Old dogs do have to learn new tricks. John McCain’s main goal lately was to beat J.D. Hayworth, from the Tea Party, in the Arizona Republican Primary elections. Other individuals had candidates like McCain had. Luckily, John McCain was quite good at making sure his campaign went through. Hayworth could have to wait six years to run again after losing the primary. The Tea Party stuff is what every person wants to learn about. That is why the Alaska Senate race and Florida Senate race are so closely watched.
McCain serves crow to Tea Party
A fight was being brought by the defeated Republican candidate from the last presidential election, Senator John McCain. Former congressman J.D. Hayworth, a Republican and Tea Party darling, was gunning for his Senate seat, along with many other anti-incumbent candidates. While the hostility toward the Washington establishment could help others, it did Hayworth no good. McCain received about 60 percent of the vote and Hayworth only 30 percent. An immigration stance change came from McCain, says CNN. He also spent $20 million on his campaign this time. Everybody knows he’ll win. The democrats aren’t even a competition.
Sunshine State Senate
Florida might be interesting this year. The election results for 2010 might be different. The independents have Governor Charlie Crist running. The Republican candidate, and also a Tea Party heavy, is Marco Rubio, a member of the Florida legislature. Kendrick Meek upset Jeff Greene after the Democratic primary ended. Greene paid for his campaign out of pocket.
Next is Alaska
The home state of Sarah Palin also has a closely watched election for the U.S. Senate. Jeff Miller, endorsed by Sarah Palin and is Tea Party, is running against longtime incumbent Lisa Murkowski. Miller leads by just a very miniscule amount. November will show the actual success of the Tea Party, although the primaries have shown just a little success.
Further reading
CNN
cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/25/tuesday.primaries/index.html?hpt=T2
