In all seriousness-why isn't john mccain considered a front runner???

Question

i would vote for him. is it because he cant raise enough money??

Answer 1

I will vote for him too. Every interview I see with him makes me more convinced than ever that he is the right man for the job. The fact that he doesn't have huge campaign contributions from big corporations adds to his charm. The internet is free for us to rock the vote. VOTE MCCAIN!

Answer 2

Just the way it is. He fell in the polls, he was the frontrunner initially, and his numbers just went down. I would think a lot of it was that he was a big supporter if the war and GWB in 2004, which was risky but he had to to have a shot at the nomination in 2008. But the war and GWB have gotten much less popular. Also he supported the immigration bill, which many considered amnesty, so he was on the wrong side of a lot of issues for the GOP primary. But he's coming back, he's tied with Fred Thompson for 2nd in polls, and will likely overtake him, and a strong third place in NH. You never know but for now it seems unlikely.

Answer 3

Senator McCain got off to a badly bungled start. Mis handling campaign contributions & an unpopular vie point on the illegal alien issue took him out as a viable candidate. Most insiders admit that senator McCain, despite a career that made him a hero & highly respected representative, is all but over as a statesman. Representative McCain has had other issues that are hamstringing him, but out of respect for his former service to our country, I do not find it befitting to bring these up to a man that was once so respected. He will ALWAYS be remembered for his belief in our country, it's ideology & his determination & courage!

Answer 4

He has a few things against him. He was considered 'too old' in 2000 - and he hasn't gotten any younger. He's too socially conservative to attract many moderate crossover votes. He has a record of compromising with the Dems in congress (most egregiously, his co-sponsorship of an Amnesty bill recently) which doesn't fly with the republican base. And, yes, a big part of it is that he simply wasn't raising the money.

Answer 5

Mccain is more of a centrist. He negotiates and works well with a lot of Democrats. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But he currently is running for the Republican nomination... And he does not appear conservative enough to win the nomination.

Answer 6

1. He has aligned himself too closely to the Bush agenda - especially when it comes to the illegal war in Iraq.

2. Americans want the war to end and our troops to come home......now. McCain doesn't play that tune.

3. He made the very foolish error in trying to pander to the extreme religious right. Most Americans are sick of that nonsense and sick of their attempts to take control of our government....and our daily lives.

4. He is way to old.

5. I personally think he is a nice man, a true hero of the United States. But, his time for a run for president has passed.

Answer 7

Money is an issue plus most voters see him as wishy washy on issues, he's for the Iraq war one minute against it the next.
His voting record has been called into question to many times to make him a viable candidate

Answer 8

His main appeal to people was that he was a "maverick" who wasn't afraid to speak his mind even when it went against the company line.

But in order to woo conservative Republicans he started acting like any other Red State sheep, courting the evangelicals he used to stand up to. He still couldn't convince them he was one of htem and he lost his old supporters because he was no longer seen as an honest straight shooter.

Answer 9

he's just another hungry politician, happy to pander if it helps him win. Which eliminates the very reason people were excited about him in 2000 -- his honesty.


Founding Member of the Keating Five
Back in the old days, defendants in famous trials got numbers -- the Chicago Eight, the Gang of Four, the Dave Clark Five, the Daytona 500. McCain was one of the "Keating Five," congressmen investigated on ethics charges for strenuously helping convicted racketeer Charles Keating after he gave them large campaign contributions and vacation trips.
Charles Keating was convicted of racketeering and fraud in both state and federal court after his Lincoln Savings & Loan collapsed, costing the taxpayers $3.4 billion. His convictions were overturned on technicalities; for example, the federal conviction was overturned because jurors had heard about his state conviction, and his state charges because Judge Lance Ito (yes, that judge) screwed up jury instructions. Neither court cleared him, and he faces new trials in both courts.)

Though he was not convicted of anything, McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating's airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal."


Mafia ties:
In 1995, McCain sent birthday regards, and regrets for not attending, to Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonano, the head of the New York Bonano crime family, who had retired to Arizona. Another politician to send regrets was Governor Fife Symington, who has since been kicked out of office and convicted of 7 felonies relating to fraud and extortion.

Family Problems
McCain has a reputation as a politician who has difficulty keeping his pants zipped, according to Republican sources. He acknowledges that his adultery broke up his first marriage. His second wife Cindy, the daughter of a wealthy Budweiser beer distributor, was addicted to prescription narcotics and even stole hard drugs from a medical charity that she ran. McCain acknowledges that she didn't want him to run, and only agreed once he promised that she doesn't have to go to New Hampshire or Iowa.

Answer 10

I don't know.
He is the Only republican running I would vote for.

I like him. He should have been President. But as always bush and Rove had to play dirty and low to get the win.