McCain in Missouri
Politico.com is reporting that Sen. John McCain will appear with Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee at a suburban St. Louis rally on August 31, the day before the GOP Convention begins, and two days AFTER he has announced the choice of his Vice-Presidential running mate. This is fueling increased speculation that Mitt Romney will be McCain's choice. If neither Romney or Huckabee is the choice, it would mean the rally will include a fourth person - the nominee McCain has chosen:
Making matters more confusing, Politico has learned that McCain will visit suburban St. Louis, Mo for a major rally with Romney and his still-bitter primary nemesis Mike Huckabee on Sunday, August 31st, the day before the start of the GOP convention.
Top Missouri Republicans yesterday received the invitation for a rally featuring McCain and his two top primary challengers. They'll be joined by country star John Rich at a minor league baseball stadium in O'Fallon, Mo, about 35 miles west of St. Louis.
Missouri was hard-fought territory on Super Tuesday, with each of the three Republicans faring well. So the event would seem to represent a pre-convention unity rally in a swing state where each has a strong following. But Huckabee and Romney can hardly stand one another, and Huckabee has warned against selecting his once and perhaps future rival twice this month.
It would take a considerable act of pride-swallowing for Huckabee to stand before thousands of fans and watch as McCain touts Romney as his running mate.
But then it would take the same amount of magnamity for Romney to join such a rally the day before the convention if McCain has tapped somebody else as his vp and it's that person who McCain is lauding in Missouri.
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Here is a brief local news interview with Sen. John McCain, and his wife Cindy, in Kansas City, Missouri, July 30, 2008, where he talked about the importance of Missouri in this year's election.
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Here is a local news interview with Sen. John McCain while he was in Kansas City, Missouri for a Town Hall Meeting yesterday - July 17, 2008.
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Here is video of most of John McCain's Town Hall Meeting today in Kansas City, Missouri. This video embed is provided by local Kansas City NBC station KSHB. The quality is excellent, and it shows John McCain at his very best. The crowd was very enthusiastic and McCain was in great form.
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Here is video in four parts of Sen. John McCain taking questions at a Town Hall Meeting held on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, on June 18, 2008.
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Here is video of remarks Sen. John McCain made at a Town Hall Meeting held at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri on June 18, 2008.
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Here is a local news report previewing Sen. John McCain's Town Hall Meeting visit to Springfield, Missouri today, June 18, 2008. The report was done yesterday, June 17, 2008.
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Here is video in three parts of today's speech (April 7, 2008) by Sen. John McCain to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. From the introduction McCain received, it is clear how VFW feels about the need to elect a President who will not say with words alone he/she "supports the troops," but will prove it by supporting the mission they have sacrificed and died for as well. McCain delivers a great speech here, making it clear that the Democrats are offering a recipe for disaster in calling for a "reckless and irresponsible retreat from Iraq," a plan that would lead to even greater sacrifice and bloodshed in the future. (NOTE: The volume on the videos is quite low - so turn up the sound on your computer):
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John McCain hit Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hard today at a Town Hall Meeting in St. Louis for their recent protectionist talk on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement:. McCain, in contrast to Obama and Clinton, described himself as a "free trader:"
Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized his Democratic rivals on Tuesday for pledging to renegotiate a hemispheric trade treaty that Democrats blame for U.S. manufacturing job losses.
At a town-hall meeting in St. Louis, the Arizona senator also called for the Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress to approve a free-trade treaty with Colombia that is being stymied on Capitol Hill.
"On trade, I'm a free trader," McCain told employees at Savvis Internet company, a session dominated by questions about the ailing U.S. economy. . . .
In recent weeks, both Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have increased their criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement linking the U.S. economy with those of Canada and Mexico. read more »
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Here is a link to the live video feed of John McCain's Town Hall Meeting this morning in St. Louis, Missouri, with the employees of Savvis Inc. Just click the image above to open the live feed and watch.
UPDATE: 8:10 AM CT - The local station is now saying the Town Hall Meeting will begin in "about 30 minutes," which would put it at, or just after, 8:30 AM CT. The live feed is now working, but nothing happening yet.
UPDATE: 8:08 AM CT - According to MyFox St. Louis, John McCain raised over $600,000 last night at the fundraiser held in St. Louis!
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