AZ-Sen: Call it the tea partier's lament: You've got your Freedom-Loving Big Gun who can take out the Loathsome Establishment Traitor in the primary, but there's some irritating Grade-A Nutbar who won't drop out and will make it impossible for Big Gun to win. That's the dilemma conservatives face in Arizona, where GOP Rep. David Schweikert's camp has recently started making noises about a primary challenge to Sen. John McCain—and in a one-on-one race, Schweikert could definitely prevail. (A May PPP poll had McCain up just 40-39 in a hypothetical matchup.)
But former state Sen. Kelli Ward, who is best known for holding a town hall about the mind-controlling "chemtrails" that airplanes spray on an unsuspecting populace to further the sinister goals of the Illuminati, etc., has been in the race for quite some time, and a spokesman just confirmed that Ward is "staying in this campaign, and full speed ahead." Considering that Ward resigned her seat in the legislature earlier this month to focus on the race, that's no surprise.
And as long as Ward remains on the ballot, Schweikert would have a hell of a time rounding up enough anti-incumbent votes to topple McCain, a cold fact that has to make Schweikert less likely to run. Ward, meanwhile, is almost certainly too weak to unseat McCain herself—outside groups have treated her like she has Multidrug-Resistant Cooties. So in the end, quite ironically, John McCain might get saved by chemtrails. No wonder the Bilderberg Group loves them so much.