{"id":1986,"date":"2009-04-22T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2009-04-22T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T16:24:05","slug":"minuteman-founder-to-challange-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/minuteman-founder-to-challange-john-mccain\/","title":{"rendered":"Minuteman Founder To Challange John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minuteman Civil Defense Corps founder Chris Simcox is expected to announce today that he will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/metro\/289780\" target=\"_blank\">challenge<\/a> Arizona Sen. John McCain in a Republican primary in 201o:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PHOENIX \u2014 The co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona will challenge Sen. John McCain in the 2010 Republican primary.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Simcox \u2014 who rose seven years ago from an obscure newspaper publisher in Tombstone to a national figure in the debate over how to control the U.S.-Mexican border \u2014 is scheduled to appear today at a press conference outside the state Capitol, where he will announce he is stepping down from his position with the Minutemen to challenge McCain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have a great deal of respect for Senator McCain and the sacrifices he made in the service of this country but he&#8217;s part of the problem in Washington and it&#8217;s time for him to go.<\/p>\n<p>That said I&#8217;m not sure how much of challenge Simcox will be&#8230; If the Obama Administration and Democrats in the House and Senate push hard for amnesty this year and it becomes a galvanizing issue for the base, McCain&#8217;s in trouble. If not, Simcox will be stuck between a rock and political hard place. He won&#8217;t be able to tact to the right on immigration in primaries without alienating a sizable chuck of the electorate he&#8217;ll need to win in the general.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcapitoltimes.com\/story.cfm?id=11006\" target=\"_blank\">Simcox bid will rely on GOP grassroots, but support might be thin<\/a> &#8211; Arizona Capitol Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;docID=news-000003099589\" target=\"_blank\">McCain Gets a Primary Challenger in Arizona<\/a> &#8211; CQ Politics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/04\/21\/oh-my-minuteman-founder-to-challenge-mccain-in-arizona-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oh my: Minuteman founder to challenge McCain in Arizona primary<\/a> &#8211; Hot Air<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcoxforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simcox for Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minutemanhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minuteman Civil Defense Corps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minuteman Civil Defense Corps founder Chris Simcox is expected to announce today that he will challenge Arizona Sen. John McCain in a Republican primary in 201o: PHOENIX \u2014 The co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona will challenge Sen. John McCain in the 2010 Republican primary. Chris Simcox \u2014 who rose seven years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[534,622,621,40,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-1986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2010-elections","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-chris-simcox","10":"tag-john-mccain","11":"tag-republicans","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-w2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2006,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/24\/john-mccain-9-11-hijackers-entered-us-from-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":1986,"position":0},"title":"John McCain: 9-11 Hijackers Entered U.S. From Canada","author":"Jeff","date":"April 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh jeez... First it was Janet Napolitano now it's John McCain repeating a the highly dubious claim that the 9-11 hijackers entered the United Sates through Canada: What's up with Arizona politicians? Arizona Sen. John McCain made the dubious claim Friday that Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States through\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Affairs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Affairs","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/international-affairs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1118,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/mccain-dodges-the-palin-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":1986,"position":1},"title":"McCain Dodges the Palin Question","author":"Jeff","date":"December 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Josh Painter over at RedState points out this exchange between George Stephanopoulos and Sen. 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