MCCAIN IN REPUBLICAN STRAW POLL EMBARRASSMENT

Facing a loss at a 2008 straw poll event this weekend, Senator John McCain of Arizona told his supporters to write in President Bush [?] as a sign of support, leaving many sputtering.

"For the next three years, with our country at war, he's our president and the only one who needs our support," McCain told nearly 2,000 party activists from 26 states gathered in Memphis.

McCain, realizing the national political media had descended on the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, moved to discredit the straw poll by asking delegates to vote for Bush, insiders claim.

Instead of stopping the momentum of Majority Leader Bill Frist - widely anticipated to win the straw poll - the move seemed to expose the McCain camp's insincerity about its position with the base.

One activist said, "McCain voted against all the Bush tax cuts... maybe he should have voted for the president then, instead of waiting for a political stunt to try and distract."

I think this is a sign McCain will not be able to get to the general election. IT does like this. The media only loves him when he is making someone they hate more look bad. The minute he would be a front runner for Pres....they would be all over him. The bad thing is that McCain is Liberal-light...he is wishy washy and a flip flopper on many issues. If he was a Dem he would get away with it...but since he is on the Right he will get exploited and killed to no end.