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Club for Growth balking at idea of helping McCain
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jun 18, 2008 08:51am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Aaron Blake
Posted: 06/17/08 05:53 PM [ET]
Club for Growth President Pat Toomey said this week that his economically conservative group might sit out the 2008 presidential election and focus on congressional races.
The Club has had an antagonistic relationship over the years with Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the GOP candidate for president. With the general-election match-up now set, Toomey is confronted with this dilemma.
“I can acknowledge candidly that for all the reservations that we’ve had with Sen. McCain and some of the significant policy disagreements we still have with him, his policies are vastly better than Barack Obama when it comes to economic growth,” Toomey said.
The Club played a significant role in the 2004 election, airing millions of dollars’ worth of ads supporting President Bush and opposing Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
During his presidential campaign, McCain has proposed some more Club-friendly policies than he has advocated in the Senate, most notably backing Bush’s tax cuts. That has yet to be enough to win an endorsement, and Toomey said no decisions have been made about whether to get involved. |
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