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Article: Crunch Time for McCain
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 22, 2008
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John McCain is feared by Democrats and liked by independents.
That, paradoxically, is why he may yet be rejected by Republicans,
even though he has bent over backward to satisfy conservative
demands.
McCain exorcised the ghosts of South Carolina on Saturday,
winning a critical primary in a state where he was savaged eight
years ago by George W. Bush. McCain's loss ended his chances in
2000, but the ferocity of the campaign against him only burnished
his legend as the brave independent willing to confront a Republican
political machine that punishes free thinking.
McCain's politics-be-damned image has proved remarkably durable,
even though he more recently cozied up to his right-wing critics ...