Arizona Senator John McCain was the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2008, but he's always had a challenging relationship with the GOP's base voters.He's a maverick. They're Republicans.
A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds that 61% of Arizona Republicans think McCain has lost touch with those in his own party. That's up eleven points from 50% in May. Only 33% of the Republican faithful in the state believe McCain has done a good job representing GOP values. The good news for McCain is that his numbers aren't as bad as some of his colleagues. Nationally, 74% of Republican voters say their representatives in Congress have lost touch with the GOP base.
That's pretty bad news for the Pubs. Marketing yourself as the vanilla alternative to the Dems isn't an exciting marketing strategy.