Toomey and Ridge are already within striking range of Specter:

PEG Political Action Committee Poll, automated poll of 1,019 households of registered voters.

• Specter 42% Toomey 36%,
• Ridge 39% Specter 38%

“What jumps out at me,” said Patti “is that Senator Specter doesn’t get over 50 percent against either candidate. That’s not good for a long-term incumbent no matter what political party he affiliates with.”

More details:

· In the Specter/Toomey match-up, Specter is winning support from Democrats by a 50 percent margin while Toomey is winning support from Republicans by a 46 percent margin.
· In the Specter/Ridge match-up, Specter is winning from Democrats by a 41 percent margin while Ridge is winning support from Republicans by a 50 percent margin.
· In the Philadelphia suburbs of Bucks, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery, in the Specter/Toomey match-up the results are Specter 43 percent to Toomey 38 percent with 21 percent undecided.
· By contrast, Specter loses votes in the suburban southeast counties when faced by Ridge who garners 38 percent to Specter’s 37 percent with 25 percent undecided.

Hat-Tip: Tommy Boy

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Kristofer Lorelli can be contacted at lorville@rogers.com, on Facebook and twitter/Kris_Lorelli.

Over at The Palmetto Scoop, Adam Fogle takes Gov. Mark Sanford to task for crying during Obama’s victory speech:

Yes, that’s right, Sanford told a national news publication that he was so overjoyed at the election of a socialist Democrat who is turning our country into the “People’s Republic of America” that he openly cried. No wonder he caved and decided to take the billions of taxpayer dollars sent down from Obama.

I will now admit something rather embarrassing–I cried during Obama’s victory speech as well.

You see, by election night I had long accepted the fact that Sen. McCain was not going to win (although I never said so publicly) and had already completed all the stages in the grieving process.

I was not under any illusion that John McCain might win when I turned on my television that night. I was therefore able to watch the events from the perspective of a lover of American History who was witnessing an event unfold that would be remembered, perhaps, forever.

So when the TV cameras focused on elderly African-Americans standing in that park in Illinois with tears streaming down their faces, and I thought back to everything that black Americans have gone through in our history–from Slavery, to Segregation, to Jim Crow-and I thought about how much this moment must mean to a person who was forced to sit in the back of the bus, who was turned away at the lunch counter, who really had to endure being treated as less than human, I did, indeed, cry.

In the end, I really do not believe that this says anything about myself or Gov. Sanford as conservatives or Republicans whatsoever. On that night, we were simply human beings, and Americans, watching our fellow countrymen live to see what they had believed to be impossible.

Republican Icon Fred Malek (who served as John McCain’s National Finance Chairman) has published the latest installment of his reflections on the 2008 campaign. In this post, Mr. Malek writes about the challenges imposed on the McCain Campaign in May of 2007 after fundraising had dwindled in reaction to Sen. McCain’s role in comprehensive immigration reform.

Mr. Malek writes:

Whether you loved or hated John’s position in the Immigration debate, his actions that June exhibited the quintessential get-in-the-middle, role up your sleeves, bi-partisan leadership that has marked his service to our country. Unfortunately, at the time, much of the Republican base did not see this leadership as a positive attribute. As a result, the fundraising well dried up, and it could not have come at a worse time.

Terry and John Weaver presented the situation to us. The campaign had accrued a great deal of debt due to heavy spending and the harsh fundraising environment in June. In fact the campaign was not only broke but owed money. Despite the problem, John remained encouraged and upbeat. He shared his vision for America and thanked us for continuing to support his bid. Marlene and I enjoyed the stay at the McCain’s cabin thoroughly and left with deep concerns but continued commitment.

John left Sedona and headed to Iraq with his good friends and colleagues Lindsay Graham and Joe Lieberman. Although we left Sedona with great uncertainty on the future of the campaign, we also left with a stronger commitment to John and his vision for our country, and a deeper impression of his resolute discipline and perseverance.

Malek concludes:

It’s funny given that I run in both business and political circles, for years if not decades, I would consistently hear CEOs complain about politicians and Washington and state, “if politicians could only be for like us, Washington and this country would be a better place.” In light of our current economic crisis, I can say without a doubt if every CEO had the discipline, perseverance and sense of honor of John McCain, this economy and this country would be in a much better place.

