Arizona Senate Primary: John McCain Emerges As Clear Front-runner Over J.D. Hayworth

PHOENIX (AP) - Two years after his tough loss in pursuit of the White House, Arizona Sen. John McCain faces voters again Tuesday.

This time he's poised to fare better.

Once considered 1 of the Senate's most vulnerable incumbents, McCain is now the clear front-runner against conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth in Arizona's Republican primary.

Hayworth, a former congressman and talk-radio host, has given an alternative to conservatives frustrated with McCain's famous willingness to buck his party and work with Democrats on issues like campaign finance, immigration and climate change.

But McCain, who has never lost an election in his home state, has fought hard to cut into Hayworth's credentials as a conservative outsider.

Comments

[studmoose]

11:32 PM on 08/24/2010

See... You won BIG...

You didn't have to sell-out your convictions and lose your Maverick status.

[tissa]

11:17 PM on 08/24/2010

Gee, that anti-incumbent sentiment FOX news and the tea party tried to push, doesn't seem to be working does it?

[Jackandcoke]

11:27 PM on 08/24/2010

Well said. And it's not working for a reason. Nomadic group without a clearly defined mission or agenda that demonstrates policy to operate government effectively. For the people and by the people

[lvdragonlady]

10:50 PM on 08/24/2010

Just goes to show that some people NEVER learn.

[Jim Best]

10:46 PM on 08/24/2010

I can't believe people forget the infamous "Keating Five" of Lincoln Savings fame. McCain was a key figure in that arrangement. He has been steadily shoring up his personal net worth with lobbyist's chummy dealings and other "arrangements." These are all a matter of public record.
He is an honored military veteran, serving his country with honor...no doubt. What really happened when Jane Fonda walked past his fellow prisoners in the "Hanoi Hilton?" Did he give his captors the crumpled notes they gave him to give to Jane Fonda? Or did she?

He has a history of being a "turn coat" or maverick as the main stream media likes to dub him.

He is a "turn coat" to Arizona, his former wife, and his country. He seeks self agrandize-ment...which I guess is par for such an non performing military man (he wreaked five fighters), senator and individual...no scruples whatsoever. Sad for our nation, sad for Arizona, sad for an empty shell of a man.

[Jackandcoke]

11:31 PM on 08/24/2010

The first sentence says it all. Some of us haven't forgotten. It was McCains defining moment until he put Palin on the map. I'll be first to fan you.

[Sean 6399]

09:56 PM on 08/24/2010

I really want to see McCain leave the public stage.

Thanks for your service, dick, now get lost.

[gypsysailor]

09:53 PM on 08/24/2010

Back in 2000 I liked McCain. I might have, (but sincerely doubt it), voted for him over Big Al. Then he changed. And then he gave us Sarah. And now I don't like him anymore.

[FantasticFourFan]

09:52 PM on 08/24/2010

When is the right gonna learn that the majority of Americans are not far right extremists? Guess he can always get some love from his horse tonight!

[ESerafina42]

09:50 PM on 08/24/2010

As Rachel keeps saying, what's this "anti-incumbent sentiment" that has been flogged to DEATH by the MSM?

[Tom Joad]

08:55 PM on 08/24/2010

Did anyone here ever hear that John McCain was a POW?

[tomk1]

07:26 PM on 08/24/2010

Arizona is not his home state.Carpet bagger,better then a tea bagger.

[mam]

07:19 PM on 08/24/2010

Well, when your choice is between Craven and Crazy, I have to hope most people would go with the desperate-to-get-reelected-because-he-has-no-life-outside-the-Senate guy over the complete loon.

[DevonTexas]

06:46 PM on 08/24/2010

AZ GOP voters are really caught between a rock and a hard place, aren't they? What a choice? McCain or Hayworth!? LOL

[ESerafina42]

09:51 PM on 08/24/2010

Well, they could always opt for sanity and vote for the Democrat. There IS a Democrat running, hard as it is to tell from all the coverage the McCain-Hayworth dustup has gotten.

[rosiebond007]

06:30 PM on 08/24/2010

How does he know anything about ARIZONA ?

HE IS NEVER IN AZ - NEVER MEETS WITH LOCAL PEOPLE - DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE, THE PEOPLE NEED, DOESN'T TRAVEL WITHOUT HIS POSSE - HOW WOULD HE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AZ OTHER THAN WHAT HE MIGHT READ ????

[Ladyrantsalot]

06:27 PM on 08/24/2010

It's the triumph of McCain's excessively long political career: he managed to defeat Hayworth.

[glesslib]

06:02 PM on 08/24/2010

This is a bad deal all round. It's sort of like trying to figure out who to root for when Godzilla and King Kong battle.

[Sean 6399]

09:58 PM on 08/24/2010

Both Godzilla and King Kong are "good" characters.

Haven't you seen their movies?

[glesslib]

04:31 PM on 08/25/2010

My bad.