The conservative vigil over Sen. John McCain’s political intentions for 2016 appears to be at an end. The former GOP presidential nominee and political moderate has indicated he’ll seek a sixth Senate term, despite a stiff headwind from ideological conservatives in his home state of Arizona. McCain told MSNBC he’s “absolutely” making plans to run again, but acknowledged he’ll face stronger opposition — particularly in the party primary phase — than he’s yet seen in his long political career. “You have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. I definitely think that I would have to absolutely anticipate a Tea Party candidate or two or three… everybody tells me that I’m the number one target of the tea partiers,” McCain said. “We’ve already talked with finance people in the state, we’ve already talked to different groups and organizations ranging from the Arizona Chamber to the Southern Arizona Defense Alliance to build the coalitions we need to build.” A raft full of Tea Party challengers, rather than a single widely supported challenger from the right, may offer McCain his sole means of political salvation. He’s polled terribly in Arizona against other potential candidates, he’s lost the formal support of his partisan base at home, and political pundits are questioning his chances like never before. McCain will be 80 years old in 2016.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:07:43 +0000
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