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===Arizona Purges===
===Arizona Purges===
Lost in McCain's high profile national activity has been what McCain does in his home state of Arizona.
Lost in McCain's high profile national activity has been what McCain does in his home state of Arizona.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/john-mccain-arizona-tea-party-113849 McCain's big purge], [[Politico]], The Arizona senator’s team has been ridding the state’s GOP apparatus of his tea party foes.</ref>
In Arizona, McCain gained considerable ire from conservative activists for his unseating of conservative activists from positions, in order to lay the continued groundwork for his own re-elections.<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2014/12/30/mccains-team-quietly-purging-arizona-gop-of-tea-party-foes-before-2016-reelection-bid/ McCain’s team quietly purging Arizona GOP of tea-party foes before 2016 reelection bid]</ref> There was some speculation that this was revenge for him being censured by the AZ GOP.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/248414/mccain-using-obama-san-francisco-donor-purge-daniel-greenfield McCain Using Obama San Francisco Donor to Purge Arizona Tea Partiers]</ref><ref>[http://archive.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140125arizona-republican-party-mccain-censure-gop.html Arizona GOP censures McCain for ‘disastrous’ record]</ref>
In Arizona, McCain gained considerable ire from conservative activists for his unseating of conservative activists from positions, in order to lay the continued groundwork for his own re-elections.<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2014/12/30/mccains-team-quietly-purging-arizona-gop-of-tea-party-foes-before-2016-reelection-bid/ McCain’s team quietly purging Arizona GOP of tea-party foes before 2016 reelection bid]</ref> There was some speculation that this was revenge for him being censured by the AZ GOP.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/248414/mccain-using-obama-san-francisco-donor-purge-daniel-greenfield McCain Using Obama San Francisco Donor to Purge Arizona Tea Partiers]</ref><ref>[http://archive.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140125arizona-republican-party-mccain-censure-gop.html Arizona GOP censures McCain for ‘disastrous’ record]</ref>