McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama
By TERENCE HUNT
Associated Press
September 8, 2008
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"Obviously, I was very unpopular in some parts of my own party, whether it be on the issue of climate change or against (former Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld's strategy and the president's strategy in Iraq, or whether it be on campaign finance reform or a number of other issues that I fought against the 'special interests,'" McCain said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."
The clear message is that there are no sacred cows. Bush and Congress are very unpopular, so they're an easy target.
"I don't work for a party. I don't work for a special interest. I don't work for myself. I work for you," McCain said in a televised address Saturday to the AARP, the nation's largest group of older Americans.
Even at the GOP convention, McCain was not shy about telling Republicans they had lost their way.
"We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us," McCain said. "We lost the trust of the American people when some Republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption."
Instead of being offended, the delegates loved it. McCain's camp calculates he can get away with it because he has strong support within the GOP.
Campaigning after the convention, McCain has not offered specific solutions to problems, saying instead he will reach out to Democrats to find answers. He said he would have more than one Democrat in his Cabinet.
"As bad as things are and as bad as gridlock is, I am an optimist," McCain told the AARP. "I think we have hit rock bottom."
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