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Jim Davenport of the Associated Press writes that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), both of whom have garnished some tough press of late, have raised more money in South Carolina than their rival campaigns.
McCain has raised a total of $293,640 in itemized contributions for the race from the state, including $171,000 during the quarter that ended June 30. The Republican Arizona senator’s closest competitor is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who has raised $27,000 less.
Edwards leads Democrats with $226,555 raised this year in South Carolina, where the former North Carolina senator won the 2004 presidential primary. Next is Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is more than $37,000 behind Edwards for the year. [JIM DAVENPORT - AP]
I love McCain. I’ve been mildly disappointed with him clutching the man he should have been in the South Carolina primaries so many years ago — but I’ll forgive him. It reminds me a bit of how Hilary is pushing the extreme left to get votes. The problem is that America isn’t made up of the extremes that the media and our politicians portray. Most of us are down the middle and end up divided because we are forces to pick a side. The Group of 14 (bi-partisan group that McCain is a part of) is testiment to the trend in America that our politicians no longer understand what we want. I’m absolutely positive that everyone (even a die hard liberal) understands if we pull out of Iraq immediately, it will create a blackhole for freedom. I’m absolutely positive that no one thinks that a woman should carry a child fathered by her AIDS-infested uncle (even a die hard conservative). There are too many exceptions to being black and white. So many media conservatives were against McCain because he looks wishy-washy (as were the Dems against Kerry/Edwards – FLIP FLOPPERS!) but what America needs is someone who can look at a situation and understand the BEST outcome — no matter what his, or her, political affiliation. On of our candidates for president, McCain, needs to keep this in mind. And the American people shouldn’t let themselves be pushed to one extreme or the other. South Carolina, don’t rally behind the political image McCain is trying to portray to get votes — rally behind the man who will evaluate situations and make the best decision possible. That is who he has always been. In closing, I would like to say that I am a democrat and a pretty big liberal. I love McCain, and know that he would be a great leader — just the same as I thought that almost 8 years ago.