John McCain Working To Purge Tea Party
Click here for reuse options!As the longtime Republican senator lays the groundwork for a likely 2016 reelection bid, his political team is engaging in an aggressive and systematic campaign to reshape the state GOP apparatus by ridding it of conservative firebrands and replacing them with steadfast allies.
The ambitious effort — detailed to POLITICO by nearly a dozen McCain operatives, donors, and friends — has stretched from office buildings in Alexandria, Virginia, where strategists plotted and fundraisers collected cash for a super PAC, to Vietnamese-American communities across Arizona, where recruiters sought out supporters eager to help the incumbent defeat the tea party.
Team McCain’s goal? Unseat conservative activists who hold obscure, but influential, local party offices…
McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has long faced opposition from conservatives who view him as too moderate, particularly on immigration. During the height of the tea party movement in 2010, McCain stared down a spirited primary challenge from J.D. Hayworth, a conservative former congressman. Many in the state expect the senator to face another primary challenge in 2016.
Until this year, however, McCain aides had never seriously considered a concerted effort to remake the state GOP apparatus, which has traditionally been dominated by his conservative antagonists. That changed after the January censure, which rapped the senator for having an insufficiently conservative record that was “harmful” to Arizona.
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tiredoftea December 31st, 2014 at 16:02
He shows the most backbone only when it’s about his own reelection.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 17:26
better than having to light up your support base by firing up a kerosene soaked cross!
tiredoftea December 31st, 2014 at 17:02
He shows the most backbone only when it’s about his own reelection.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 18:26
better than having to light up your support base by firing up a kerosene soaked cross!
StoneyCurtisll December 31st, 2014 at 16:04
Wow..
McCain working to purge the GOP of the Teaparty..
Get rid of the Baggers, and you still have people like Lindsey Ghram and John McCain..
You know the GOP has gone off the deep end when Ghram and McCain seem like the reasonable ones.
StoneyCurtisll December 31st, 2014 at 17:04
Wow..
McCain working to purge the GOP of the Teaparty..
Get rid of the Baggers, and you still have people like Lindsey Ghram and John McCain..
You know the GOP has gone off the deep end when Ghram and McCain seem like the reasonable ones.
Foundryman December 31st, 2014 at 16:10
Good, I hope he starts with his biggest mistake, Palin. Shut her up and shut her down.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 17:24
TAKE BACK CINDY’s SHOPPING CARD NOW!
Foundryman December 31st, 2014 at 17:10
Good, I hope he starts with his biggest mistake, Palin. Shut her up and shut her down.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 18:24
TAKE BACK CINDY’s SHOPPING CARD NOW!
Boehner-Monkey December 31st, 2014 at 16:23
Come over to the Blue Side, John… we have powers you cannot imagine….
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 31st, 2014 at 16:36
And logic, and truth, and sanity and policies that actually benefit Americans.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 17:34
– without the US Treasury being transferred to individual offshore bank accounts!
Hirightnow December 31st, 2014 at 18:47
lol
Boehner Monkey December 31st, 2014 at 17:23
Come over to the Blue Side, John… we have powers you cannot imagine….
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 31st, 2014 at 17:36
And logic, and truth, and sanity and policies that actually benefit Americans.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 18:34
– without the US Treasury being transferred to individual offshore bank accounts!
Hirightnow December 31st, 2014 at 19:47
lol
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 31st, 2014 at 17:14
The whole idea of tea party is just another failed republican strategy to get votes.
Funny how after they themselves created this hillbilly mob, it’s now a Frankenstein’s monster to be destroyed.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 17:32
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 31st, 2014 at 18:14
The whole idea of tea party is just another failed republican strategy to get votes.
Funny how after they themselves created this hillbilly mob, it’s now a Frankenstein’s monster to be destroyed.
granpa.usthai December 31st, 2014 at 18:32
massive humongous gigantic tremendous big ass dottie diddy dots all over the page! (color in the 0O0) 0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O
Um Cara December 31st, 2014 at 18:29
McCain is an odd dude. He goes from sane to insane in the membrane more often than any other politician I am aware of. I like sane McCain pretty well, here’s hoping this sane spell lasts a while…
rg9rts December 31st, 2014 at 21:08
PTSD
Um Cara December 31st, 2014 at 19:29
McCain is an odd dude. He goes from sane to insane in the membrane more often than any other politician I am aware of. I like sane McCain pretty well, here’s hoping this sane spell lasts a while…
rg9rts December 31st, 2014 at 22:08
PTSD
Obewon December 31st, 2014 at 18:59
What’s the difference between Koch Bros anointed Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio & the other Koch Oil & coal funded GOP? Not much but GTFO Cruz, Paul & Rube.
Obewon December 31st, 2014 at 19:59
What’s the difference between Koch Bros anointed Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio & the other Koch Oil & coal funded GOP? Not much but GTFO Cruz, Paul & Rube.
ExPFCWintergreen December 31st, 2014 at 19:04
And he’ll undoubtedly have as much success with this as he’s had with all the other policy initiatives in his career, like the…um, uh, y’know, that one time he, ah, um, you remember, c’mon, help me out here, it was that thing with that guy at that place and McCain, uh…
Dwendt44 December 31st, 2014 at 23:35
He did manage to stay out of prison during that Savings and Loan debacle he was in the middle of. Just ignore his Mafia connections.
Ed Snowed Us January 1st, 2015 at 00:04
Dumbocrats should be doing this, strategists pointed out how the
crackpots ended up on the ballots in the first place – via Teabaggers
just showing up to nominate whoever David Koch told them to.
ExPFCWintergreen December 31st, 2014 at 20:04
And he’ll undoubtedly have as much success with this as he’s had with all the other policy initiatives in his career, like the…um, uh, y’know, that one time he, ah, um, you remember, c’mon, help me out here, it was that thing with that guy at that place and McCain, uh…
Dwendt44 January 1st, 2015 at 00:35
He did manage to stay out of prison during that Savings and Loan debacle he was in the middle of. Just ignore his Mafia connections.
Ed Snowed Us January 1st, 2015 at 01:04
Dumbocrats should be doing this, strategists pointed out how the
crackpots ended up on the ballots in the first place – via Teabaggers
just showing up to nominate whoever David Koch told them to.
rg9rts December 31st, 2014 at 21:07
Day late and a dollar short
rg9rts December 31st, 2014 at 22:07
Day late and a dollar short
AJ SAIZ December 31st, 2014 at 22:45
This Anal Orifice would have had Sarah Palin a breath away from the Presidency…he really thinks he’s got a chance to be President? Really? Find one of your houses and retire already….Sarah would have you believe she can put Mexicans on Boats and send them home….what a complete dumb ass.
AJ SAIZ December 31st, 2014 at 23:45
This Anal Orifice would have had Sarah Palin a breath away from the Presidency…he really thinks he’s got a chance to be President? Really? Find one of your houses and retire already….Sarah would have you believe she can put Mexicans on Boats and send them home….what a complete dumb ass.