McCain Camp "Frustrated" With Obama's Trip: Reports

Is John McCain frustrated, or maybe a little of jealous, of Obama's headline grabbing trip? Looks like all signs point to yes as Iraq's Prime Minister gives new confidence to Obama's withdrawal plan, Bloomberg News says "Middle Eastern and European leaders are lining up to hear what Barack Obama has to say," and General Petraeus gave photographers fresh photo-ops with the Democratic leader.

ABC Anchor George Stephanopoulos told Good Morning America Tuesday, "They are frustrated in the McCain camp." McCain and former President Bush tried to laugh-off being jealous during a news conference yesterday at the Bush compound in Maine.

Sen. John McCain and former President George H.W. Bush laughed off questions about the size and scale of Sen. Barack Obama's anticipated events in Europe, after the Democratic contender concludes a tour of the Middle East including Iraq and Afghanistan, but the truth wasn't far from the surface.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., laughed off concerns that he is "jealous" of the attention Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is getting on his world tour but the McCain camp is considering a "surprise" that may steal the spotlight from his rival.

"We're jealous is all," the former president told reporters on Monday outside the Bush family home in Maine.

CNN's Dana Bash details John McCain's plan to take take some of the spotlight off Obama while the nation's press corps follow him around half way across the world.

McCain is expected to slam Obama's position on Iraq ahead of a town hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday...

... Shrugging off the attention surrounding Obama's trip, the McCain campaign is doing what it can to keep their rival from using the trip to burnish his foreign policy credentials.

There are numerous reports that McCain might try to steal Obama's fire by announcing his VP pick this week.

McCain campaign sources confirm to CNN that there have been discussions high in the campaign about naming a running mate this week. They also say that, whether or not the announcement is made, the choices have been "narrowed" to the point where McCain could make a decision that soon.

HuffPost's Nico Pitney has more.

Comments

[Viper]

Rudi: A noun, a verb and 911

McCain: A noun, a verb, a wrong country and surge.

Thanks Joe Bidden.

Regards

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

JMcC's plan to leave Iraq is to never leave Iraq.

Go figure.

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

McBush's plan in Iraq is to use the forces their as a staging point to attack Iran. McBush's cult of the warrior mentality will not be sated until he wins his own war.

[Rumplestiltskin]

Did Dr. Phi tell you that?

[sharonh]

He means never as in his lifetime--could be sooner than O's plan.

[DarthDerisive]

WHOA!! Oh my god I am so weak right now!! That was hilarious!!! OH MY GOD!!! HAHAHAAHAH

[HumeSkeptic]

He will leave when violence is neither present nor absent.

[dentuso]

Which will be defined by our winning or losing... something.

[tgood]

The insanity grows. LOL. CNN just had breaking news: Obama's planed landed in Israel.

Let's see--junior senator with no power --yet--is being trumpeted like a visiting president before he's elected. This is too funny. As soon as he's elected, give them a couple of months and those adoring mobs overseas will be throwing rocks. As usual. Some things never change. They just view Obama as a wimp. That's why they're cheering.

[CuriousPerson]

You sound bitter.

[theMightyT]

keep telling yourself that. All the way through 2016.

[roshni]

Hey, at least you know he's getting elected!

[Progress08]

See how it works. Not only do the troops cheer Obama, but the price of oil goes down when he visits the middle-east. The man pisses excellence and all the republicans can do "Whine"

[VolvoBirkenstock]

Goatlife.

A travel guide for your trip to Denver:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=lane+bryant+denver

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dunkin+donuts+denver

[NoahVail]

Be fair now.

You just don't appreciate his candidate because you have never had a hot flash.

[ErnestineBass]

Well, sonny, I've had plenty of 'em, and I still can't stand Hilly!

[Grunty1]

Are you saying John Mc'Cain has hot flashes?
Gotalife is no H'illary supporter.­..

[Clenbuterol]

A unifier of the country or a l i b e r a l divider?

Time will tell.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

What is there to divide? The nation is as polarized as it is going to get.

[Clenbuterol]

And he should keep it that way?

[AdLib]

A moronic Repugg Tr0ll or a...m o r o n i c Repugg Tr0ll.

Time will tell.