The next installment in the series focuses on the shake-up and its resurgence of the McCain Campaign, culminating in one of the greatest political comebacks in American history.

If you followed the 2008 race as obsessively as I did, Mr. Malek’s writing are essential in understanding what occurred behind the scenes of this most historic race.

Reprinted from Newsblaze;

“Senior Muslim clerics have urged Sudanese youngsters to boycott Valentine’s Day, saying it is a Western institution that could lead couples astray.

Members of the Sudan Ulema Authority, an influential body of religious leaders, called on young men and women to ignore the event on February 14 and resist the temptation to mark it by taking romantic strolls in parks.

“Valentine’s Day comes from Western countries. I call on Muslims not to imitate Christians,” said preacher Sheikh Hassan Hamid in a statement released to Reuters on Wednesday.” Reuters

Valentine’s Day isn’t a day of debauchery dedicated to performing fertility rituals. It’s a holiday that celebrates love and romance, and the only ritual performed is when a guy sends flowers or candy to his sweetheart.

In a world full of hate and discord Valentine’s day should be embraced by all cultures. Valentine’s Day should be the ultimate ecumenical observation, what religion or culture could possibly be against love?

The answer is Islam, many Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia ban this holy day celebrated by lovers young and old.

Sudanese Muslim clerics are warning young people to boycott Valentine’s Day, because it might lead them astray. Dear Lord, couples might stroll hand-in-hand in the park or exchange gifts expressing their love and commitment to each other. And we all know that the next step is to have orgies in the park in broad daylight.

Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be the province of Western countries, and lovers all over the world (including Muslims in Sudan and Saudi Arabia) should celebrate this wonderful institution.

Conservative icon Fred Malek gives us the inside story on John McCain and Sarah Palin’s first post-election reunion at the both the Alfalfa Club Dinner and a private gathering at his home:

The January 20 Inauguration and the January 31 Alfalfa Club dinner brought me in close quarters again with John McCain and allowed me to bring John and Sarah Palin together for the first time since election night.

A little over a week later was the Alfalfa Club dinner. Alfalfa is a 200 member club with mostly illustrious members such as leading Senators, Congressmen, CEOs, Supreme Court Justices, and former Presidents, as well as a few such as myself, who somehow slipped past the screening. The club does absolutely nothing other than an annual dinner filled with patriotism, bipartisanship, and very humorous speakers, including traditionally the President. Each member is allowed to bring two guests and one of mine this year was Sarah Palin. The night before, last reported by Roxanne Roberts of the “Washington Post”, Marlene and I hosted a small dinner at our home for my Alfalfa guests and a few other friends. Here is what impressed me most over the weekend:

• The warmth John McCain showed toward Sarah Palin when she arrived at my home Friday night. It was the first time they had been together since the election, and their good feelings toward each other were evident.

• The gracious and engaged Sarah Palin was with everyone. It was great to see her in deep conversations with people like Alan Greenspan, Madeleine Albright, Walter Isaacson, and Mitch McConnell. For sure, nothing shallow about this lady.

• The celebrity treatment Sarah received from the highly sophisticated crowd at Alfalfa. There were as many or more people lined up to meet her as there was for President Obama.

• Sarah’s singular focus on her job as Governor of Alaska. She left Anchorage on a 2:30 a.m. flight Friday so as not to miss a day on the job, and she singled out people to meet who could be impactful to Alaska, including President Obama.

• Sarah’s grace and charisma reminded me of why she had been selected as John McCain’s running mate.

Be sure to bookmark Mr. Malek’s blog as he will be publishing his analysis of the 2008 campaign in the coming days and there are sure to be some very interesting observations in these posts.

