McCain almost left the Repugs in 2001

[WinstonSmith4740]

Picked this up over at Huffington Post. Here's the link to the article, but there's a kind of "throw-away" line in there that jumped out at me. http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html

"In one article, Marshall Wittman, a McCain loyalist and strategist six years ago, put the odds of McCain leaving the Republican Party at “50-50.” Wittman, who now works for Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), declined to comment for this article."

Kind of explains a lot, doesn't it?:think:

[Mz Pip]

1. Well, he didn't

McCain wanted to be the annointed one for 2008. So he kissed Dubya's ass for 6 years and here he is, behind in the polls and fading fast. People who supported him in 2000 because of his 'straight talk' won't do so again. And the RWers will go elsewhere. McCain peaked in 2000. He's history.

Mz Pip
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