In a story on President-elect Barack Obama's Monday meeting with Senator John McCain, CBS's Dean Reynolds listed some “areas of potential cooperation,” but he worried: “Will it be McCain the bipartisan maverick who reemerges in the Senate or the campaign conservative who might want to join fellow Republicans in frustrating the new President's plans?”
Reynolds then turned to the Politico's Jim VandeHei, a veteran of the Washington Post, who assured viewers McCain will want to “fix any damage that he did during this campaign” -- presumably a reference to McCain going to the right -- by returning to his old Senate ways journalists liked: “This is a man with a very rich appreciation for history and his place in history and I think he'll want to, you know, fix any damage that he did during this campaign by ending on a high note in the Senate.”
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton = “breathtaking!” Meanwhile, in Jake Tapper's Monday night story on ABC's World News about speculation over Hillary Clinton getting a cabinet spot, Clintonista Lanny Davis hailed: “The combination of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the world stage is literally breathtaking!”
From the Monday, November 17 CBS Evening News:
DEAN REYNOLDS: ...Areas of potential cooperation for Obama and McCain include improving education, ethics reform, torture and the future of the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo, Cuba, which sources say was discussed by the two at their meeting. But will it be McCain the bipartisan maverick who reemerges in the Senate or the campaign conservative who might want to join fellow Republicans in frustrating the new President's plans?
JIM VANDEHEI, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF POLITICO.COM: This is a man with a very rich appreciation for history and his place in history and I think he'll want to, you know, fix any damage that he did during this campaign by ending on a high note in the Senate.
REYNOLDS: The irony for John McCain is that one way to maintain his influence in a Democratic controlled Senate may be by helping the man who defeated him. Katie?
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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McCain should tell Obama to
November 17, 2008 - 20:09 ET by RR GOPMcCain should tell Obama to stuff it.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Of course it will be breathtaking....
November 17, 2008 - 20:13 ET by littlemissmuffin"Lanny Davis hailed: “The combination of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the world stage is literally breathtaking!”
We will all be holding our breath to see which enemy of ours is going to attack us first!
"If we conservatives moved to those seven non-existent States, the government couldn’t find us and tax us to death!"
McCain
November 17, 2008 - 20:18 ET by iveseenitallI deeply respect John McCain for his service to the nation. But not for his politics or his ability to fight the enemy within as hard as he did the enemy without. So many of us swallowed candidate McCain because of Sarah Palin. I think he will now infuriate us even more as he "reaches across the aisle" to make nice with those who did him in. And he continues to be a RINO on issues like global warming and immigration. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Iveseen - I have a new fragile respect for McCain
November 18, 2008 - 11:14 ET by Dee BunkHis service was certainly honorable and I can give him the benefit of the doubt for a while. Like many people here even, McCain wants to be liked and I think he truly wants to do the right thing and that may be why he was so obnoxious against Republicans before.
I'm a conservative who thought Bush's immigration plan was the right answer (Guest workers that would be documented but not citizens), so I don't have an issue with McCain's policy position on that per se, but unlike Bush, he demonized those who disagreed with him as racist.
My biggest problem with McCain was always his demonization of Republicans and worship of liberals. I don't care if someone holds different positions because good people can have differing opinions- it's the deomonization that bothers me the most.
I'm willing to give McCain the benefit of the doubt for a while. He should have had a rude awakening in this campaign and come to realize that it doesn't matter how nice or accommodating you are - the press will demonize you when you are paired with a liberal.
If McCain continues his praise of liberals and saves all his criticisms for conservatives again then I will personally contribute $$ to who ever runs against him in Arizona even though I don't live there.
“Will it be McCain the
November 17, 2008 - 20:20 ET by bigtimer“Will it be McCain the bipartisan maverick who reemerges in the Senate or the campaign conservative who might want to join fellow Republicans in frustrating the new President's plans?”
Surely you jest...
..... ROFLMAO!
I was hoping somebody would have a blog post about this tonight...I may have to catch up later...I made a forum thread about this subject a few days ago...I have a couple of links saved from todays doing so thank you Mr. Baker for putting this here.
Btw...Be prepared for Chuck Hagel up next to join in the mix, along with Hill being named Sec. of State if reports are correct.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
"Hill as Sec State" keep
November 17, 2008 - 20:39 ET by Dan Diego"Hill as Sec State" keep you friends close, you enemies closer...
The cost of living's going up, and the chance of livin's going down. - Flip Wilson
Breathtaking
November 17, 2008 - 20:31 ET by iveseenitallNukes exploding after the "negotiations" will be quite "breathtaing" too, Lanny.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
There is no such thing as a 'Conservative' McCain
November 17, 2008 - 20:34 ET by R D Helm-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
McCain will sell out. He
November 17, 2008 - 20:35 ET by Dan DiegoMcCain will sell out. He will form a new "Gang of 14" (there's enough RINOs left) to stifle conservative dissent and to prove his bi-partisan rep to woo the media back to adoring "Maverick". Remember his attitude towards conservatives that didn't buy into his illegal amnesty hi-jinxs. He is vindicative enough to screw us since "we" let him down.
The cost of living's going up, and the chance of livin's going down. - Flip Wilson
can anyone explain what is
November 17, 2008 - 20:48 ET by pepsiman127can anyone explain what is new and breathtaking about all these old clintonistas in this new administration? how a congress with a 9% aproval rating increases the majority? how a party ends up with a nominee that no one wants?
No kidding
November 17, 2008 - 21:58 ET by Scout FinchHas Obama named anyone to his cabinet that wasn't a Clintonista? It kind of makes me wonder if all this 'bitterness' betwixt Obama and the Clintons is nothing more than a ruse.
