Is McCain Toast?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1977477.ece

McCain could pull out of race by autumn

THE former presidential front-runner, John McCain, may drop out of the 2008 race by September if his fundraising dries up and his poll ratings continue to drop, according to Republican insiders.

The speculation, vigorously denied by McCain’s camp, is sweeping Republican circles after a disastrous few weeks in which the principled Arizona senator has clashed with the party’s conservative base on immigration and also alienated independent voters by backing President George W Bush’s troop surge in Iraq.

Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican party, said: “He’s a battler, so I’d expect him to carry on, but everyone is waiting to see what his new fundraising totals are. That’s pretty critical. If he doesn’t have the money, he won’t be able to run.”

The second fundraising quarter for candidates closes at the end of June and McCain’s results should be known by mid-July.

he's done.

He was always going nowhere in a hurry. Fugg him.

n/t

But of course "he's a battler"

:puke:

John Boy wanted to have his cake and eat it too...but the voters are pissed at the ass kissers.

:)

Now that I mention it, does anyone actually put a fork in toast?
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And that's saying a lot!

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He still has a way to go to learn the art of a lounge singer, though, like not blowing your nose over the people in the front row. Bad for tips...

He sold his soul to the devil and now he's paying the price.

soggy, limp - and disintegrating

definitely Cheney/Rove's pick as their neocon succesor. They'll have to enlist Romney or Giuliani now. Both will certainly embrace Cheney/Rove.

Yum, think I''ll have toast for dinner.

the Far Right bleachers.

But the voice is hoarse and choked and doesn't carry.

His peak came in the New Hampshire primary trouncing of the Bush campaign and his refreshing verbal punches to Falwell and other televangelists. Then the Rove factor kicked in in South Carolina, and it's been all downhill since.

His poll numbers are lame, there's no cash in the bank, and a huge number of U.S. voters aren't in the market for a pro-war president.