Here in Arizona, we get the honor of being represented by two of the worst examples of rethuglican obstructionism in the senate, Jon "I hate government" Kyl and St. Sleazy "Keating Five who?" McCain, which is bad enough. But the 'even further right' rethugs are serious about electing an even worse senator:
Fourteen months ago, John McCain was his party's nominee for president. But, now, as the 2010 midterms loom, the senior Senator from Arizona may find himself locked in a primary battle to hold on to his seat -- and he could be vulnerable.
Last week, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) signaled on his radio show that he's getting closer and closer to a run at McCain's seat. "We may have moved past due diligence into something that is more than a legal term of art ... something called 'testing the waters.' So stay tuned on that," Hayworth said.
Hayworth is popular with the conservative base because he was a leading right-wing voice in Congress on immigration, until he lost his seat in 2006. (Since then, Hayworth has hosted a talk radio show in Arizona.) McCain has traditionally struggled with this voting bloc, largely because of his past moderate positions on illegal immigration.
As much as I dislike St. Sleazy, I cannot imagine a worse senator than J.D. Hayworth. J.D. is a blow-dried sportscaster with the intellectual capacity of an eggplant. He'll spout the right talking points on "god, guns, and gays", but his pet issue is 'immigration'; he really hates brown people. He's upset that there are "mexicans" in Arizona (J.D. don't know much history).
And he could win:
If McCain faces a primary challenge from Hayworth, McCain could be at a distinct disadvantage because of his state's election laws -- namely the closed primary, which allows only registered Republicans to choose the GOP's nominee.
Voting registration figures in Arizona through last spring show that Republicans, Democrats, and independents and minor parties all take about a third of registered voters. McCain has traditionally had a strong appeal with the state's independents -- but they can't vote in the GOP primary, leaving a heavily conservative, anti-illegal immigration base to choose the nominee.
So far, there is no credible democrat running. So if J.D. wins the primary, he could win in the general.
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Unfortunately, AZ leans right in electing our politicians, except back in the founding days of the state. Notwithstanding Carl Hayden (B- for a senator) and DeConcini (laughable), we've pretty much gone Republican, especially lately.
Which leads me to revise your statements to read: "if JD wins the primary, he will win the general election."
You heard it here first.
Thanks...I'll just go cry in my bunker now.
JD vs McCain, I think JD may win but McCain brought this upon himself, helping to usher in Palin's America, the takeover of the GOP by its reactionary and delusional wing. Problem is New Dems under MNC and IFI control wont keep this ship from sinking, choosing instead to structurally adjust the US into a new third world reality....The Palin reactionaries will feed and gain power. People are being crushed by this economy and there are no viable plans to stop this, nor will there be.
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