freeSpeech: Sen. John McCain

Arizona Senator Speaks About The Republican Party And Midterm Elections

(CBS)  Couric: Why are the Republicans are in such trouble heading into the mid-term elections?

McCain: I believe that we Republicans have a message and a strong one: a good economy, low inflation, low unemployment. America is safer. But to somehow state that we do not have enormous challenge would be an inaccurate. We do.

Couric: What has the GOP not done right?

McCain: We haven't reformed immigration. We haven't reformed lobbying. We haven't reformed ethics, we haven't made many other reforms we want. I think our base is very angry; our conservative, our fiscal conservative base is angry we haven’t restrained spending more.

Couric: What scares you the most about the possibility of a Democratic majority?

McCain: Gridlock. I worry about gridlock.

Couric: You don’t have gridlock now, senator?

McCain: I think we've made some progress in a number of areas. There is an agenda that the Democratic Party has, which is a more liberal philosophy that our conservative philosophy, and that's why we have two parties.

Couric: So, why don't you just give us a little straight talk, senator, and tell us when you'll announce you'll be running for president?

McCain: Early next year.

Couric: So, there's no question in your mind that you will take the plunge?

McCain: Oh no; we will decide. We will decide after the election and then make an announcement as to whether or not in early next year.

Couric: I know you're not Carnac, but what do you think Capitol Hill will look like the day after election day?

McCain: You just saw the recent poll. It's 16 percent of the American people approve of Congress, the lowest numbers that we have seen. We should all dedicate ourselves on the day after the election to do a better job in ethics and lobbying reform and saving social security and addressing the concerns of American families.

Couric: And yet, it never seems to be accomplished…

McCain: I think things are now at a point where we will listen to the American people and do a better job.

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After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1958, John McCain began his career as a Naval aviator. In 1982, he was elected to Congress representing what was then the first congressional district of Arizona. In 1986, he was elected to the United States Senate to take the place of Sen. Barry Goldwater. Sen. McCain is currently the senior senator from Arizona.

In 2000, McCain ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and serves on the Armed Services, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees.

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As an independent, a woman and a veteran, I must say that I love this man!!

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Please ms. Couric: "free speech" should be free and remain "free". Speech, paid for by us by our politicians with our money already floods the air & video waves enough to wash us clean from any independent expression we might be capable of.
I was very encouraged by seeing this segment added to the CBS news but I am becoming progressively disheartened by it being usurped by the same instruments of power and control that attempt to force all our thinking into a straightjacket.
Journalism implies a mission to report reality, not a duty to respond to manipulation.