This man scares me as much as Bush, who has put our country at risk repeatedly and in many ways. I'd say McCain is getting ahead of himself with the thought that maybe he's President of the United Sates of American before an election.

McCain is the one who is wrong about Iraq, not the Democrats …Actually, he doesn't get much right at all, does he?…When is the media going start taking this old man to task for all the mistakes he continually makes?

Sure it is.
DNC is nothing, but roll player for GOP.

I think all of this Poll taking has turned into a joke.Does anyone believe or even care about those anymore?i doubt it….who can believe anymore…..now each news organization have them and for whom ever or what ever they favor…they have a Poll and it always favor for whatever they want….,and not only the Polls ….can you really believe the News anymore…Newspeople are no longer professional,honest and fair reporting the news…just two examples on tv..look at this so called news channel FOXNEWS and CNN news…not honest reporthing…very bias..not fair at all…its like all the potential good jornalist have been outsorced we left with what we have, and God help us now..the news media are getting as corrupt as the corrupt…..

im sorry i could never vote for mccain and i am a republican, he was out of the senate sessions 57% of last year, he has no way of bettering our economy,,,all he is thinking about is this freaking war……..regardless troopes can be withdrawn and be here to protact us…..but we need to worry about ourselves…………hes to old hes to old and he only has experiance on forgein policy and security…..(based on what the media showes) he will not win

Obama 08

While John McCain may not raise as much funding as his rival, he will make up for it by gaining more votes.

He needs to get on the ball and ask Mitt Romney to be his VP, and then let him fix the economy.

It's going to be interesting to watch him without a teleprompter. It is already apparent that he, like Bush, requires major handling!

Well McCain. I dont think you could run a popcorn stand. And you wont be running this country. You are not very bright to think the American people would want to go in the same direction we have in the last 7 years. We will be scrambling to Mexico for jobs and welfair. And that is not a joke.

That's only one half! Of the circle round Iraq.

Personally & honestly,i don't think America can afford another warmonger as PRESIDENT for the next 4yrs @ the expense of
the fast failing ECONOMY.The last time you checked the value
of the $,be sincere,what did you notice?Is it rising or dropping?

Hola, Mr. President.

Democrats are dead wrong? Just a reminder, "my friend." Our presence in Iraq has never improved the situation in the Middle East. It has only solidified an extremist call for jihad.

First we destroyed a country with "shock and stupid awe." Then we fanned the flames by occupying Iraq and created a civil war that's increased again this past week. Baghdad streets are empty again. Basra has exploded into a new front. And we created a refugee crisis.

Historically, no one has been able to change the ways of Islamic culture. Napoleon failed. Catherine the Great failed. The Brits failed. The Soviets failed. Now we are paying our own price.

I commend the job of General Petraeus and our troops. But they are stuck in another endless quagmire. You should have learned the lesson of Vietnam, Senator.

John McCain is dead wrong about the war in Iraq. He is not the president of the United Staes and needs to stop acting like one because it is just sending out the wrong message. Him traveling to Iraq so often shows insecurity about his presidential qualifications. Any man can get on an airplane and fly to Iraq, including Barack Obama or woman Hillary Clinton.

There's still time until November and McCain's dirt will come out too once the Democrats' nominee is decided. Or has everyone harping on Hillary "misspeaking" forgotten about McCain's own "Sunni"/"Shiite" mixup?

My main concern about McCain: How is he going to solve problems as president all the way to 2013? In the photo, he looks very unhealthy. Reagan, though old, at least looked healthy.

McCain is dead wrong. 4000 Americans are already dead. Some 1 million Iraqis are already dead. And McCain calls for more blood. He, not any war opponent, is dead wrong. The only peace outcome from continued presence of US troops in Iraq is the peace of cemeteries. Save America, end the war now.

McCain is SO old, I'll need to see who his Vice President is going to be before deciding to vote. If his ticker gives out before he makes it 4 years, I want to know that his Vice President is someone who I would want as a leader for this country.

the cane

Who the heck is John McCain?

NO, HE is dead wrong. You have to be an idiot if you think an outside force ( America) is going to settle a 1000 year difference in idealogy, in 5 or 10 years. The factions in Iraq are NOT READY to make peace between thenselves. There are age old issues that must be resolved and they may take decades to work out. Someone needs to ask Senator McCann this one simple question. How does he know without a doubt that as soon as America reduces it combat troop levels to 50,000 that ALL HECK isn't going to break out??? It does matter if it happens 6 months from now or 2 years.WE JUST DON"T KNOW!! And that is why the with the exception of getting rid of Suddam, this war is a complete mess.

