The old guard is being told that there are new guys in town. And that they are not the big cheese anymore. The old guard had a good life, but that is coming to end. Graham and McCain are one election from being retired per Dana Loesch.
It was Rand Paul, Cruz and Rubio who did this. And it was off the cuff, they did not plan to do it.
Rubio is the one that this group is pushing for president in 2016. He stands the best chance.
I think it had positive effect. It raised an issue into the public debate. Got people thinking about the implications of this whole Unending Global War on Terror thing. Inspired people. Got Rand new supporters and shows him to be a leader.
"It's always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone," McCain told Huffington Post's Jon Ward in a story titled "John McCain: Getting Back To Maverick, With An Eye On Retirement."
He added, "I think it can be harmful if there is a belief among the American people that those people are reflective of the views of the majority of Republicans. They're not." Ward wrote:
"I asked McCain to clarify who, specifically, he was talking about."
McCain said, "Rand Paul, Cruz, Amash, whoever."
I think it had positive effect. It raised an issue into the public debate. Got people thinking about the implications of this whole Unending Global War on Terror thing. Inspired people. Got Rand new supporters and shows him to be a leader.
Didn't we just "have" to vote for McCain in 08?
It is often said: that which does not kill you, makes you stronger (or something like that)...It may well turn out that having BHO elected and re-elected will turn out to be the medicine this country needed (if he doesn't "kill" us). I like what I'm seeing, for the most part, in the Rand's, Lee's, Amash's, Cruz's, etc. Today I am a little more hopefull that the constitutional brush fire that is the Obama administration/philosophy will burn out in a few years. And the guys like those I just mentioned, will inspire more to follow and drive out the McCains, Boehner's, and Graham's.
One problem: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, presuming that you have an opportunity to recover. I doubt that the nation will have any such luxury, therefore it will be just one more hard hit contributing to the cumulative damage to which the nation will eventually succumb, probably sooner rather than later.