Kavon wonders how we should deal with the Specter, Collins, and Snowe defections. I take a fairly hardline position on this issue. There are essentially two schools of thought on the Republican collapse these last 4 years. One says that we’ve lost because we became intoxicated with power, and supported bad bills simply because they were OUR bills. This school also insists that in 2000 George Bush and Karl Rove thought that “Compassionate Conservatism” could be a bridge to a permanent majority, and therefore they led Republicans in a sort of inept triangulation on fiscal issues, to head off traditional Democratic talking points (Republicans are stingy, don’t like new programs, etc). You might call this the “We lost our way” school of thought. The second school insists that an excessive conservatism, largely on social issues, has driven away moderates, especially well-educated moderates. Both of these schools of thought have merit, but there is no school of thought which argues that the GOP has floundered because of too much fiscal conservatism (Unless you count Ross Douthat, which I don’t. I take Ross to be arguing that the GOP has given up having any ideas on “Democratic” issues or concerns).

Even Obama and the Democrats didn’t really argue that; they blamed the bad economy on us, but they certainly didn’t attribute it to a failure to spend adequately (they couldn’t have- Obama was still playing at wanting balanced budgets). Now it may well be that a different 2-term Republican Presidency would have inspired the “stingy” charge, but that’s simply not where the action is right now. Republicans can’t lose, even in blue Maine, by opposing profligacy and waste; it’s been so long since ANYONE has seen anything but profligacy and waste, even some Democrats oppose it. This is how elections turn; the country’s governed by fiscally right of center policies for two decades, and they forget all about the excesses of genuine liberalism. In 4 years, the country will be in the middle, no matter what, of the most sustained expansion of Government in its history. Even if the economy has reached glorious heights, fiscal responsibility will be a reasonable card to play.

So while I agree with the strategy of promoting moderate candidates in moderate areas, we don’t need to promote candidates who offer THIS sort of moderation. Specter, Snowe, and Collins have badly miscalculated, and frankly, as long as we’re going to have a powerless minority, I’d prefer the symbolism of a sustained grassroots effort to primary someone like Specter, even if it means we lose the seat. Only it’d be nice, if we could leave the Club for Growth out of it, and promote a more mainstream candidate, through a more mainstream outlet. When the Club for Growth primaries someone, it always feels as though they’re doing it because they demand perfection. We want to send a message that while we don’t demand perfection, we demand SOMETHING. Failing to vote against maybe the worst spending bill in the Nation’s history-when it’s not even clear enough of the public supports it to harm your career- makes you just about useless.

Nor, do I believe that had we torpedoed this bill, we would have received the blame for further economic troubles. This assumes something indefensible: that after weeks of Chicken Littling about the need for a stimulus bill, Obama would have, or could have, simply thrown up his hands and said “Oh well, I guess we do nothing. Their fault”. The idea is ludicrous and frankly, I have a hard time taking anyone who advances it seriously. There is simply no scenario where a new President lets the signature agenda piece of his first 100 days in office, go down in flames. Had Snowe, Collins, and Specter held out, Obama would have had two options. 1.) Incite the public against the GOP for obstructionism, and hope the GOP is frightened into caving. 2.) Produce a better bill. The first showed no signs of happening, despite Obama’s best efforts. And I’d contend that even had the bill been mildly popular, the GOP would have been well-served to hold out. They could have drawn up a new GOP “compromise” bill every day (or every few days), as a gimmick, and if Obama consistently balked, he would have had a hard time sustaining the “Republicans are obstructionists who refuse to give ground” narrative.

Republicans could have, quite reasonably, asked “how moderate could this bill be if he can’t even convince one of us to vote for it?” We would have likely ended up in scenario number two. At the very least, we would have succeeded in drawing Obama out on his support for particular aspects of the bill. As it is, he has a legislative victory, however labored and meager, and hasn’t received any of the blame for the “divisiveness” because of that maddening Eisenhowerian distance. Contra some of my colleagues, I think Obama has escaped a tricky situation remarkably in tact. Oh, and did I mention, we’ve now passed a disastrous bill, with nothing of any significance to show for our efforts? Glorious.

And here’s some cold water to pour on that last post I made…

Remember my post about that stupid map that Rush Limbaugh used to try to demonstrate that we’re still a Red Country (you know: the map that we lost by over 7% with)?

Well, I’ve found an alternative map that should put things in perspective — it’s called a cartogram, and it’s a map that Limbaugh should acquaint himself with. To give you a new perspective on why the Northeast must be broken into, well, take a look at this:

Not good.

