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Campaign subsidy that the leading fund raising Republican candidates Are reject but the Seco Riddier types realistically must depend poor decisions on spending obviously were a Factor in Mccain they apparently were driven by a strategy of try ing to create an inevitability in his Nomi nation in the face of questions about his health and commitment to base re publican Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Sand your letters to mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email  there May also have been unrealistic expectations of his Appeal As a Maverick who could tap into Independent voters and democrats As Well As moderate re As demonstrated briefly in his 2000 race against George in Mccain handed Bush a sound defeat in the new Hampshire primary by putting his own political Independence repeatedly on display in Tow meet ing but his image As less than knee Jerk dependable on conserva Tive party issues was his undoing in later state primaries in which Only republicans could this time Mccain Early court ship of the orthodox Republican conservative base seems to have eroded his a peal among those same independents and Many of them viewed his repositioning As contrary to what was most attractive to them his Maverick while Mccain support of the War in Iraq May have buttressed his standing with conservative his continued running against the gop Grain on such issues As immigration and Campaign finance Reform has reminded Many of them Why they have never trusted in addition to slashing an Over blown Campaign staff and dumping some key longtime political such As the  John Mccain must now look to Uncle Sam for enough Money to stay in the with the candidates leading in the polls still hellbent on raising As Many millions As they can in the Hope of Bury ing All Mccain appears to have no Choice but to take the Federal sub he will need it just to compete in the first january contests in Neva new Hampshire and South the Campaign finance Law written in the Wake of the watergate scandal pro Vides Federal Matching Money for contributions raised in amounts of or to encourage Small provided the recipient candidate accepts Federal urn its on spending in each while the subsidy is not most of the second tier now include Lawrence Republican presidential hopeful John Mccain of Arizona meets with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on wednesday after meeting with president Bush to talk about the Iraq ing Are Likely to grab it and Hope a Surprise showing in those first states will boost their fundraising and Garner plenty of free television time even in the event 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