McCain's GOP Critics In Arizona Continue To Press Their Case

[Purveyor]

Sen. John McCain's status as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has done little to ease the criticism he faces from a small but vocal group of conservatives in his home state.

A week ago, Republican activists living in the same state legislative district as McCain rejected nearly all the names his campaign submitted as candidates to become delegates to the party's state convention on May 10.

Six people on McCain's slate eventually became delegates, said Rob Haney, the district's Republican chairman and McCain's most prominent critic in Arizona.

"The people who know him like him the least. He is a media darling, so the general population doesn't know his record — and conservatives do," Haney said, though noting he doesn't believe the development could derail McCain's campaign.

The group of conservatives has dogged McCain since he first ran for Congress in 1982, objecting to his views on illegal immigration and campaign finance, among other issues. They rallied around him during the "Keating Five" scandal but were turned off by his moderate positions in the 2000 presidential race.

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[Mz Pip]

1. I have family in AZ

and they are lifelong Republicans. They can't stand McCain. The only LTTE my cousin ever wrote was an anti McCain rant. It seems pretty likely that they will be sitting out this election.

[Supersedeas]

2. Chris Matthews doesn't have the integrity to bring this to his viewers attention--mancrush and all