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

These are good questions you raise. They make people think. 0bama has a progressive vision for this country but he is a careful and pragmatic thinker who is not locked into a belief that one ideology has all the answers to our problems. I always point to his health care plan as the best example. He has a progressive vision of universal health care but he knows in our political climate he could never get enough Republicans on board to pass another mandated social program. I am one of the millions without health care and you would think because of that I would have supported Clint0n but she never learned her lesson. I chose 0bama because he has the only health care plan that has a chance to pass.

[Clenbuterol]

Thank you for your post. Most people just call me a troll.

[DarthDerisive]

A ridiculous way to get a point across or an asinine way to get a point across?

Time already said it.

[CocteausTwin]

You simplistic copy and pasting is quite boring.

[peterg76]

I imagine the McCain camp is "frustrated" with reality in general.

[hypnotoad72]

Will Phil Gramm tell him to stop whining?

[VolvoBirkenstock]

...and Goatlife thinks Hiilary will still wrest the nomination away from O.

What did Hiil ever do overseas?

Dodge gunfire?

[AdLib]

Goatlife would be happy to have us slamming Hlllary here, I suggest that we put the Hlllary stuff behind us and goatlife loses all purpose to exist.

[VolvoBirkenstock]

She still has her blue GAP dress.

[olivia]

What makes me sick about people like gotalife is that they will spend the next 4 years trying to prevent the new administration from fixing the country Bush destroyed.

Their selfishness knows no bounds.

[williamg]

If McCain is considering looking for a younger running mate, he should consider Bob Dole.

[heal57]

They could resurrect Strom Thurmon

[Grunty1]

Mc'Cane / D'ole: A century of experience!

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

The republican definition of Victory in Iraq is that we will leave when the Surge works except we can never leave because then the Surge won't work. The republicans do not have a plan to leave Iraq, they have a plan to stay forever in Iraq.

[zitlight73]

Oh my God, somebody is actually talking and looking presidential but he's not even a rich white guy, release the hounds. To add insult to injury he even speaks in complete, articulate sentences and rumor has it he can walk and chew gum at the same time. Is America ready for all this,this.­...this leadership?

[robodweeb]

Poor Rush has to spend his time counting the "uhs" and "ums".

But he's well paid, I hear.

[DarthDerisive]

Well, Ill be watching the "uhs" and "ums" too. It gives me the impression that he might just be THINKING about what he's saying. That might help prevent "nucular" fallout in the future! *rimshot*

[Rotwang]

Actually, he spends most of his time editing all those "uhs" and "ums" together, then pretending that's the "raw" tape. ;->

[CocteausTwin]

What is our country coming to?

[HopeandChange]

Obama, uh, can't, uh, make a, uh, speech, uh, without ,uh, his, uh, telepromter. Uh.

[cariintexas]

But Obama KNOWS Iraq doesn't border Pakistan. I'd rather have someone who thinks before he speaks than someone who stands their shooting from the lip, then laughs at what he just said. Try again hopeandchange.

[byrdland49]

More intelligent commentary from the troll-etariat!

[SouthernBlueBelle]

Ha! Time will tell.

[Clenbuterol]

The new K E N N E D Y or a recycled J I M M Y C A R T E R?

Time will tell.

[robodweeb]

Much like JFK and Carter he'll have Republican messes to clean up.

[CuriousPerson]

Name a president after J i m m y C a r t e r that was better than him, and give your reasons?

[TheEmptinessOfTruthiness]

The new Bosh or the old Bosh. It don't make no difference.

[VolvoBirkenstock]

You have been listening to She-yawn.

I predicted your type of post down page.

[CrazyDemocrat]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/JohnCT

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

I hate to say it but he's more like the left's Reagan at least in Reagan's first term. JFK believed in foreign intervention much more than 0bama does. 0bama like Reagan is a transformational leader who knows how to put together a great team to get his agenda enacted. The truth is 0bama is much smarter than Kennedy, Carter and Reagan.

[libbygirl]

The McCain people have every reason to be jealous of Obama.....­and not just because he's getting so much attention on his foreign trip.

[scooperss]

mccain is turning into a real whiner.

[heal57]

..but mccain loves america...­just like cindy, remember?