McCain Will Take Any And All Votes

By: Andante Higgins
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. -- John McCain was asked about how he expected to perform with independents today in Michigan. He used the question to ask for any and all votes, not just independents.

"People ask me about turnout, we want republicans, democrats, libertarians, vegetarians, Trotskyites, whoever will come out and vote for us. And obviously we are trying to motivate our Republican base, but we want everybody," McCain said.

Expecting a tight race and hoping to take Michigan, McCain vowed to continue even if he falls short tonight.

"Wins are always important, but we're in this for the long haul. But Michigan is the heartland, it's a big state, it's an important election. So, I think it's important and we're competitive and we're doing well in South Carolina and we're doing well nationwide. But, a month ago we would've had a very different assessment of how things are. You never know what's going to happen next month," he said.

Later in Ypsilanti, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., joined McCain on the stump and urged independents to vote for his friend.

"This is a tough and close fight here in Michigan here today. But Republicans, and I want to say specifically independents and yes, Democrats…...I urge them to come out today and stand for a man who is a great American patriot.

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by samsel3 January 16, 2008 9:34 AM EST: We can all talk about the past, but what about now and the future ? Presently the CNP Council for National Policy is planning your future. This secretive organisation of several hundred of the richest men in the USA put Bush & Cheney in office to accomplish their global agenda. In September 2007 they met again in Salt Lake City. Cheney & Mitt Romney were keynote speakers. Romney wants their backing. The CNP wants to continue their agenda in global market control for BIG OIL & allied industry in the next election. National media outlets are owned by their members. Who will expose them? Who will stop their insanity and destruction of constitutional freedom ? Who will stop their misuse of the military to promote their global agenda ?; Reply to this comment


by winghunter January 16, 2008 12:43 AM EST: Michigan had no idea who they were voting for, will you?;

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by brittanicus-2009 January 15, 2008 11:11 PM EST: Will the state of Nevada have an issue with the population of illegal aliens voting? According to a official report, all an individual has to do to caste a vote is to sign an affidavit of being a citizen. When you break the sovereign laws of the United States, what makes us think their will not violate our voting laws. Tell me who is going to authenticate this travesty of our Constitutional right, if foreign nationals wish to transgress our voting laws? With Nevada having a huge showing of illegal foreign nationals, it will be interesting to see the political impact. This 2008 election will have a massive adverse effect on the rights and privileges of true Americans. According to an estimate of the Pew Hispanic Center, in 2005 there were an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 illegal aliens living in Nevada This estimate ranks 15th among illegal alien populations in the United States for the PEW estimate. FAIR estimates in 2004 that the taxpayers of Nevada spent $321.1 million per year on illegal aliens and their children in public schools.; Reply to this comment