There are many. The full list is at http://johnmccain.com/supporters/ GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Robert Mosbacher
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Texas
GENERAL CO-CHAIRMEN
Phil Gramm
Former Senator, Texas Thomas G. Loeffler
Former U.S. Representative, Texas Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator, South Carolina Sam Brownback
U.S. Senator, Kansas Jon Huntsman
Governor, Utah Tim Pawlenty
Governor, Minnesota
NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE Co-CHAIRS
The Honorable George Argyros, California Mr. Michael Ashner, New York Mr. Brian Ballard, Florida Mr. Lawrence E. Bathgate II, New Jersey Mr. Wayne Berman, Washington, D.C. Mr. Donald L. Bren, California Mr. John Chambers, California Mr. Jim Click, Arizona The Honorable James A. Courter, New Jersey Mr. Donald R. Diamond, Arizona Mr. Ray Dalio, Connecticut Mr. Lewis M. Eisenberg, New Jersey Mr. Jon Hammes, WisconsinMr. James B. Lee, Jr., New York The Honorable Frederic V. Malek, Virginia Mr. John A. Moran, Florida Mr. Carter Pate, Virginia Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio, CaliforniaMr. Fred Smith, Tennesse Mr. John A. Thain, New YorkThe Honorable Ronald Weiser, Michigan
U.S. SENATORS
Sam Brownback, Kansas Richard Burr, North CarolinaSusan Collins, Maine Lindsey Graham, South CarolinaJon Kyl, Arizona Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Trent Lott, Mississippi Gordon Smith, Oregon Olympia Snowe, Maine John Thune, South Dakota John Warner, Virginia
FORMER U.S. SENATORS
Dan Coats, Indiana Peter Fitzgerald, IllinoisSlade Gorton, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Mike DeWine, Ohio
U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Spencer Bachus, Alabama Mike Castle, DelawareLincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Jeff Flake, Arizona Ric Keller, Florida Mark Kirk, Illinois Ray LaHood, Illinois Steven LaTourette, Ohio Dan Lungren, California Todd Platts, Pennsylvania Chip Pickering, Mississippi Peter Roskam, Illinois Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida John Shadegg, Arizona Chris Shays, Connecticut John Shimkus, Illinois Fred Upton, Michigan
FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Steve Bartlett, Texas Jim Courter, New JerseyJoseph J. DioGuardi, New York Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire Greg Ganske, Iowa Tom Loeffler, TexasJoe Schwartz, Michigan Dick Zimmer, New Jersey
GOVERNORS
Mitch Daniels, Indiana Jim Douglas, Vermont Jon Huntsman, Utah Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
FORMER GOVERNORS
William Clements, Texas Tom Kean, New Jersey Frank Keating, Oklahoma Jim Martin, North Carolina John McKernan, Maine Walter Peterson, New Hampshire Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Buddy Roemer, Louisiana Jane Swift, Massachusetts
LAWYERS FOR McCAIN
Dick Wiley, Chairman, Washington D.C. Stanton Anderson, Washington D.C. A.B. Culvahouse, Virginia Hayden Dempsey, Florida Thomas Leary, Washington D.C., Former Federal Trade Commission Commissioner
STATE PARTY CHAIRS
George Gallo, Connecticut Alec Poitevint, Georgia
FORMER STATE PARTY CHAIRS
Winton Blout, III, Alabama Jean Inman, Massachusetts Marlys Popma, Iowa
ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISORS Grant Aldonas, Department of Commerce Carlos Bonilla, Sr VP Washington Group Jeff Brown, Associate Professor of Finance, Univ of Illinois Juan Buttari, Independent Consultant and Researcher in Development Economics Kathleen Cooper, Dean, College of Business, Univ Of North Texas Steve Davis, CRA International And University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business Richard Dekaser, Senior Vice President And Chief Economist, National City Corporation John Diamond, Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Tax Policy, Baker Institute Of Public Policy, Rice University Emil Frankel, Transportation Consultant And Former Assistant Secretary For Transportation Policy, Department Of Transportation Luke Froeb, Professor, Vanderbilt University Senator Phil Gramm, Former U.S. Senator From Texas Kevin Hassett, Resident Scholar And Director Of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute(AEI)Greg Jenner, Former Executive Vice President, American Council Of Life Insurers & Acting Assistant Secretary(Tax Policy), U.S. Treasury Department David John, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation Tim Kane, Director, Center for International Trade and Economics, Heritage Foundation Melissa Kearney, Assistant Professor Of Economics, University Of Maryland Anne Krueger, Professor At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) & Former First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Adam Lerrick, Visiting Scholar For The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) And