McCain Supporters

Here's a list of McCain's key supporters. A few things jump out:

  • The top 3 supporters are Texans. After 8 years of Bush/Cheney/DeLay, haven't we had enough rightwing Texans?
  • Some of these folks are really unpopular like S&L scandal architect Phil Gramm, Nixon anti-semite Fred Malek, and Vietnam/Cambodia/Indonesia/Iraq war criminal Henry Kissinger.
  • There are 4 women out of 75. Don't women make up half the country?
  • Is there a black on the list?
  • Are there any hispanics besides Cuban rightwingers Lincoln & Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen?
  • Why did McCain "disappear" his hundreds of lobbyist friends?

National Campaign Chairman
The Honorable Robert Mosbacher, Texas

National Campaign General Co-Chairs
Former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Texas > Key architect of S&L deregulatory scandal
Former U.S. Representative Thomas G. Loeffler, Texas

National Campaign Co-Chairs
Mr. John Chambers, California
Governor Jon Huntsman, Utah
Governor Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
Former Governor Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania
Former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman, New Hampshire
Mr. Frederick W. Smith, Tennessee

National Finance Committee Co-Chairs
The Honorable George Argyros, California
Mr. Michael Ashner, New York
Mr. Brian Ballard, Florida
Mr. Lawrence E. Bathgate II, New Jersey
Mr. Wayne Berman, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Donald L. Bren, California
Mr. John Chambers, California
The Honorable James A. Courter, New Jersey
Mr. Donald R. Diamond, Arizona
Mr. Ray Dalio, Connecticut
Mr. Lewis M. Eisenberg, New Jersey
Mr. Jon Hammes, Wisconsin
Mr. James B. Lee, Jr., New York
The Honorable Frederic V. Malek, Virginia
Mr. John A. Moran, Florida
Mr. Carter Pate, Virginia
Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio, California
Mr. Fred Smith, Tennesse
Mr. J. Gary Shansby, California
Mr. John A. Thain, New York
The Honorable Ronald Weiser, Michigan

National Campaign Committee Members and Supporters

U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus, Alabama
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Kansas
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, North Carolina
U.S. Representative Mike Castle, Delaware
Former Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Texas
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Maine
Governor Mitch Daniels, Indiana
Former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine, Ohio > 06 Crushed by Sherrod Brown
U.S. Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
The Honorable Lawrence Eagleburger
U.S. Representative Jeff Flake, Arizona
Former U.S. Representative Greg Ganske, Iowa
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, Washington
The Honorable Alexander Haig
Former Governor Frank Keating, Oklahoma
U.S. Representative Ric Keller, Florida
U.S. Representative Mark Kirk, Illinois
The Honorable Henry Kissinger > War criminal
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona
U.S. Representative Ray Lahood, Illinois
U.S. Representative Steven LaTourette, Ohio
U.S. Senator Trent Lott, Mississippi 
U.S. Representative Dan Lungren, California
Former Governor Jim Martin, North Carolina
The Honorable Robert "Bud" McFarlane > Key figure in Iran-contra scandal
Former Governor John R. McKernan, Jr., Maine
U.S. Representative Chip Pickering, Mississippi
U.S. Representative Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
U.S. Representative Rick Renzi, Arizona > 2/08 Indicted on 35 counts
Former Governor Buddy Roemer, Louisiana
U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
The Honorable James Schlesinger > Key supporter of Iraq catastrophe
U.S. Representative John Shadegg, Arizona > 1/08 FEC complaint for money laundering
U.S. Representative Chris Shays, Connecticut
U.S. Representative John Shimkus, Illinois
The Honorable George Shultz
U.S. Senator Gordon Smith, Oregon
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, Maine
Former Governor Jane Swift, Massachusetts
U.S. Senator John Thune, South Dakota
U.S. Representative Fred Upton, Michigan
U.S. Senator John Warner, Virginia > Key supporter of Iraq catastrophe
The Honorable R. James Woolsey > Key supporter of Iraq catastrophe

Listing as of August 2, 2007