Mitt Romney Gets Endorsement From John McCain In 2012 Republican Primary Race

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wednesday afternoon.

News of the endorsement broke Tuesday night ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, when a former aide to McCain told BuzzFeed that the 2008 Republican presidential candidate had plans to endorse Romney in the key early primary state of New Hampshire.

The endorsement comes just after Romney won the Iowa Caucuses, emerging victorious over former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) by a razor-thin margin of just eight votes.

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Comments

[GreedyOilParty]

02:10 AM on 01/05/2012

History says odds are strongly against Romney becoming president :) InTrade, a prediction market, also has Romney at a deficit. Not that InTrade is infallible but they have been correct on many of their predictions.

[Dora Collins]

12:45 AM on 01/05/2012

The good news is that Mitt Romney is doing well that matters a lot just got started however he will be our next USA President..

[stvinw]

11:41 PM on 01/04/2012

The good news is.....it doesn't matter who gets the GOP nod, Obama is history.

[patters85]

09:46 PM on 01/04/2012

Come the morning of November 7, 2012. Mitt and Johnny will have one more thing in common. Second place finishes.

[4more]

09:30 PM on 01/04/2012

Talk about flip flop....looking at their photo together, if they switch seats -it could be 2008 all over again, 2 LOSERS.

[marklincoln8]

09:05 PM on 01/04/2012

Obama has already compromised too much with the republican party and for that reason the recovery has been too slow. Never forget that the republican party brough us to this chaos and from the best economy we have had in history but had McCain been elected we would be in worse shape because he said he would stay the course. I don't think we should trust another republican in the white house.

[patters85]

09:48 PM on 01/04/2012

No problem. I never trusted a republican to begin with.

[NoQuarter472]

10:57 PM on 01/04/2012

Get used to it...Saul Jr. will be gone//

[Mark Boileau]

08:53 PM on 01/04/2012

Not much to pick from in the GOP canidates. Why did you Democrats throw Hillary under the bus last presidential election cycle? We'd be in better shape than we are now for sure!

[patters85]

09:52 PM on 01/04/2012

Congress makes bills. Presidents sign them. Unless republicans start working. Nothing will change until we cast them out. Hillary would be in the same position as our other great democrat. President Obama.

[rolavine]

08:33 PM on 01/04/2012

I don't know how Mitt is going to survive an honest disclosure of his Bain Capital activities?
I've looked at what they did to Ampad, as should anyone who is leaning toward being his supporter. If that is an example of his knowing how to turn around an economy we had all best start raising chickens now.

[stvinw]

07:37 PM on 01/04/2012

I'm a little surprised that McCain didn't endorse Obama. I guess Romney is liberal enough for him, though.

[sensiblethoughts4u]

12:41 AM on 01/05/2012

OH, but he DID endorse Palin, and look where that got us!!!!!

[oldsilkhat01]

07:07 PM on 01/04/2012

Couple of also-rans patting each other on the back. But what about the bus that pulled up with ballots on board between midnight and 1:00 a.m. when Mr. 23% wanted 25% and still couldn't steal enough to win by more than 8 votes.

[fworfe]

06:45 PM on 01/04/2012

Just about everyone has a presumed authoritative opinion on why the Republican Party is coming apart at the seams, and I'm no exception.
The Grand Old Party is stuck in a rut of nostalgia and can’t climb out with all its baggage.
As myths go, the one of Ronald Reagan is incredibly more powerful than the real Ronald Reagan could ever have been.
The press was part of the myth—in fact the press probably fashioned ninety percent of it. Secondly, the GOP has had remarkably few charming legends or myths to tout, and they pour their very hearts into the real or imagined persona and good old days of Ronnie.
Yes, some of we Independents and Democrats bought into it too.
We all wanted desperately to feel good; so desperately in fact that we convinced ourselves that we were imbued with unfailing political truth and feeling good about everything.
Anyway, back to the heart and soul of the GOP. The fact seems to be that whatever heart and soul the Republicans ever had, is withered away or largely gone to seed.
Too much anti-, too much obsolescence, too much baggage, too many false touters, too much self and constituent deceit, and almost no credibility.
And that in a nutshell is the heart and soul of what has finally become this ultra-conservative party.

[Patrick Senart]

07:44 PM on 01/04/2012

And with all that jibberish said, Obama has no chance in you know where of re-election. No accomplishments, promises broken and has us headed for socialism. HE GONE!

[Mark Boileau]

08:45 PM on 01/04/2012

And yet people will vote for him

[sensiblethoughts4u]

12:45 AM on 01/05/2012

YOU don't know what YOU are talking about! Look up the accomplishments instead of listening to FAUX news!

[PublicCitizen21044]

07:46 PM on 01/04/2012

That was succinct.

[danlounyc]

06:08 PM on 01/04/2012

McCain is not a major anything. He is a confused, old style political who flip flops whenever the wind changes. I still remember how he insisted the economy was good during the last election.

[agt4085]

06:08 PM on 01/04/2012

How about one of you so called investigative reporters ask some questions on how obama is making us into socialists. When the people who say this are entire groups who live and function off the american tax payer. YOU KNOW SOCIALISM. We have presidents who get lifetime pay and medical for there whole family. So do all the rest of these political phonies. Plus they get the food paid for their trips paid for wages that exceed the average tax payer by hundreds of thousands of dollars. These idiots already have us in a socialism economy along with policies that don't help the masses but help the minority. Yeah lets stop calling certain groups in this country minorities and start realizing that the majority and the minorities that are important here are CLASS. Read up on the caste system in INDIA sometime. You will see the road their taking us down. The minority own it all and tell us what we will pay. The majority should be standing up and telling them what their going to get paid and what were going to pay.

[fredpa]

08:39 PM on 01/04/2012

You don't know the difference between socialism and rheumatism.

[Chipper Jones]

05:52 PM on 01/04/2012

I think these two are the exact same guy for the most part...who was McCain going to support otherwise anyway...he likes to keep it simple and without a pulse. I will vote right no matter what as a stapler beats having Obama...sure wish whoever comes out as the candidate had a little style

[Michael D OBrien]

07:04 PM on 01/04/2012

'stapler?' More like a 'corporate rubber stamp!'
Big Oil and the 'Corporate Overlords' support your message!
The rest of America, not so much!

And wish all you want........ain't gonna happen.
Even the 'evangelicals' know Romney is 'charismaticly challenged!'

[gsw196]

10:05 PM on 01/04/2012

About ready for Spring Training, there, Chipper?

[babyears]

05:41 PM on 01/04/2012

Since I live in New York, my vote is worthless anyway - Obama would win here even if he were filmed driving a steamroller over a carton of live puppies - still, I find it deeply disturbing that I might have to cast my worthless vote for him or a guy who doesn't believe that there were dinosaurs.

[kissynoises]

06:11 PM on 01/04/2012

well, I live in Texas and my vote for Obama probably won't count here but I think he's worked hard under very hard circumstances and really deserves another 4 yrs.

[Brehas2]

08:13 PM on 01/04/2012

Obama sure worked hard. Look at the state America is in.

[Michael D OBrien]

07:10 PM on 01/04/2012

It's not that he doesn't believe in dinosaurs, it's just that he knows they were put on this earth to do man's bidding, as told in the 'Flinstone Chronicles!'