started. It’s going to be Guiliani, Thompson had a chance but right now I don’t think anything will stop Guiliani. Guiliani-Hillary, and things are not looking good for a Guiliani win. Although I think Guiliani will chew Hillary up in head to head debates, and will make it a very close presidential election.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pmRomney would be the best President. He would really get shit done. I wish he had a chance. He has steadily been increasing his share of the vote since the get-go, but he won’t win, he isn’t well known enough and he is Mormon. Too bad.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:02 pmI am no fan of Sen. McCain’s politics. He seems to blow in the wind on domestic policies. But he is a MAN and knows his shit in this war on terrorism.
Any Republican in the race (other than that fraud Ron Paul) is better than any Democrat in the race… hands down.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:59 pmEkshully DMac, time (1/2 day) has deflated your thesis. Horrilla now trails 5 Republican candidates.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:49 pm