Senator McCain is right. Democratic fighting is giving him a secure lead for the presidency. I think it was a brilliant move for him to go out in the world in an attempt to appear "presidential". Along with that, he gets to avoid eing bogged down by questions of his policies on the home front.

CNN's phrase"AMERICA VOTES" should be…"AMERICA VOTES"except Michigan and Florida!

mc cain seems to be the only one who has a concrete plan on how to handle the problems of the country unlike obama who is no doubt a great orator but is clueless when it comes to action

I don't think it's okay for the Clinton's to dismiss questions when the Lewinsky scandal is brought up. I think they should address it in some way that show's strength and not by saying "It's none of your business". I would have more respect for Hillary and view her as strong leader if she did provide a response.

To me, her decision to stand by her husband is no different than Barack Obama deciding to stand by his pastor!

McCain's only golden opportunity is to retire.

Obama/Edwards 2008

If we were not in Iraq in the first place, then Osama would not be asking "help and support the mujahadeen brothers in Iraq, which is greatest opportunity and the biggest task." It is our occupying troops (government) they are fighting.

Our brave men and women need to be brought home!

McCain loves Iraq so much that we should just make him president…of Iraq.

I'm an independent leaning more towards Obama. I don't doubt what McCain says regarding Iraq. What I don't understand is how we Americans benefit by our occupation in Iraq. I'm not trying to be selfish, but I am trying to weigh the options on the table.

How much safer and empowered are we here in America with faltering school systems, a declining economy, a mortgage and insurance crises, insufficient boarder control, a mental health system in drastic need for improval, bad (road) infrastructure, a need to produce more American's with advanced degrees, and a need to increase our "green" efforts.

How does us "winning" in help us to win in these other areas? Does Iraq out weigh these things? I'm not a McCain hater. I just fail to understand his vision for us collectively as Americans.

I have great respect for your Senator McCain but please, and I beg you please, you saying democrats are dead wrong on Iraq is not the right way of putting it… Osama had nothing to do with Iraq before we went in executed a disastrous failed policy…. and I hope you do not disagree with that statement killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people and hurting our economy in way that no words can explain…

So please stop saying that Dems. are dead wrong about the war…. I agree with you that we cannot just pick up and leave… but it is because WE have created the situation where Osama is now marketing Iraq… He had nothing to do with Saddam and Saddam had nothing to do with him before we screwed up…..

So please…….. for the love of God, please…..

This is good even Sen McCain understand that Military force does not work by it self. You have to get the Iraq goverment and people to decide for themself and also the Palestinians and people of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to help

"Mission Accomplished" .

Time to move on to another country and "set them free" by invading their country, destroying their infrastructure, occupying their country for 100 years and letting them kill each other as well as our own troops.

Hey darren…Hillary didn't misspeak…..she lied. Nobody, especially a protected babe like Hillary, would forget sniper fire. Oh, she didn't forget..it never happened. Liar, liar.

I find it funny that probably 99.99% of those posting about the Iraq war haven't been there to actually see the success/failures. Your only source of information is what the news outlets choose to show you. So go ahead and rant and rave about the war. Most posters are about as smart as a hoe handle on the issues you speak…just regurgitation of what you hear others say and print.

So the terrorists have now killed 7,000 Americans — 3.000 on 9/11, and 4,000 in Iraq. How many al Qaeda do you think we've killed? It sounds like we need a change of strategy, because we're losing this one.

Not only do I not want McCain's politics, he is sooooo borrrring that I can't stay focused long enough to try to figure out where he's going with a sentence. He needs to talk a little louder and definitely with more conviction; he talks like a child who has been naughty asking if he can get out of time-out now.

McCain will walk a slipperly slope on many issues if he is to maintain his 'maverick' 'independent' status, appeal to the Republican base, remain viable to run a campaign vis a vis financial backing of the Dems vs. Reps, and not appear that he's wishy-washy, flip-flopping, merely politically expediant (see: Hillary Clinton), and just the same old tired 'politics as usual.' He has a very interesting course to tread and it will be fascinating to see him attempt to navigate this path.

