Shortly after Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won the Iowa Caucuses, Arizona Senator John McCain endorsed him at an event in Manchester, New Hampshire last Wednesday afternoon.
In his annunciation he said to the crowd:
“New Hampshire is the state that will catapult Romney on to victory… That’s why I’m here. My friends our message, our message to President Barack Obama is: You can run, but you can’t hide from your record.”
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The veteran Republican John McCain was the Republican nominee for President against then-Senator Barack Obama. McCain’s failure to beat Obama was largely due to his association with George Bush’s economic policies that drove our country into a recession and his inability to mobilize the youth.
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One must wonder if McCain’s endorsement will do Romney any good.
If people cared at all about John McCain, they would’ve elected him. He failed to excite the Republican base in 2008, forcing him to bring forth the high-spirited former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate.
John McCain is not the only person who has given an endorsement that brought either momentum or hindered a Presidential campaign. From Bill Clinton’s support of then-Senator Obama for President, to John McCain’s endorsement of Mitt Romney, we’ve seen endorsements turn out for the better and worse.
Check out our list of people whose endorsement either rocked or bottomed political campaigns in the accompanying gallery.
