The Blogosphere Reacts
Here's what some people in the blogosphere have been saying about the Club for Growth, particularly about John McCain's recent comments and our video response:
"The Club for Growth, which is an emergent force in national politics, is one of the most significant, positive forces in the battle against a massively growing federal bureaucracy. It is telling that Senator McCain said Sunday that he can think of nothing he has in common with the group. I think I may agree." – Jon Fleischman, Flash Report
"We fiscal conservatives don't take kindly to Club for Growth bashing." – Mary Katharine Ham, Townhall.com
Mr. McCain could just admit that he doesn't like the Club for Growth because it's said unflattering things about him and his friends -- and he's so far been unable to shut them down (and shut them up) by means of his campaign-finance laws. - Ryan Sager, NY Sun Politics blog
"There is no loved lost between the Club for Growth and Sen. John McCain." – Hotline on Call
"Registered admirers of the CFG however, are in no short supply." – Post Political blog
"McCain is good at the blame game...this time it is the Club for Growth. He’s WRONG again." – FlapsBlog.com
"John McCain's recent strategy to eschew major conservative events is coming back to bite him. He was booed repeatedly at CPAC -- and louder than any mentions of Hillary Clinton, Jane Fonda, and Cindy Sheehan, I might add -- and now he's walking into the buzzsaw of the Club For Growth." – Coyote Gulch
"Well, McCain claims to have learned from Ronald Reagan. Reagan challenged an incumbent president, Gerald Ford, because he wanted to pivot the direction of the party (and the country) in what he thought was the right direction. The Club for Growth wants to do the same thing. So, yeah, I don't know what the Club and McCain have in common." – David Weigel, Reason's Hit & Run blog
"This is another poorly chosen battle for a candidate already unpopular among his party's economically conservative base." – Flip Pidot, Suitably Flip