"Some 1 million Iraqis are already dead."

So, you decided to take the upper end of the range for your argument. It's somewhere between 90,000 and 1 million, depending on who you ask. Obviously, we all know who touts the upper end of the range.

McCain in 08′.

Night-night little John,sleep tight and dont let the Dems bite.

I am so sick of the "mis-spoke" garbage. McCain truly scares me. He is 72 years old, has a hair-trigger temper and appears to be a war lover. Not only that but he exhibited some very "senior" (to put it kindly) moments during his recent tour of Iraq. When he visited Nancy Reagan, he acted older than she is. He spoke very slowly, moved very slowly. I strongly suggest to the Republican powers that be to insist on a very strong, younger person to be VP.

neocons, corpocons, and theocons are out in full force to continue the status quo.

McCain is acting presidential.

Hillary and Obama are squabbling like little children fighting over a dirty lollipop..

How does McCain plan on continuing our wars in the Middle East (if not intensifying them) without starting a draft?

Until someone can answer me that question I refuse to even consider voting for John McCain.

Yeah, he sure looks it doesn't he?
Whatever, McCain couldn't energize the energizer bunny.

Looks like John McBush want to keep the "crusade" going for another four years.

If McCain and his mentor Bush had gone after the real enemy in Afghanistan instead of invading Iraq for OIL, we would not be listening to these threats today!

John McGeezer and his republican party won't be satisfied until this country is broke and the elitist few have enough cheap labor to tend their estates.

I can't stand McCain the RINO.

McCain not only looks old, but looks like he is in worse health than Ron Paul who is a year older than him.

I will be voting Ron Paul in the Idaho primary in May 08.

Poll is soooo overated. I believe these polls when it is close to election time. I can't wait to see McCain against Obama to debate face to face. Now my friends how do you say: SWEEEEET!

To: B. Gorman,

Senator McCain is right. Democratic fighting is giving him a secure lead for the presidency. I think it was a brilliant move for him to go out in the world in an attempt to appear "presidential".

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Sure he appears Presidential. If you clone him with Bush.

McCain's downfall will show in the general election.

McCain can't even figure out who is fighting who in Iraq, That is scary…..

you who critise Hillary for being the spouse of an adulterer should remember that McCain is an adulterer in the first person

Clinton is a pathological lier and Obama is a closet commie and a racist. Way to go Dems, your making my choice tough.

Well then, Fred– hasta la vista, baby…. we don't need you here anyway!

Hey Bob Stephens…

Also scary..Hillary thought she was shot at (liar, liar) and and BHO can not remember when he was in "church" (liar, liar).

A. Wolf, Boston wrote:
"neocons, corpocons, and theocons are out in full force to continue the status quo."

I think the Decepticons are on board as well…

How did Senator McCain arrive to his conclusion that what this country needs is another "War President"?! We don't, we really, really don't!
It is an economy,,, um…Senator!

MC MOUSE PRESIDENT
ALL Employer Benefits-Gone
Medicare-Gone
S.S.- Gone
Unemployment -Gone
Tax Cuts for Rich-2 Billion more than now.
Health Care-Employer don't pay. You Pay. With your measly raise.

OBAMA ONLY FOR PRES. 2008

Not making the most of his time… I doubt he even knows what time it is without someone whispering it in his ear.

Kathleen an Obama/Edwards ticket is like a Kerry/Edwards ticket. Do I need to say more.

If you prefer Obama/Richardson think again because Obama is a Jimmy Carter type!

McCain/Romney ticket will balance it out and help America get back on track!

"BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED"

Mcwar needs to reimburse us for trip.

The only thing golden about McCain is that he is just celebrating his GOLDEN YEARS!!

McCain has earned the right to be called President of the United States

John McCain's speech today on foreign policy will be an eye-opener for Democrats and Republicans.

In 2006, the oldest democratically ellected Leader ( Sir John Compton) was sworn in at 81 yrs old in St.lucia, he died less than a year later. This is a very stressful job.

Maybe Hillary can be McCain's veep.

John, John, John!!!!!

How can you utter such load of nonsense??????

Golden opportunity for his golden years.

this old, tired geezer is a fool, i cant even believe he's the republican nominee.

he's as "presidential" as the idiot buffoon whose cheek he kisses!!!

why on earth would anybody vote for more of the same?

Mc Cain, please retire. Obama/08