John McCain in 2004 ?

Ok, so I've done a little bit of thinking ... .it certainly has been a long time since I wrote this article on John McCain in campaign 2004. Essentially somehow getting John McCain to run for President. I must confess that I am a proud Democrat but yet think John McCain would make an excellent President and even an excellent Vice Presidential candidate. So these are some of my thoughts on the McCain candidacy, if you are interested, email me or leave a comment if you can answer these questions or if you can have some questions of your own! Ok, here's my original, John McCain for President 2004

1) How can one convince John McCain to run for President? I imagine there are people trying to convince him, as there have been for many years. How can it be done? Are there enough citizens who would support him? Is there a serious draft movement to draft McCain in 2004?

2) How can McCain get on ballots or any serious McCain movement get him on the ballots? How many signatures would be needed per state to get on the ballots? I just looked up the Massachussetts code and they require 10,000 signatures to get on the ballot. Apparently this petition is due by September 3rd, 2004. How hard would it be to get 10,000 people in a state like MA to sign a petition to put Senator John McCain onto the ballot? Does anyone know the countdowns for the other states, if you do or if you find out, please leave a comment so that the rest of us can know too!

3) I believe there is no requirement that the candidate even has to sign the petition to put his/her name on the ballot. If you can confirm or deny this, please do so. This would avoid the rather difficult issue of having McCain openly campaign or even having him state that he certainly does not want to run. In this sense, a candidate would run for President as in the past, not openly campaigning for the position but having people campaign on his behalf. Is there any interest in starting a PAC or a group to get McCain on the ballot and then of course raise money afterwards to campaign on his behalf since he probably will not campaign on his own.

4) Is this a futile effort since McCain seems to not want to leave his party or run for President again? I don't know the answers to these questions. Perhaps you can help, please do leave your questions, your comments. If there is enough feedback, and enough support, even I cannot define "enough" , however if there is enough support/feedback, I would like to discuss the options which we as citizens have open and by that I mean starting a REAL Draft McCain movement. Also, Senator McCain, if you're reading this, leave me a comment, write me a quick email, or letter if you prefer, and let me know how you feel about some of my questions/concerns. This applies to all of you who just think Senator McCain is a great guy too.

Comments

[Biff Dinkle]

I got an idea for you. Please try to get McCain to join the party he longs to join, then he will be soundly thrashed in AZ polls and we will be rid of him

[Elizabeth Hogg]

I am a cradle liberal Democrat, and my parents and my dead husband would probably hate me for this, but I could so get on this bandwagon!! I have had enough of the agonzing - Kerry/Nader?!! Both are losers.

I live in Michigan. Just tell me where to go and what to do. Because I will be there.

[Nick Rensing]

I have been preaching McCain for President for sometime now.

[Dee]

Johm McCain seems to be the only politician who is still thinking about what's best for our country. If you listen carefully you can hear in his voice that he is pretty disgusted with the politics of his party. But I believe that he could lead both parties back to the business they were elected to do. I am also a democrat who would vote for McCain in a heartbeat!!

As Kerry continues to debate what he believes in while the media debates the CBS fiasco, we continue to see the President preach a stale rhetoric to the choirs of his believers in the battleground states. I remain convinced this election will be no different than our 2000 experience - a minority of the registered will vote to elect one of these jokers and one will win with little strength to mandate real change!Choosing a President from two Skull and Boners is not what the founding fathers had in mind - but then corporate America, the DNA and RNC were not in charge!The only real voice of reason in either party remains John McCain - my only hope is he can politically survive 4 more years before either Bush or Kerry forces us back to the radical civil disobedience of the late '60s.