Scott Brown Lends Star Power to McCain

(CBS)  The Senate's newest member Scott Brown likes to talk about his daughter's prowess on the basketball court, but for the first weekend of March he skipped her game and flew cross-country to catch one with Sen. John McCain and to return a favor.

"When I was considering running and down 30 points, the only person that actually met me was Senator McCain," Brown said at a McCain rally Saturday.

McCain's early support helped Brown defeat Martha Coakley, a better known, better funded Democrat in liberal-leaning Massachusetts.

Now McCain is enlisting the GOP's newest superstar to help him with his own election, a Senate primary challenge from the right.

J.D. Hayworth, conservative radio host and former congressman, is hoping to corral the Tea Party crowd and upend the far more moderate McCain.

"Everything that the McCain people tried to do to intimidate me not to run has just moved me in the other direction," Hayworth said on a radio show.

Hayworth's challenge has forced McCain to tack to the right recently, saying while standing next to Brown at the rally, "We don't want terrorists read their Miranda rights."

McCain's also dusted off his outsider credentials with visits from Tea Party idols like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Brown, who McCain called "one of the great political heroes in American political history."

With polls showing anti-Washington anger at an all-time high, McCain is one of many incumbents facing tough elections.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter - all Democrats - are all enduring bruising campaign battles. Several more senators have retired to avoid the anti-incumbent environment.

"You've got long-term senators who have locked down election after election - and won by 10, 20 points every time - who are scared out of their minds," said Politico's Andy Barr.

It's unfamiliar territory for McCain, who cruised to victory in Arizona in 2004 with 76 percent of the vote. Arizona's Tea Party hasn't endorsed McCain or Hayworth, saying that from the group's perspective both of their records leave a lot to be desired.

[from_the_north]

Old McCain made a big booboo in selecting palin to run with him. That showed everybody what poor decision maker he is - people aren't going to forget it. She cost him the election.

[myopinionpal]

Its time McCain and the rest of Washington's sixty and above to step aside and let younger minds run this country. What we have now is a bunch of old set in their ways senior citizens that should be in a nursing home keeping this country in the stone ages. And each time there is an election the same old birds get re-elected to continue to do nothing for the American people.

[P0ST1ING_AWAY]

Can't we all just appreciate John McCain for what he as done for us ???
Sarah has been quite a gift.
Something similar to old gym shorts ...
that have not been washed in a while ...
Except that she is not quite THAT smart ...

[curse914]

by variablespanner March 7, 2010 9:24 AM EST

Actually Borwn's repudiation of the Tea Party faction after using them to win his Senate Seat may be problems for John McCain and Scott Brown in the future. Not to mention Brown's announced support of additional jobs spending by the Federal Government instead of the preferred elimination of Medicare and Social Security advocated by the Tea Party faction.

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How does a cheap labor social Darwinist Conservative prove that government does not work, by bankrupting it.

Let's don't rethink the concept that perpetual growth is not possible on a finite planet. Instead throw the mob to the sharks, it is "survival of the fittest" for the unwashed masses. Unfettered Capitalism and Social Darwinism is the enemy, not the fabricated "Socialist" Boogieman.

[P0ST1ING_AWAY]

TYPO
"nonsense she given"
should read
"nonsense she HAS given"

[P0ST1ING_AWAY]

by ohcrymeariver March 7, 2010 11:34 AM EST
Sorry Yet ?
McCain would have been soooo much better than this traineee called Barry.
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Far too many worthless lazy people expect a warm bottle from Mamma Obama.
WRONG DIRECTION ~!
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This coming from someone who supports Tea-Baggers?
The same Tea-Baggers who were willing to PAY to hear
Sarah "Im-going-Rogue(ie CASHING IN)" Palin blather the same
nonsense she given the rest of us for FREE ???
WRONG DIRECTION ???
No, Dufus.
WRONG ANSWER.

[reveal4]

The Tea Party, talk radio, anti government, pro Wall Street, Tea Party crowd will vote for J.D. Hayworth...not McCain...Conservative fringers won't vote for McCain.

[tryhonesty]

McSAME, McSAME, McSAME Greedy OLD Party clueless to care about the American people, only for POWER.

[HGOODGUY]

As long as the Republican Party is dominated by "Wingnuts and Wackos" they will be on the outside looking in!!!!

[concerned67]

Dream on. Scott Brown is the hottest ticket in town. In the short time he has been a senator, he stopped the sleezy healthcare bill congress was trying to pass in January. His victory made Obama and his administration focus again on jobs and made them have second thoughts on where the 9/11 terrorist should be tried. He crossed the aisle to vote for the job bill's cloture. Every one of his campaign issues so far have been fulfilled.

He was not a tea party candidate. Unfortunately for them, they failed to read past the (R) after his name. Moderate Republicans, like me are very happy with what he has done so far and I think the Massachusetts voters are pleased as well.

[reveal4]

A lot of the fringe tea party set hates Scott brown for his cross the line vote for the jobs bill.