John McCain has only defeated lightweight Democrats in his career

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In professional wrestling there are what are called "jobbers". A jobber is some bum who is brought out to get his ass kicked by the star wrestlers. Well, John McCain has only faced jobbers in all of his House and Senate campaigns. These people (listed below) never had a serious chance to beat McCain, and the Democratic Party never backed them with any support. While Barack Obama is often criticized for not having faced a tough opponent before, the same could be said for McCain. He's never faced a Democrat who had the full backing of the party, someone with money and an effective message. That's why this primary campaign is good for Obama. It toughens him up for the fall, gets all the dirty laundry out and forces him to sharpen his responses to criticisms.

But John McCain is not the battle hardened veteran that he is made out to be. He has never faced a real Democrat. Only jobbers.

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Electoral history

Arizona's 1st congressional district: Results 1982–1984 Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
1982 William E. Hegarty (D) 41,261 31% John McCain (R) 89,116 66% Richard K. Dodge Libertarian 4,850 4%
1984 Harry W. Braun (D) 45,609 22% John McCain (R) 162,418 78%

U.S. Senate elections in Arizona

1986 Richard Kimball (D) 340,965 40% John McCain (R) 521,850 60%
1992 Claire Sargent (D)436,321 32% John McCain (R) 771,395 56% Evan Mecham Independent 145,361 11%
1998 Ed Ranger (D) 275,224 27% John McCain (R) 696,577 69% John C. Zajac Libertarian 23,004 2%
2004 Stuart Starky (D) 404,507 21% John McCain (R) 1,505,372 77% Ernest Hancock Libertarian 51,798 3%