It'll be the "confused"
November 17, 2008 - 20:40 ET by semolina_filcherIt'll be the "confused" McCain
They shouldn't have to worry
November 17, 2008 - 20:40 ET by ConservativeRexThey shouldn't have to worry about the "Conservative" McCain, he won't show up.
how can someone show up
November 17, 2008 - 20:58 ET by pepsiman127how can someone show up that doesnt exist
This is exactly what I
November 17, 2008 - 20:49 ET by msh1973This is exactly what I stated a week ago; McCain will go back to his RINO ways and we will be left holding the bag. It is all such a crock and nothing more than a game to the Washington elite.
msh1973
November 17, 2008 - 21:58 ET by iveseenitallYes, "nothing more than a game". I posted recently about a friend of mine returning from an "insiders" meeting in Washington a few years back. He told me at that time that they already had it "planned" in Washington. He said it was the Democrats "turn". I laughed about it, but he said "wait and see". I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but my faith in this government is quickly fading. I'm getting to think we are in deeper trouble than most of us have believed. For example, as the financial "crisis" deepens, these fools seem to be running around chasing their own tails. They're going ahead with this "bailout" and it is getting out of control. Ok, my confidence is officially shaken. I always have believed we can weather anything in America. Watching this, I'm not so sure.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
ive, I know what you
November 17, 2008 - 23:42 ET by msh1973ive,
I know what you mean...I feel like I am becoming somewhat cynical. Stop me if I am wrong.
I've said since the
November 17, 2008 - 21:41 ET by motherbeltI've said since the election: McCain got the message from the media.
If you want us back on your side, revert back to the Republican-bashing maveric we knew and loved!
And BTW, what's with the claim that Obama is "reaching out to rivals" (Mrs. Clinton?) for a "coalition"???
Once again, I ask: How's that "new kind of politics" thing, coming along, Mr. Obama?
This makes my head explode!
November 17, 2008 - 21:52 ET by Scout Finch...join fellow Republicans in frustrating the new President's plans...
...McCain will want to “fix any damage that he did during this campaign”...
What kind of alternate universe do this talking heads live in? All conservatives should simply shut up and give up the fight? McCain campaigning for himself was "damaging" his reputation?
Anyone who thought the media would purr happily after they succeeded in putting Obama into office better think again.
I don't think CBS needs to worry...
November 17, 2008 - 22:22 ET by PrairieSkyas there is no "conservative McCain." John McCain is not now, and never has been a conservative.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
You better do what the One wants...
November 17, 2008 - 23:12 ET by BiasedGirlI love the part at the end where Reynolds issues a warning to McCain "The irony for John McCain is that one way to maintain his influence in a Democratic controlled Senate may be by helping the man who defeated him."
McCain's "influence" went out the window on November 4th.
http://www.withbias.net
(scratching head)
November 17, 2008 - 23:53 ET by MidAmericaREYNOLDS: The irony for John McCain is that one way to maintain his influence in a Democratic controlled Senate may be by helping the man who defeated him. Katie?
The democrats already have a majority so they don't need McCains vote. The only function McCain will have for the democrats will be as court jester and useful fool.
Either way...
November 18, 2008 - 02:35 ET by thebronze...they'll still get "douche-bag" McCain.
I was thinking more of
November 18, 2008 - 17:33 ET by Tim the EnchanterI was thinking more of "s***-stain McCain. Plus, it rhymes.
'Bipartisan Maverick' McCain or 'Conservative' McCain?
November 18, 2008 - 06:28 ET by Red JeepThey will get 'Bipartisan Maverick,' suck up to liberals and cameras, McCain. McCain did his job for the Democrats and defeated the Republicans.
The lame Juan McPain will always be predictable.
November 18, 2008 - 10:51 ET by CTMcCain was the 2008 version of the Bob Dole through away candidate. I'm not sure there was anything he could have done even before the economy puked after eight years of BDS.
I voted against the Obamunist not for McPain and I knew it would be a loser. But as Country Joe MacDonald once said 'who created this system where we have to choose between the lessor of two evils? I mean was George Washington the lessor evil?'
Now if McCain would only sit down and shutup please.
Old dogs and new tricks seems to apply here...
November 18, 2008 - 11:12 ET by ThalpyOld dogs and new tricks seems to apply here since it seems that some people are simply uneducable. We in America can never repay Senator McCain for his military service even though most of us preface many of our criticisms of him by thanking him for his service to our country. After this past election, aside from his military serice, we have paid suffieient homage to John McCain. We should now direct our attention to what he has done to and for our culture and elective process during his tenure in the Senate. If Senator McCain continues his other directed, crowd pleasing ways, where trying to please all pleases none, we are in for it. His Don Quixote approach to government should have ended with this last defeat, but don't count on it. He has always been useful to the MSM, if not to us, and I don't see a change coming.
As we know
November 18, 2008 - 17:29 ET by ConLosRepublicanosNoAs we know the guy that liberals love will be
"back" and sadly he never left. Apparently he didn't learn his lesson
of never trusting a liberal, after they cheered him for "taking on"
conservative they destroy him but apparently he forgot about it. This is a
lesson for all conservative, never vote for someone that says he is a
conservative but likes to be liked by liberals, they are not conservative, and
we conservatives should thrive to be hate by liberals. We must hate their guts as well.
McCain and Obama
November 18, 2008 - 19:39 ET by comsense08Who really cares. McCain wasn't ever a conservative anyway! They all deserve each other. They can all be part of the big party that finally brought down America.
No one on the outside could do it, but we found some folks on the inside who could do it!
I can guarantee this...
November 19, 2008 - 06:14 ET by wabusnJohn McCain's Senate voting record will remain more bi-partisan than Barack Obama's ever was.
Let's hope the Obama presidency is more bi-partisan than was his brief rest stop in the Senate.