JD Hayworth Arizona
J.D. Hayworth, previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a local Phoenix A.M. radio host has stated that he is planning on challenging current Arizona Senator and multiple time presidential hopeful, John McCain, for his senate seat.
“We will formally announce at a later time, but we’re moving forward to challenge John McCain,” he said. “I think we all respect John. I think his place in history is secure. But after close to a quarter-century in Washington, it’s time for him to come home.”
Mr. Hayworth cited a recent outcry of support from local Arizonans as having a significant influence on his decision to run.
Many political insiders claim that Mr. Hayworth’s biggest drawback will be his need to raise significant capital to properly challenge the incumbent McCain. It is stated that John McCain currently has over 5 million dollars in campaign contributions that he is planning on using against Hayworth. Many claim to even have a chance in the primary Mr. Hayworth will need to raise at least 2 million dollars.
In addition to the significant amount of money that John McCain has been able to raise he also has the support of Sarah Palin, an individual that has tended to ignite the “base” of the republican party, the part of the party that seems to disagree with the status and politics of Senator McCain.
The team at Phoenix.org
January 23, 2010
2 Comments
Spending 5 million dollar for a seat that pays 169,000 per year! Spending 2 million dollars just to challenge that claim!
Obviously there is a problem with people paying that much more for jobs that pay so much less. It is like paying to be the hall monitor at elementary school, if you are willing to pay to be a 5th grade hall monitor then you are showing your true desire is to have power over others.
All political positions should be limited in running costs to what the position pays per year or per two years. That way the media and other groups could not influence the minds of individuals and voters by throwing money at them. If Frank and Jack were running and they both had 200,000 to spend then by the time the election came we would have a good knowledge of what they both believe. If Frank has 100,000 to run and Jack has 2,000,000 then you can guarantee that we will never hear from Frank and Jack will be elected regardless of whether he was the best or not.
We have got to do something about getting the abnormal money out of politics.
Comment by Tonya on January 23, 2010 at 1:41 pm
RINO McCain needs to be defeated and he will be.
Comment by Sweeney on January 31, 2010 at 11:24 pm