McCain is attempting, with a series of hardball tactics, to cut Hayworth down before his campaign even gets off the ground. He’s mounted a concerted effort during the past month to push Hayworth off the airwaves, run an ad targeting Hayworth on his own radio station and warned him through emissaries that going through with a bid to unseat McCain would be a serious mistake.
One source familiar with the McCain campaign said the offensive was only a preview of things to come, adding, “I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of this.”…
One McCain source said the campaign to brand Hayworth as a consummate earmarker was only beginning.
“That effort has just started. They are going to highlight all the crap he voted for,” said the source. “[McCain is] going to turn this into a referendum on who is the best protector of your money.”
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