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...many of his fellow Republicans who mocked his selection of Palin or who McCain believes did not work overtime to help him. His friends blame the media and the economy for McCain's loss, while former aides grumble about Palin and the general embarrassment she engendered for the GOP. By all accounts, McCain - who declined to include Palin on a list of potential 2012 candidates during a Tonight Show appearance in April - is dreading what Palin might say in Going Rogue, her book due out next month. "The part I'm looking forward to most is the part where...
McCain may soon face an even bigger challenge. Former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth, a favorite of conservatives who has been critical of McCain's work on immigration reform, told TIME he is thinking of challenging McCain in next year's GOP Senate primary. "There's a great deal of respect for John as a historical figure," Hayworth said on Oct. 5. "But he's long been at odds with the conservative base of the Republican Party and more recently with Arizonans." Hayworth cites a recent poll that found 61% of Arizona Republicans think McCain has lost touch with his party...
...personal character to deliver its message—something she also claims is not representative of the Democratic Party. Before the American public had time to forget the images propagated by Democrats of George W. Bush in a dunce hat, accusations of racism were being thrown at the GOP. True, racism has been associated within far-right sects of the Republican population, and it should not be tolerated. However, this is not representative of the Republican Party as a whole. Think, for example of the recent murder of abortion protestor James Pouillon of Michigan. Violence, as expected, draws emotional responses...
Washington's delegate, Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, says that even the GOP leadership is uninterested in making it an issue. "I don't think people are looking for a fight they're going to lose," she says. She predicts little fuss, except from "back benchers." How much of a political issue the bill will create won't be known for some time. Jennifer E. Duffy, political analyst and editor with the Cook Political Report, says any political grist for Republicans will probably depend on the level of opposition in Congress and how the issue is raised. Republicans could look...
...political heat before the bill is passed, which under council rules probably wouldn't happen until December. Some Republicans in Congress, while acknowledging that they are powerless to block same-sex marriage in the capital, will probably still try. Congressman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican who is the ranking GOP member of the subcommittee with oversight over Washington, says he intends to support any effort to block the bill and may even sponsor such an effort himself, as he did with the previous bill that recognizes marriages from elsewhere. He says he didn't think Democrats would allow the matter...