McCain seeking higher profile
By lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
United States
January 19, 2009 8:33pm CST
McCain is reportedly getting alot of high ranking seats on a some key committees.Here is a list of the committees he is going after and people on the hill are saying he will get
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Homeland Security Committee
Energy Committee
Ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee
Well if this happens it looks like McCain maybe down but not out (and have a lot of say about some of biggest issues facing this country). I know at a dinner tonight Obama went out of his way to talk about what a great person and politican McCain was. Maybe they have something in the works.
Personally I think McCain is in a better position to shape bills and policies than Obama. McCain can write them (or help to shape how the final bill is written), sponsor them, submit them and vote on them. Obama can only sign or veto them. Congress has always been where the real power is. What do you think?
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@rsa101 (40966)
• Philippines
20 Jan 09
Well I guess it's good for him to just move on with it and just do his job as a legislator. I think he is making good on where he is right now. Just don't stay disgruntled loser in an election and I think that is a mark of a true sportsman. I do hope that those that supported him would follow what he is doing going on and moving on where he left his duties and responsibilities to the public. Sometimes there are just those fanatic supporters that just cannot accept defeat.
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
20 Jan 09
I do think it is good that McCain is not wallowing in his failure and is moving on with his life.
As for the "fanatics" well it was not the person they refuse to except failure for but their ideas about how they want the future to be. It is a hard thing for people give up their beliefs and hopes for the future.
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@rsa101 (40966)
• Philippines
20 Jan 09
I can understand that point but then majority rules and now that their candidate has accepted defeat the followers should follow suit as well. There will be a time for that to happen in. Just what like McCain is doing right now. he might not be able to run again but he may pass on his ideas to someone capable next time.
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
20 Jan 09
In the current climate McCain is poised to be quite powerful. He's always lost in the primaries because he was too liberal to garner support from most republicans. With the heavy lean towards the left his year he finally had a shot at the presidency. Despite the rampant attacks by the left, he is still a very moderate republican and has been VERY supportive of Obama since the election ended even chastising other republicans who implied that Obama was involved with the Blagojevich scandal. Right now the party really needs him to bridge the gap since the Democrats are bordering on a super majority.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
20 Jan 09
Which is why Obama and others are reaching out to him and other liberal leaning Republicans in office. That way they can use their "almost" super majority with fewer worries about a filibuster.
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@StarBright (2798)
• United States
20 Jan 09
McCain can be a powerful ally in the Senate for the Dems. He and Pres-Elect Obama need each other. I admire McCain. He did not take the lowest road as he well could have, during the campaign. Oh, his running buddy, Ms. Palin tried to go there. She has no scrupples! McCain is not that well liked by his fellow Republicans, so it will be all the better for him to work with the Democrats. Part of his campaign rhetoric came off like a loser because he boasted of how he was not liked by his own party. I hope he gets something with the Armed Services. He may be more generous with them. I don't like the idea of his wanting to tax health care tax credits.
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
20 Jan 09
Well republicans consider him too liberal....liberals think he is too conservative, so he is kinda in no mans land. Him and Liberman should get along fine.
As for Palin...well she was just doing her role as a VP candidate. Biden did the same thing. It is just the way it is done. The VP candidates are the ones that do the attacking so the presidential candidate does not get his hands dirty.
Why is it done that way...who knows but it has been going on for in presidential elections for a long time.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I've heard that Obama and McCain had been in contact with each other with some frequency during the transition. I've also been impressed by how gracious McCain has been since the election. He's made some comments about things on which he has a different opinion from Obama but that's to be expected. McCain may be a good go-between between Obama and other Republicans in the House and Senate since he does have a decent relationship with members of both parties.
Congress may once again have the power they were intended to have assuming Obama doesn't use signing statements with the same frequency Bush did. Here's hoping he doesn't.
Annie
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
1 Feb 09
I'm afraid a lot of people from both sides of the aisle don't want the "gap to be bridged" or for their to be any bipartisanship. My feelings are that "reaching across the aisle" is fine but not just for the sake of doing so and I feel the same way about voting along party lines. I think each Representative and Senator should vote his or her own conscience and should always have his/her constituents in mind. If and when they find themselves disagreeing with the majority of those who HIRED them it's their responsibility to be open and honest with them and explain why they're voting the way they are. I think people will accept someone changing their mind if they're not given a bunch of lies and double-talk.
Annie
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
27 Jan 09
your right. McCain may be a good person to try and bridge the gap between the parties. It is a tough job....hopefully he is up for it.
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