Divorces and affairs of Senator John "crash" Mccain

Divorces and affairs of Senator John "crash" Mccain

What we have to look forward to...........

Did Bill Clinton's indiscretions and the heavy media coverage of them create a new template for how we judge presidential candidates (and their wives)? Steve Benen of Washington Monthly says yes -- and predicts that Republicans, much more than Democrats, will suffer in 2008 as a result:

Lurking just over the horizon are liabilities for three Republicans who have topped several national,
independent polls for the GOP's favorite 2008 nominee: Sen. John McCain (affair, divorce), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (affair, divorce, affair, divorce),
and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (divorce,
affair, nasty divorce). Together, they form the
most maritally challenged crop of presidential hopefuls in American political history.

Right now, at least 10 high-profile Republicans are
eyeing the race. If a candidate with an adulterous past
pulls ahead, the stragglers may be sorely tempted to
play the infidelity card--if not openly, then through
theirsurrogates. In 2000, George W. Bush's allies went well beyond raising McCain's affair--they spread bogus rumors
in advance of the South Carolina primary that the
senator had fathered an illegitimate black child. This strategy helped to deliver Bush a key primary victory and,
arguably, the nomination.

But if GOP operatives dangle the infidelity bait,
and the press fails to bite, its importance

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