McCain Running Scared: Arizona is a Battleground State

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McCain Running Scared: Arizona is a Battleground State

Posted by Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone at 5:18 PM on July 25, 2008.

John McCain, by all indications, may have troubles winning his own home state of Arizona.


John McCain, by all indications, may have troubles winning his own home state of Arizona. And this appears to be not because Bob Barr is leeching votes from McCain, but more because of McCain's flip flopping on immigration issues, thus abandoning the Hispanic vote.

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Barack Obama is taking the Latino vote. Yeah, it seems John McCain's frantic flip flops on immigration, an issue where he truly crossed the partisan line and joined with progressives in the past, are coming home to haunt him. Obama is polling, according to the Pew Hispanic Center poll, at a 66% approval, with just 23% approving of McCain. That's stunning. Oh, forget about the headline which touts this as a stunning turnaround for Obama. The numbers for McCain represent the biggest turnaround we can imagine for any candidate. He used to be the darling of Latino/Hispanic voters, and his flip flopping has evidently destroyed his credibility. Here's some of the story from CNN:

Obama's approval rating with registered Latino voters, the nationwide Pew Hispanic Center poll found, is at 66 percent versus 23 percent favoring McCain.

Obama's "strong showing in this survey represents a sharp reversal in his fortunes from the primaries, when Obama lost the Latino vote to Hillary Clinton by a margin of nearly 2-to-1," according to Pew Hispanic Center associate director Mark Hugo Lopez.

Obama's favorability among Latinos is slightly up from a Gallup Poll summary of surveys taken in May, which showed Obama with 62 percent of Latino voters nationwide, compared with 29 percent for McCain.

"He now appears to be even more popular than Hillary Clinton among Latinos," Lopez said.

Pew Hispanic Center's deputy director, Susan Minushkin, added that Obama is "enjoying broad-based support among Hispanics who don't see great differences by age, by gender, by education, by income."

I'm guessing McCain's flip flops on immigration, in order to appeal to the jingoistic wing of the Republican Party (all of them?), have eroded his support among Latinos. Think for one moment, John McCain. Your flip flopping in order to pander just may have cost you the 10 electoral votes in your own home state. Now wouldn't that be something.

[stevedeshazer]

1. I'd love to see that headline.

'McCain Loses Arizona'

Especially since it could tip a close election. And, Arizona is a late reporting state, in the Pacific time zone and very rural outside the population centers.

This is an interesting scenario; McCain losing the election in late returns to his home state! Irony lives!

I'd love to make that movie. Juicy!

[Oceansaway]

2. my repuke sis in Chandler will

drop dead if McLame looses AZ....hahahaha

[grantcart]

3. I love it

[opihimoimoi]

4. Cain's Camp going ballistic over the inevitability of losing the HOME STATE to OBAMA

They have fortified the Walls, pulled up the Draw Bridge, loaded those quivers, issued out the swords and pikes, and heated the oil.

all for naught...

The Pubs are gonna die this NOVEMBER...

CLIMATE CHANGE....?

How about SOCIAL CHANGE???

From GOP Negativity to OBAMAs POSITIVITY

[zbdent]

5. would be comical to laugh about Arizona the same way that the Repugnicons

laughed about Tennessee in 2000 ...

Only this time, it will be legit ...

[opihimoimoi]

6. I surely believe its our turn.....