By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press
September 5, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status.
After several days of Democratic bashing by his supporters, the Arizona senator struck a nonpartisan stance and promised that he wouldn't be bound by political party in the White House as he accepted his party presidential nomination Thursday before thousands of GOP loyalists.
"We are fellow Americans, an association that means more to me than any other," McCain told the Republican Convention, deriding "constant partisan rancor" that causes Washington gridlock. He rejected those in Washington who he said "work for themselves and not you."
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