Immigration Kills McCain in Iowa?
How can McCain recover when liberals like Senator Harkin voted against his failed immigration bill? Is it over for McCain?
Politico……Arizona Sen. John McCain’s financial difficulties have forced him to dramatically scale back his Iowa campaign, and it’s not clear whether former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani or ex-Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson will fully engage in the Hawkeye State caucuses……
…..It was a hard blow for McCain, not least because he was already viewed with some suspicion by conservative activists in the state.
The senator’s public identification with the immigration bill has been crushing.
“Even as far left as Tom Harkin is, he got so many calls on this issue that he voted with the conservatives on this,” observed Mark Lundberg, chairman of the Sioux County Republican Party, referring to the state’s Democratic senator. “That could be the nail in McCain’s coffin in Iowa.”……..