Wonderful candidates, like the one who put her hat into the ring today, can crack the blue states. In addition, we have a fantastic new chairman willing to pour resources into winning those states back.

In the meantime, that’s the state of things…

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Alex Knepper can be contacted at apkkib@aol.com

Much has been written about Sarah Palin’s effect on the elites, but Yuval Levin’s new article, in Commentary, still manages to seem fresh.  You even have some somewhat basic, but insightful musings on the difference liberalism and conservatism.  It’s a very long piece, so here are just a few highlights:

Her political style and priorities resembled McCain’s in a way that no other senior Republican elected official’s did. Her conservatism, like McCain’s, was more an attitude than an ideology: it was a kind of moralistic anti-corruptionism, obsessed with honest dealing and powerfully allergic to excess and waste…

What was the Palin episode really about? The answer has much to do with the age-old tension between populism and elitism in our public life, which is to say, between the notion that we are best governed by the views, needs, and interests of the many and the conviction that power can only be managed wisely by a select few…

In American politics, the distinction between populism and elitism is further subdivided into cultural and economic populism and elitism. And for at least the last forty years, the two parties have broken down distinctly along this double axis. The Republican party has been the party of cultural populism and economic elitism, and the Democrats have been the party of cultural elitism and economic populism. Republicans tend to identify with the traditional values, unabashedly patriotic, anti-cosmopolitan, non-nuanced Joe Sixpack, even as they pursue an economic policy that aims at elite investor-driven growth. Democrats identify with the mistreated, underpaid, overworked, crushed-by-the-corporation “people against the powerful,” but tend to look down on those people’s religion, education, and way of life. Republicans tend to believe the dynamism of the market is for the best but that cultural change can be dangerously disruptive; Democrats tend to believe dynamic social change stretches the boundaries of inclusion for the better but that economic dynamism is often ruinous and unjust….

She was, the Left-leaning Christopher Hitchens insisted, “a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus.” The Right-leaning David Brooks called Palin “a fatal cancer to the Republican party” because her inclination “is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely.”

Palin never actually boasted of ignorance or explicitly scorned learning or ideas. Rather, the implicit charge was that Palin’s failure to speak the language and to share the common points of reference of the educated upper tier of American society essentially rendered her unfit for high office….

Entry to the American intellectual elite is, in principle, open to all who pursue it. And pursuing it is not as difficult as it once was, at least for the middle class. Indeed, most of this elite’s prominent members hail from middle-class origins and not from traditional bastions of American privilege and wealth. They can speak of growing up in Scranton, even as they raise their noses at dirty coal and hunting season….

Applied to politics, the worldview of the intellectual elite begins from an unstated assumption that governing is fundamentally an exercise of the mind: an application of the proper mix of theory, expertise, and intellectual distance that calls for knowledge and verbal fluency more than for prudence born of life’s hard lessons.

Sarah Palin embodied a very different notion of politics, in which sound instincts and valuable life experiences are considered sources of knowledge at least the equal of book learning. She is the product of an America in which explicit displays of pride in intellect are considered unseemly, and where physical prowess and moral constancy are given a higher place than intellectual achievement. She was in the habit of stressing these faculties instead—a habit that struck many in Washington as brutishness.

This is why Palin was seen as anti-intellectual when, properly speaking, she was simply non-intellectual. What she lacked was not intelligence—she is, clearly, highly intelligent—but rather the particular set of assumptions, references, and attitudes inculcated by America’s top twenty universities and transmitted by the nation’s elite cultural organs.

Many of those (including especially those on the Right) who reacted badly to Palin on intellectual grounds understand themselves to be advancing the interests of lower-middle-class families similar to Palin’s own family and to many of those in attendance at her rallies who greeted her arrival on the scene as a kind of deliverance. But it is hard to escape the conclusion that while these members of the intellectual elite want the government to serve the interests of such people first and foremost, they do not want those people to hold the levers of power. They see lower-middle-class populists like Palin and their supporters as profoundly ill-suited for governance, because they lack the accoutrements required for its employment—especially in foreign policy, which, even more than domestic affairs, is thought to be an intellectual exercise. It is for this reason that Barack Obama, who actually has far less experience in executive governance than Palin, was not dismissed as unprepared for the presidency. Palin may have been elected governor of Alaska, but his peers in Cambridge had elected Obama editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is thoroughly fluent in the parlance of the college town, and in the eyes of the new American elite, Washington is the ultimate college town.

