Al Hoffman jumps aboard team McCain

This is a big deal. The two-time RNC finance chairman, former Jeb finance chairman, and one of the most elite GOP fundraisers in America has cut short his ambassadorship in Portugal so he can help out Arizona Sen. John McCain.  "I couldn't stand by on the sidelines for '08 and let tha battle wage on and not be part of it,'' the southwest FL developer told Buzz today. "I feel like I can make a greater impact impact on the future of America doing that than serving out my ambassadorship."

Hoffman, who's hosting a McCain fundraiser at his home Sunday, said he's been surprised how many donors remain undecided after Romney and Giuliani have scoured the state for money so thoroughly, and that McCain's growing strength in New Hampshire makes it easier to persuade people.

"It all came down to one question: who would I want to be president in a time of national crisis, and what president is best qualified to keep us safe? I trust his judgement, I trust his character and I trust his understanding of what conflict is all about. It was a no-brainer."

Comments

A tremendous pick up for Senator McCain. Hats off to Al for having the character and conviction to come home and try to make a difference.

Al's a great guy, but the only reason he came onboard was due to Kathleen S. strongarming him into committing.

Wow, I can't believe Al would abandon this position to work on a campaign that is sinking and has no chance of winning by Jan! But I guess when you're filthy rich you can say forget critical positions at a time when the US has horrible international relations! Bad bad move al!

[Alex Kowaleski]

McCain has no chance of winning? No way! Once Romney slips in Iowa, McCain could win New Hampshire, and then go to Michigan, where the indies and dems will likely vote in the GOP primary because Hillary is the only major dem on the dem ballot (and the dems don't give delegates in Michigan)

Dont count the man from AZ out yet!

Wow, Isn't this the same Al Hoffman who rakes in huge amounts of money he makes off of dying elderly in his rotten nursing homes that provide no care? Poor McCain saddled with that.

Envious much?

who's kathleen s?

The country is finally waking up to John McCain.

Go, John, go! America needs you.

10:14...no...this is the Al Hoffman who went to West Point...who was Jeb top fundraiser...as well as the Presidents...he is a very good man.

This is a non-event. Hoffman is yesterday's news. His fund raising is a little too late.

I too would leave godforsaken portugal to come home.

[Corey Cronrath]

This is coming at exactly the right time! It seems as though the stars are aligning for Sen. McCain. I was always shocked to hear the way conservatives said that they believed McCain would bow out of this race. Are they not aware of this great man's story? Some bad poll numbers are going to be too much for him to handle? Hardly. However, his firm stance on clean campaign financing and ethics have made it difficult for him to raise money, and Mr. Hoffman is just the man to fix that. God bless him, John McCain and America!

Huckabee/McCain 08'

Same Hoffmsn that helped Jeb. Thats all I need to know. Bye Bye McCain.

Al Hoffman would jump aboard the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.

Money does not make him a good person. He is a good money raiser. Period.

Apparently he is applying the same level of analysis to McCain that he used on the real estate market. Come to think of it, WCI's share price and McCain's poll numbers look like the same graph.

Hoffman at least had the smarts to leave WCi for the ambassadorship, before the market tanked. He's got enough money to do whatever he wants.

...and apparently at the top of his list of cool things to do after valiantly defending our interests in the epicenter of world power, Portugal, is to tackle the next critical challenge: help a has-been pol who sits in single digits in the polls.

Wow. Big win for McCain!

Al Hoffman is a tremendous pick only if McCain is adding a missing piece to his moron collection.

Al Hoffman is a carpetbagger who thinks nothing of destroying Florida if it serves his own fragile ego and grandiose sense of purpose. He is a huge liability for McCain. Here are some great quotes from Hoffman in the Washington Post as he expresses his caring for Florida's natural environment:

Hoffman, who labored in a meat market as a boy on Chicago's South Side, has a purely utilitarian view of the environment: He believes it exists for man's use.

"We need to protect the environment for our own selfish motives," he said. "If we destroy the environment, it won't serve us anymore." But he also scoffed at regulators as loopy radicals "who think the world will end if they can't protect that little tree."

Al Hoffman is tired of the Florida panther.

As far as Hoffman is concerned, it makes a lot more sense to use land to provide shelter for thousands of people than to lock it up to preserve vast swaths of foraging habitat for a single cross-bred cat.

"What is the cost of protecting this bastardized species?" Hoffman asked. "How much land is society going to sacrifice?"

Excuse me...McCain is the man running for pres, not Hoffman. Pathetic use of quotes btw. Hoffman's insensitivity for the FL panther or for trees doesn't = McCain is a bad candiate. The correlation you try to show us, along with another bloggers comment about matching up poll #'s and stock graphs is laughable. McCain is electable, a moral man of character, conviction, and HELLO the power and respect of his peers to Lead this country... wake up people, McCain is an honrable man, with a record, provern leadership capabilities, and the only candiate from either party who can stand up for this country and restore not only our image, but restore the nation starting from the inside and then out.