Usually, operating behind enemy lines is a sign of strength. John McCain sure hopes so.
“I believe we have every good shot at carrying the state of Massachusetts tomorrow and winning this state and sweeping the East,” the Arizona senator said Monday as he campaigned in Mitt Romney’s backyard - at a rally at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
McCain sees a big Super Tuesday in the offing. But even some allies are a little nervous at a schedule that had McCain spending most of his day in three moderate GOP states: Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. McCain has a big lead in the latter two, and even his own top aides concede Massachusetts is a long shot.
So why not more in the South. Or in the Mountain West.
We put the question to McCain in Boston: “Senator, where is the line between confident and cocky?”
McCain noted that he had campaigned in Missouri the other day, as well as Alabama and some other Super Tuesday battlegrounds. But the did note his superstitions, and did repeated his assertion from last week that he believed he would all but mathematically clinch the nomination Tuesday night.
“You hop around the country. You try to get to as many places as you can,” McCain said. “But I am trying to be very careful about …I’ve seen more than one election go against what the polls show before. And we are guardedly confident we think we can win but that is why we are campaigning hard right up literally until the polls close.”
Up to the end includes a hastily scheduled final day trip to California, where Romney also was adding last-minute stops to court voters in Tuesday’s most delegate-rich state.
| Cindy |
February 4th, 2008 3:42 pm ET I think McCain is doing all that he can do. You can’t be in every place at once. Hopefully he picked the right states to stump in that’ll push him over the hump and get him the nod for the Reps to run for prez. What is done is done I say. All he can do is sit back and see what happens tomorrow! Hopefully it’ll go his way! Cynthia, Covington, Ga. |
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| Ken Partridge |
February 4th, 2008 4:20 pm ET McCain made a big deal during the Republican debate about Romney’s “timetable” remarks. After Anderson read back that quote, it was clear the comments had nothing to do with timetables for getting out of Iraq. If McCain interpreted these comments as a timetable for getting out of Iraq, then I have lost confidence in McCain’s ability to interpret facts and make sound judgment. Ken, Montrose, CO |
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| Annie Kate |
February 4th, 2008 9:24 pm ET You do what you think is right at the moment and then you hope. No one can cover as many states as vote tomorrow as well as they would like to. I hope for McCain that he is right and the election will go his way. Tomorrow will be interesting for us all. Annie Kate |
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| Robert - Jakarta |
February 5th, 2008 2:11 am ET Enemy Lines? Last time I checked, Massachusetts is one of the original 13 colonies of the United States. Has Bush added them to the Axis of Evil? Robert |
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| Robert Hall |
February 5th, 2008 2:52 pm ET I have to give the republican party alot of credit they have the most inarticulate dullard as their front runner. Anyone who thinks they are going to win the Presidential election & support the Iraq War & continued wasteful spending of our resources is either suicidal or an ally of Osamma Bin Laden who professed to drain the US of it’s wealth through war. |
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| JDC |
February 5th, 2008 3:11 pm ET All these candidates have no qualms about wasting tons of airline fuel, gasoline, etc. while they run all over the country…pretending to be “green,” too! |
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| Steve |
February 5th, 2008 4:04 pm ET If John Mc cain wants to keep the war going, Where would he be, if we would not have stopped the war that he was in? I heard of white flags then and don’t hear much talk about that. Was Viet Nam a win for the US? Mc cain beter rethink what got him home . |
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| Genny Welch |
February 5th, 2008 5:16 pm ET I am very saddened to see the “media” lineup behind McCain–when all have the ability to see his record in the Senate in the last two years alone. Besides all of the “crossing the aisle,” he has one of the lowest attendance ratings in congress his voting record is deplorable–voting more “no’s” or “no vote” more often than not. Check that out and report it to the American voters while there is still time to set the record straight. The lies and deceit of McCain HAVE TO STOP!!! |
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| John Chapman |
February 5th, 2008 5:53 pm ET The media supports Mccain for one reason only ( and I assume you will not print either). |
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| Mike |
February 5th, 2008 8:52 pm ET I’m a moderate, independent voter. I’ve voted for the Democrat in the last two presidential elections. In this primary, I voted for a Republican - John McCain. Why? The fact that Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter dislike him so much makes me like him all the more. |
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