Buyer’s remorse? McCain ‘admires’ Palin, pushes Pawlenty, two others for prez
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 11:06 am
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John McCain says he hasn’t settled on supporting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for president in 2012, instead naming Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two others as “very good candidates.” Video after the jump.
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today, McCain expressed “admiration” for his 2008 vice presidential pick but listed Pawlenty when host David Gregory asked him about future Republican presidential prospects.
GREGORY: In terms of future leaders of the Republican party, would you like to see Sarah Palin become president?
McCAIN: I’d like to see her compete. I think we’ve got some very good candidates. (Utah Gov.) John Huntsman and — the problem when I run down these names I always leave out a name — (Lousiana Gov.) Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty. There’s so many. There’s a lot of good, fresh talent out there.
GERGORY: Would you support Palin?
McCAIN: Oh, I’d have to see who the candidates are and what the situation is at the time. But have no doubt of my respect, admiration and love for Sarah and her family.
The exchange was a virtual replay of remarks McCain made on ABC’s “This Week” in December, just weeks after the election, when he joked “my corpse is still warm.”
That suggests that developments since then — including Jindal’s widely panned Republican response to President Obama’s address to Congress and Pawlenty’s poor straw-poll showing at a conservative confab — haven’t discouraged McCain about the future of those two 2008 GOP veepstakes also-rans.
Asked today how the Republican Party can avoid permanent minority status, McCain listed several approaches: “Party of ideas, party of inclusiveness, outreach to other ethnic aspects of the American electorate.
“A lot of people complain about divisions within the Republican Party,” McCain said. “That’s good right now. Let’s let a thousand flowers bloom.”
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10 Comments
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
I guess he sees now what the rest of us saw…. she is a nothing.
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
McCain always was a two-faced backstabber. I put no stock in anything he says.
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
For the love of God, I don’t know why they keep pushing Pawlenty other than they think he’s young, looks pretty on TV and has a knee-jerk reaction to anything about taxes. He has nothing else going for him.
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
The mccain has spent his whole life hopping from one girl to the next–his words. He picked palin for her gender to grab Hillary supporters. THat never works. He forgot to make sure she was qualified. Buyers remorse is right!
Hey Sandy: Mccain is still in the senate, blathering his nonsense, after putting his stamp of approval not only on palin–the stupidest person alive, but also on racism, hypocrisy, lies, and deliberate fear-mongering. They both remain a problem and “everyone should care” until they are both out of office.
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
They keep pushing Pawlenty because he’s conservaitve enough to be acceptable to the conservative base, and he comes across as friendly and moderate in demeanor on TV, which is all the national media knows about him. This shouldn’t be surprising. What Arizona media said about McCain was different than the national media, and I couldn’t tell the national media ever picked up on that. They’re being fooled about Pawlenty the same way as many Minnesotans who support Pawlenty because he seems nice on TV and radio. Though politically active Democrats have discovered Governor Traffic Jam’s allergic response to compromise and practicality, this is not common knowledge.
Comment posted March 30, 2009 @ 7:25 am
Of course Mccain likes pawlenty. He is a white male with great union busting credentials that lies like a snake in the grass.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Comment posted March 30, 2009 @ 8:18 am
I can’t wait to see Palin run. She wouldn’t get far pulling the same stunt in multiple debates that she did in her one with Biden. She’d implode if she actually had to compete nationally and it would be a satisfying sight to behold.
Comment posted March 30, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
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Comment posted April 3, 2009 @ 11:05 am
The absolute only thing that will save the Republican party is if it gets back to its conservative Ronald Reagan roots. If it starts to once again stand for these core principles – strong national defense and very limited government – then and only then will it stand a chance of surviving. When Republicans reach across the aisle and try to appeal to everyone, then they no longer stand for anything and people can’t discern them from Democrats.
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