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...always side openly with a person who is about to be stomped by a crowd. I've seen this over and over again in his instinctive reaction to situations. I was standing with him in a parking lot late one night when his cell phone rang. It was an Arizona political reporter calling to say the Republican mayor of Tempe had just been outed as a homosexual, and was under fire from Arizona's conservative establishment. McCain didn't even think about it. He went on ad nauseam about what a good man the mayor of Tempe...
McCain has preserved traits in adulthood that most people--and just about all important men--permit the world to beat out of them. For instance, a small boy's ability to manufacture excitement and adventure where not much exists. Every visitor to McCain's cabin in the Arizona desert has the same odd experience. At some point during the first morning, McCain waves off into the distance and announces that today "we'll take a trip down to Zebra Falls." The way he says it and then becomes worked up over the idea suggests that the guests will be shooting...
...Bourgeois Bubba, it ain't easy figuring out who you are while you're under a national microscope and Dad's golf buddies are wondering what you did with their $68 million. Having initially positioned himself as a centrist and then taken on water, he essentially attacked Arizona Senator John McCain for being--a centrist. At this rate of decompression, Bush will be dipping snuff and driving a pickup by week...
CLOSED PRIMARIES Delaware (2/8), Arizona (2/22), Connecticut, Maine, New York (3/7), Colorado (3/10), Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma (3/14...
ANALYSIS McCain's decision to bypass Delaware could be wise. Its G.O.P. primary, like Arizona's, is for Republicans only. Only three of the March 7 primaries are closed to independents, but George W. Bush can take comfort the week after. Half of the South's contests that day are closed. Texas...