On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Gruss wrote: > Question > ------------- > Given McCain has > - Been in the Senate for 25+ years, > - Had his own party kick his ass 8 years ago > - Not been popular in his party 8 months ago
But is very popular now. Times change. > - Voted with Bush 95% of the time Most Senate votes are unanimous. Does voting to congratulate the Giants for winning the Super Bowl count as policy? I thought you said this was an honest question. > - Not been able to convince his party to follow any of his "maverick" ways Not true. Campaign finance reform is law. Federal judges have been appointed. The surge in Iraq has brought victory within sight. > What is the argument that if elected President he'll get any more > traction with his own party much less the democrats for anything other > than what Bush has done for the last 8 years? Or is he saying > there'll be no change? Campaign finance reform. Federal judge appointments. The surge in Iraq. Three big recent issues that McCain pushed heavily for, and won, to largely good results. You can argue about whether campaign finance reform is good or not, but there it is. The primary reason McCain was on the outs with Republicans recently was over immigration reform. The irony is that McCain more or less pushed for the Reagan doctrine on immigration - these people are here, they work, they contribute to the economy, let's give them a path to citizenship. The Democrats totally believe in that issue, and I have every reason to expect that McCain will be able to win on immigration reform after he is elected. McCain has a record of building bridges, working out compromises, and achieving what others could not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268220 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
