McCain, who was reprimanded by the Senate Ethics Committee in 1991 for exercising “poor judgment” by intervening with federal regulators on behalf of a corrupt savings and loan executive, recast himself as a crusader against special interests and the corrupting influence of money in politics.

Yet he has continued to maintain complex relationships with lobbyists like Iseman, at whose request he wrote to the Federal Communications Commission to urge a speed-up on a decision affecting one of her clients.

Rightful poetic justice if McCain falls by the sword of his bogus, draconian, campaign finance enslavement laws. How could the Republicans be so DUMB, as to nominate a canidate that won't be able to compete in November... Oh right, the Republicans WANT to THROW the election to get, their welfare/warfare queen of BIG GOVERNMENT Hilliary, in to bankrupt what's left of the country. Be ready for more nanny state, more corporate welfare and our troops being sent into more countries (like IRAN) on a scale that even BUSH can't compete with. It's offical, there now is just a ONE party system in America. Democracy is DEAD. Hope you enjoy your virtual reality election. But then American Idol trained you for that.

John Mason, let me add to your experiment.

Imagine a US dollar that has declining value. And a 71 year old President who admits no understanding of Economics.

Imagine a military in an endless series of adventures at a cost of hundreds of billions.

Imagine if China annoyed with the Taiwan situation, stops floating our currency.

Imagine middle-eastern leaders deciding to stop using US dollars as their reserve currency and start using Euros.

OPEC decides that the US consumer can handle oil at $150 a barrel.

Meanwhile China continues to treat African and Latin-American countries with respect, along with Russia.
-In return those oil producing nations help prop up China's oil consumption.

McCain's narrow field of expertise is national security, with an emphasize on military intervention.

However no nation-state is foolish enough to go to war with us. The way to hurt the US is economic. THATS OUR ACHILIES HEAL!! Attack the economy and the military will be hobbled!

A 71 year old President who admits no understanding of Economics? Scary.

Yes, the Republican party messed up. They should have put forward Mitt Romney as their candidate. We the democrats are happy to have McCain though. This makes getting to the White House a walk in the park. Are you getting the feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Perhaps Huckabee knows something that we don't. This might be why he is hanging in there so stubbornly. He might actually make a better candidate.

Wouldn't it be funny if McCain is disqualified, Huckabee becomes the Republican nominee and then goes on to beat the Democratic candidate.((shudder)) I have been watching too many horror movies!!

someone should probe dean. he's a lame head.

I love the rapid republicans who say things like "McCain will win and there's nothing you can do about it"...denial is such a sad, sad state. I guess that 30% of Americans who still think Bush is smarter than the average garden slug )newsflash, he's not!)like to log on and rant about politics. The Dems will easily win this election because all the GOP is offering is a crazy, little old man who sings "Bomb Iran" and knows nothing about the economy or anything remotely related to it. He's got a checkered past in both his personal and professional life - he's not trustworthy in any respect. I could take you guys seriously if you were offering a viable candidate. McCain will get the old man vote and possibly a few of the bible thumpers, but his candidacy is pointless.

Dizzy Dean will have to face much bigger problems than the FEC - he and the Dems need to find a way to smoothe the feathers of the supporters of the losing Democrat nominee after convention. It does not look like a "nightmare/dream" ticket of Obama/Clinon... they have slung too much mudd! Right now it's smoke and mirrors... he is deflecting attention away from what looks to be an ugly HRC v BHO fight for Texas and Ohio. Just when you thought things were settling down... yippee this has been a fun ride I must say. To all candidates involved - keep it up. Who knew CNN, FOX, ABC, et al were more interesting than HBO, Cinemax, and STARZ... forget the Acadamy Awards... tell me what the polls were in Cleveland and Dallas... and the winner is?????

To say that I'm elated about the election this year would be an understatement. The top three issues to voters are McCain's weakest suit.
1. Economy-McCain has stated and I quote "I don't understand the U.S. Economy".
2. Iraq-McCain supports a war that 70% of the peole in America oppose.
3. Health Care-McCain proposes the status quo with a tax break.
I respect McCain for his service. I also respect Bob Dole. Need I remind you what happened to him?

"McCain is a great man"??? Oh, please! McCain is an adulterer (current wife Cindy was the other woman when he left his first wife and three kids), a liar, his actions were deemed unethical when he was investigated as one of the Keating Five, and he contradicts himself on important issues constantly. A great man? I'll give him credit for being a strong man, he survived being a POW. Surviving that doesn't mean that you're a good person. I respect that he served the country in Viet Nam - and that's about all I respect about him.

Here is the order in which I will vote:
1. Clinton
2. Nader
3. McCain
4. Castro (Raul)
5. Castro (Fidel)
6. Obama

McCain is resorting to the same sort of tactics Bush would use. A vote for McCain is a vote for neverending wars,worse deficits,and more corporate wefare,plus more tax breaks for the rich. If your poor or middle class a vote for McCain is like shooting yourself in the foot.Four more years of a Bush like nightmare!

Here is the order I will vote:

1. Clinton
2. Nadar
3. McCain

That's it.

I love the slogan "yes WE can". WE had the opportunity to decide if WE could afford a home and look at the mess WE are in. WE have the opportunity to purchase guns and WE shoot each other. WE had the opportunity to stay in the dome in New Orleans after the hurricane and WE tore it apart. WE have the opportunity to purchase high mileage vehicles and WE choose SUV's. But now WE think WE can change one block, one city, one state at a time. It's time to get REAL. Yes WE can!

"At this rate, Obama and Dean will soon be as trustworthy as Sen. Clinton." Finally, someone telling it like it is. Ethics complaints from Democrats? The party of Clinton. The party of voter fraud.

John is a consummate liar! We do not need a draft and we should get our troops out of the middle east NOW!

Do any of you really believe any of the campaign retoric you are hearing?

Polititions running for office will say anything their staff thinks will get them elected.

Polititions in office are faced with the reality that they will have to make decisions that nobody likes, but they will still say anything their staff thinks will get them relected.

The change we all really need is to try to get along in peace with the rest of the world, and we need them to do the same. Some chance of that while we are all fighting over oil, land, and food!

McCain's going down in flames, only this time it's not the VC shooting him down over Hanoi, it's his own hypocrisy on campaign finance reform.

What happened to your honesty and integrity, John? What happened to the Straight Talk Express? Did it take a little detour into a lobbyist's bank drive-through?

John McCain respect the law? Why should he do something that he would not ask millions of illegal aliens to do?

typical hypocritical republican...