Read the whole thing.  H/t Hotair

I’ve just got home from six weeks of working in Virginia. During my drive home, I noticed an odd phenomenon in Virginia (especially Hampton Roads, Southside and Richmond).

I saw as many Bush/Cheney ‘04 bumper stickers as Obama/Biden bumper stickers. I saw practically no McCain/Palin bumper stickers. I can’t speak to enthusiasm but apparently many Virginians didn’t have much use for McCain.

During my trip home, I heard that Michael Steele had been elected RNC Chairman. I congratulate Mr. Steele and this extremist pro-lifer looks forward to his leadership in the RNC.

I also noticed how the popularity of Obama’s pork bill has been on the decline. That makes sense given the bill is unlikely to do much good for most Americans in the next year. Even Senate Democrats are wary of the bag of flaming poop Nancy Pelosi has thrown over to the Senate.

I return home to a Republican Party that is different from the one I left before Christmas. There’s some hope and some signs of backbone. It’s good to be home.

First off, I would like to apologize to the R4′12 staff, as well as our readers, for my continued absence from the site. Personal matters have prevented me from being a regular contributor to this site and will likely continue to do so for the near future. I would like to thank my fellow writers here at R4′12 for picking up the slack in my absence.

Now on to the inaugural…

Barack Obama was not my candidate in this election. He is not of my political party and certainly does not share my political philosophy. But today he becomes my President, and for the sake of the country that I love with all of my heart, I hope that he will be a good one. I am, and will always be, an American before I am a Republican and I will never wish any harm upon our great nation for the sake of political gain.

Today, our nation sees its first African American citizen assume the highest office in the land- and in that fact I cannot help but feel a deep and powerful sense of pride. I hope that his Presidency serves to help those who, for whatever reason, have not felt that they have a stake in the prosperity of our nation become invested in the promise that the greatest country on Earth has always afforded its members.

Until my next post, God bless you all- and may He continue to bless the United States of America.

H/T Carlos Echevarria

According to the International Herald Tribune, McCain has been counseling President-elect Obama for the last three months on cabinet appointments, national security policy and other issues. 

Not long after Senator John McCain returned last month from an official trip to Iraq and Pakistan, he received a phone call from President-elect Barack Obama.

As contenders for the presidency, the two had hammered each other for much of 2008 over their conflicting approaches to foreign policy, especially in Iraq. (He’d lose a war! He’d stay a hundred years!) Now, however, Obama said he wanted McCain’s advice, people in each camp briefed on the conversation said. What did he see on the trip? What did he learn?

It was just one step in a post-election courtship that historians say has few modern parallels, beginning with a private meeting in Obama’s transition office in Chicago just two weeks after the vote. On Monday night, McCain will be the guest of honor at a black-tie dinner celebrating Obama’s inauguration.

Over the last three months, Obama has quietly consulted McCain about many of the new administration’s potential nominees to top national security jobs and about other issues — in one case relaying back a contender’s answers to questions McCain had suggested.

McCain, meanwhile, has told colleagues “that many of these appointments he would have made himself,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a close McCain friend.

This breaking news of the secret meetings and counseling is not without controversy.  Publicly, team Obama remains adamant on their withdrawl plans for Iraq, but those involved in the meeting are now stating that Obama is finding common ground with many of Senator McCain’s positions on American involvement in Iraq. 

Emanuel said he did not remember any discussion of Iraq. “Barack has been clear that he is going to stick to his responsible reduction in forces, and he hasn’t changed from that,” he said.

But Graham, who accompanied McCain to the meeting, said Obama took a notably different tone toward Iraq than he had during the campaign, emphasizing the common ground in their views.

