Tag: John McCain

John McCain is the Most Unpopular Senator

Buck Banks

30%

Of Arizonans approve of the job Sen. John McCain is doing, compared to 54% who disapprove, according to new Public Policy Polling survey. There isn’t much variability in his numbers by party — he’s at 35/55 with Republicans, 29/53 with Democrats, and 25/55 with independents, suggesting he could be vulnerable to challenges in both the primary and general elections the next time he’s up.

There Goes McCain, Complaining About Obama Again

Buck Banks

I thought when he had a couple of dinners with Republican senators, we really had a good environment there. Because he is a very very articulate and attractive guy in a setting with eight or nine senators and him. Because he was smarter than the rest of us. But I don’t see that now. I don’t see any of that.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with Time, on working with President Obama.

Oddly, People Are Asking John McCain to Run for President Again

Buck Banks

Particularly since the shutdown, I’ve had a spate of e-mails and letters and phone calls saying, ‘Run for president again.’ As you know, I’m seriously thinking about running for re-election to the Senate. But I think, in the words of the late Morris K. Udall, as far as my presidential ambitions are concerned, ‘The people have spoken — the bastards.’

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by the Arizona Republic, dismissing another presidential bid in 2016.