McCain facing 2010 primary challenge from founder of "Minutemen"

[jefferson_dem]

This guy -

McCain facing 2010 primary

Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party's nominee, but never trusted him, and he now appears to be facing a serious primary from the right in Arizona next year.

Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the anti-immigration movement, will announcing tomorrow at an event on the Mexican border that he's resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary.

From a forthcoming release:

"John McCain has failed miserably in his duty to secure this nation's borders and protect the people of Arizona from the escalating violence and lawlessness," Simcox said. "He has fought real efforts over the years at every turn, opting to hold our nation's border security hostage to his amnesty schemes. Coupled with his votes for reckless bailout spending and big government solutions to our nation's problems, John McCain is out of touch with everyday Arizonans. Enough is enough."
McCain was forced to abandon his own immigration reform legislation during last year's Republican Primary, a move that may have cost him substantial Hispanic support to which his record could have given him access.

So he's basically getting it from both sides on this one.

Simcox, with a national base and a high profile on the right, is well positioned to give McCain a serious local headache. He'll find some allies among the conservatives who recently took over the Arizona Republican Party from McCain's allies, and he has a national fundraising base.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/McCain_facing_2010_primary.html?showall

[bigscott]

1. the whole GOP

is a freaking joke - imagine that psycho mug in the Senate?
Peace

[blueclown]

2. Anybody else getting tired of Politico's echo chamber of right-wing talking points?

Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party's nominee, but never trusted him.

This sounds like something The Washington Times or the Wall Street Journal Opinion Page would write, not from a supposedly fair web publication.

[Jennicut]

3. They are run by conservatives who were good buddies with Reagan. Its not "fair" and balanced at all.

Most of the media is not...on the web, on the tv, in the newspapers. Politico should just admit they are not an independent news organization.

[ClarkUSA]

4. This is great news for the eventual Democratic challenger. Wow, Team O must be happy.

[Peacetrain]

5. This should split that area 8 ways.. the corker is that the Bush Administration

turned over the addresses of where the Minute Men live to the Mexican government. Well that started a broo ha ha, to be honest with you, as it should. Our government should not be giving the addresses of American citizens to a foreign government, ESPECIALLY when it is having issues with murderous drug cartels in their ranks.

I am thinking Arizona could be ours.. hot diggty

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. Oh great. They'll be trying to out-racist each other the entire time.

[Egnever]

7. I think he is going to lose his seat this time

Maybe not to a primary challenge but I think he is going down this time.