“He said that he understands that we had differences but he wanted to let us know that he also understands that we have got to be responsible in how we leave Iraq,” Graham recalled. “What the Obama-Biden administration has talked about is not losing the gains we have achieved. ”

He added, “Obama does not want to be the guy who lost Iraq when it is close to being won.”

For many Republicans, this news brings mixed emotions.  During the campaign, Republicans understood that Senator McCain’s positions on foreign policy were the correct positions to take to ensure the safety of our nation and we should now be satisfied that President-elect Obama is adopting many of those positions. But at the same time, how could we not be frustrated at the lack of honesty shown by the Obama campaign? According to exit polling, Obama won on the issue of Iraq, even though polling during the campaign had shown McCain winning the issue.

We should not hold any animosity towards Senator McCain for providing counsel to the President-elect.  McCain is doing this for two reasons.  First, he is putting (and always has) his country first.  Secondly, McCain is accepting the hand of friendship in hopes of influencing the policy positions of our next President.  Although some may see this as too non-partisan, our soldiers fighting for our safety will appreciate the conviction of Senator McCain.  

For liberals, expect them to turn a blind-eye, again, on another slap to their face from a candidate who exploited their anger, fear and expectations. 

It was all ching-ching and bling-bling, my lefty friends.  It was not about hope, but about power.  

HT/ Carlos Echevarria

The UN has been silent to the following criminal activities of the Hamas terrorist organization: 1. Hamas has violated the rights of the Palestinian children abusing them, brainwashing them and inciting them to hate and kill. …

The United States donates billions of dollars to Unicef. 

an Unholy Alliance…

While all good conservatives were out conceding that the GOP needs to become more moderate in national elections, an extreme right wing leader at a major speech in Washington insisted the GOP lost because it wasn’t conservative enough:

I don ‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.

It was a feeling that there was not a sufficient difference now between the parties that kept a majority of the voters away from the polls. When have we ever advocated a closed-door policy?…

Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?

The major figure then doomed his own political chances by sending an anti-moderate message and suggesting a course which, according to thousands of media wisemen, can only lead to disaster for the Republican Party. :

A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.

I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.

At a time when the GOP needs more members not less, this “leader” suggested shrinking the party. No doubt this leader’s failure to follow the party line will doom him as well as anyone who follows him.

By the way, the name of this leader?

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My Friend,

In the time since the 2008 presidential campaign ended I have had a chance to reflect on many things. And as I said on election night, I truly cannot adequately express how indebted I am to you, my entire campaign team and my running mate, Governor Sarah Palin

The road was a difficult one from the outset. Yet, your faith, your support and friendship never wavered. Just as I have proudly served my country for more than half a century I am as committed as ever to helping see our mission through.

So to continue the movement, I have decided to launch a new grassroots organization called Country First.

Today, I’m asking you as a friend and supporter to renew your commitment to our common goals by becoming a Charter Member of Country First with an online contribution.

Country First will allow us to strengthen our Party, better define our Republican ideals and message, recruit and back strong, dedicated candidates and continue our efforts to bring real reform to government by always putting our country and the noble ideals she stands for first.

Together, we can make government more responsive to today’s problems and more answerable to the people. That’s why I hope you will become a Charter Member of Country First and support our cause by following this link to make a generous contribution of any amount today.

With your help we can work to elect these new leaders to Governorships, Statehouses, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and beyond. Once in office they will become fierce advocates for limited government, economic opportunity, personal responsibility and strong national security.

On Election Night last year, I called on all Americans not to despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.

Today, I am asking you to join Country First to continue fighting for the worthy cause of revitalizing both our democracy and our Party.

Our goals will never be realized if your voice falls silent. You are the best hope for our country’s success. Please stay in this fight with me; our country needs your service now as much as ever.

I know that together we can make a difference – we already have. Again, I thank you for your unwavering friendship and support.

Sincerely,

John McCain

P.S. Country First will serve as a powerful voice for the American people. It will allow us to get our Republican message out to the voters and elect a new generation of Republican leaders who can go to Statehouses and Congress to fight for all we believe in. Please join as a Charter Member of Country First by following this link to make a contribution today. Thank you.

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The new Junior Senator from Minnesota…

 Happy New Year