You can't beat a name like John McCain. Despite some early stumbles in the 2008 presidential race, McCain has crept into second among Republicans in a new national poll as he continued his campaign despite yesterday's elections. Campaigning in Ames, Iowa, McCain took the stage with photos of Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to demonstrate why the U.S. should stop buddying up with those guys and strive for renewable national sources of energy.
Although he didn't participate in the Iowa straw poll, coming in dead last and allowing a victory for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, McCain's long public service record--and the fact that he already ran for president in 2000--prove that Romney's supposed good looks can only take him so far. Unfortunately for McCain, he's still second to former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, with Fred Thompson a scant percentage point behind in the USA Today poll.
Related Stories:
· McCain Rises to Second in 3 New GOP Polls [Arizona Republic]
· McCain's Poster Boys [AP, via Google]
· 2008 Candidates Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Candidates Travel Map [Jaunted]
[Photo of McCain in Iowa earlier this year: 4president]]]>