{"id":14791,"date":"2009-10-02T06:15:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T11:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14791"},"modified":"2009-10-11T08:02:13","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T13:02:13","slug":"mccain-to-make-gop-in-his-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14791","title":{"rendered":"McCain to make GOP in his image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his stunning victory for Barack Obama last November, John McCain has decided that he needs to prepare the electoral battleground for even more victories for the Democrats by making the GOP more like McCain, writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1009\/27832.html\">Politico<\/a>&#8216;s Alex Isenstadt;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s all part of an approach that is at odds with most other recent failed presidential nominees, whose immediate response to defeat was to retreat from the electoral arena. But those familiar with McCain\u2019s thinking say he has expressed serious concern about the direction of the party and is actively seeking out and supporting candidates who can broaden the party\u2019s reach. <\/p>\n<p>In McCain\u2019s case, that means backing conservative pragmatists and moderates. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s endorsed people with center-right politics because he has an understanding that the party is in trouble with certain demographics and wants to have a tone that would allow us to grow,\u201d said Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who is McCain\u2019s closest friend and ally in the Senate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, nothing like expanding on a losing strategy. McCain&#8217;s problem through the whole election is that he tried to be a Democrat which turned off conservative voters. The article goes on to disparage &#8220;shrill voices&#8221; &#8211; but this is the kind of crap that makes voices shrill. Conservatives want someone they can vote for without holding their noses &#8211; my nose is still somewhat deformed from posting in support of McCain last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his stunning victory for Barack Obama last November, John McCain has decided that he needs &hellip; <a title=\"McCain to make GOP in his image\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14791\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McCain to make GOP in his image<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-none"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}