this primary tonight, will be the appointment of john mccain s seat, doug doocy is not expected to have any trouble. he would make the appointment. how much will these results tonight we have that question, will he lean more to the mccain side, more to the trump side? even if mcsally wins tonight, if he sees results where ward and arpaio are getting more than 50% of the vote combined, maybe considerably more, does that push him from putting somebody from that wing of the party into that senate seat? possibly. he will probably be in a contested competitive election as well, as we move on to the general probably not as competitive as the senate race but democrats are thinking they can give him a run for his money. this is arguably going to be the most important political decision of doug doocy s career. he has higher ambitions, wants to run for president one day. arizona is losing both of their
now. he agreed to do the piece, he said but if you show my knees on tv, i will basically never speak to you again. [laughter] i kept my word and did not show his knees, and he helped me. i was going to mention that story because what i remember about being at that hotel, it was election day, i was covering the mccain side, you re there. you know you re probably going to lose, the polls didn t look good. still hopes for the best when you re in a campaign, obviously. and that night we elected the nation s first african-american president. and as the republican nominee, john mccain could have said a whole bunch of things that night, and i remember him coming out and saying i lost fair and square. i think it s wonderful for this country that we now have a black president for the first time, and he really tried it didn t always work because there was still a lot of division in this country, but he tried to bring people together. what do you remember about that night? ed, it wasn t just
nearly became the vice presidential nominee. john mccain later years that he regretted not taking him and there was concern among his brain trust that is a pro-choice democrat who had been on the ticket with al gore just eight years earlier in 2000 that he would lose the conservative base. john mccain, frankly, thought i should have all the dice. i listen to the smart people about what i should ve done, would have, could have, should have. i covered that 2008 campaign on the mccain side and you are absolutely right that he was gracious. in the final days of the campaign remember a moment and i believe it was in wisconsin but in the midwest and you have these candidates and their tired and they know they are likely to lose in the final days and when they re on the losing end of it and they might do multiple events in their tired and worn out and someone talk to him at a town hall and started
nearly became the vice presidential nominee. john mccain later years that he regretted not taking him and there was concern among his brain trust that is a pro-choice democrat who had been on the ticket with al gore just eight years earlier in 2000 that he would lose the conservative base. john mccain, frankly, thought i should have all the dice. i listen to the smart people about what i should ve done, would have, could have, should have. i covered that 2008 campaign on the mccain side and you are absolutely right that he was gracious. in the final days of the campaign remember a moment and i believe it was in wisconsin but in the midwest and you have these candidates and their tired and they know they are likely to lose in the final days and when they re on the losing end of it and they might do multiple events in their tired and worn out and someone talk to him at a town hall and started disparaging barack obama and
lieberman as a democrat, very nearly became the vice presidential nominee. john mccain later years that he regretted not taking him and there was concern among his brain trust that is a pro-choice democrat who had been on the ticket with al gore just eight years earlier in 2000 that he would lose the conservative base. john mccain, frankly, thought i should have all the dice. i listen to the smart people about what i should ve done, would have, could have, should have. i covered that 2008 campaign on the mccain side and you are absolutely right that he was gracious. in the final days of the campaign remember a moment and i believe it was in wisconsin but in the midwest and you have these candidates and their tired and they know they are likely to lose in the final days and when they re on the losing end of it and they might do multiple events in their tired and worn out and someone talk to him at a town hall and started