Friends Of Allan H. Meltzer Professor Of Economics For Carnegie Mellon Phil Levy, Resident Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Senior Economist for Trade on the President's Council of Economic Advisers Will Melick, Gensemer Associate Professor of Economics, Kenyon College Michael Moore, Professor Of Economics And International Affairs, George Washington University Tom Miller, Resident Fellow for American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Tim Muris, Foundation Professor, George Mason University School Of Law, Former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Sean O'Keefe, Former Secretary Of The Navy, NASA Administrator, & Deputy Director Of Office of Management & Budget, The White House Gerry Parsky, Senior Economic Advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer, Former President, Independent Women's Forum James Rill, Partner, Howrey LLP and Former Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), U.S. Department of Justice Kenneth Rogoff, Professor Of Public Policy, Harvard University Harvey Rosen, Professor Of Economics And Business Policy, Princeton University John Silvia, Managing Director, Chief Economist, Wachovia BankAquiles Suarez, Vice President For Government Affairs For National Association Of Industrial And Office Properties & Former Special Assistant To The President For Domestic PolicyDr. John Taylor, Professor Of Economics At Stanford, Senior Fellow At The Hoover Institution & Former Under Secretary Of Treasury Anthony Villamil, Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Economics Group, Inc. & Former Under Secretary Of Commerce For Economic Affairs Joseph Wright, Chairman Of The Board For Intelsat Mark Zandi, Chief Economist For Moody's Economy.Com FORMER U.S. OFFICIALS
Former Secretaries of State
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Former Secretary of StateAlexander M. Haig, Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State, New York George P. Shultz, Former Secretary of State, California
Former Cabinet Secretaries
Jack Kemp, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Former U.S. Representative, New York Robert Mosbacher, Former Secretary of Commerce, Texas Peter Peterson, Former Secretary of Commerce, New York Anthony Principi, Former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Maryland Former Governor Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Pennsylvania James R. Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense
Former National Security Officials
Tom Kean, 9/11 Commission Chairman, New Jersey Robert C. "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor, Washington, DC R. James Woolsey Jr., Former CIA Director Robert Inman, Former National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the CIA
Former Navy Secretaries
William Ball, Former Secretary of the Navy, South Carolina John Lehman, Former Secretary of the Navy, New York
Former Ambassadors
Chuck Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Sue Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Fred Malek, Former Ambassador, Virginia Ron Weiser, Former Ambassador, Michigan Al Hoffman, Former Ambassador, Florida
FORMER POW'S
Commander Ed Alvarez, (ret), Maryland Captain Mike Cronin USN (ret), Maryland Colonel Bud Day, MOH USAF (ret), Florida Commander Paul Galanti USN (ret), Virginia Lt Colonel Orson Swindle USMC (ret), Virginia Click here to read about more military Veterans who support John McCain and click here to read the endorsements of over 100 Admirals and Generals.
BUSINESS LEADERS
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard James Huffines, Banking ExecutiveFrederick W. Smith, CEO of FedEx Dax Swatek, President of Swatek and Associates John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
Steve Carter, Indiana Troy King, Alabama Rob McKenna, Washington Henry McMaster, South CarolinaMark Shurtleff, Utah Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota
SECRETARY OF STATE
Mark Hammond, South Carolina
STATE SENATE LEADERS
Glenn McConnell, South Carolina President Pro Tempore
STATE SENATORS
Joseph Delahunty, New Hampshire John Gallus, Michigan Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina John E. Lyons, Jr., New Hampshire Michelle McManus, MichiganRandy Richardville, Michigan Robert Watson, Rhode Island
STATE HOUSE LEADERS
Kevin Elsenheimer, Assistant Minority Leader, MichiganKevin Green, Minority Whip Leader, Michigan Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the House, South Carolina Jim Merrill, House Majority Leader, South Carolina Doug Smith, Speaker Pro Tempore, South Carolina Josh Tardy, House Leader, Maine Chris Ward, Minority Floor Leader, Michigan
FORMER STATE HOUSE LEADERS
Rick Johnson, Former House Speaker, Michigan Chuck Perricone, Former House Speaker, Michigan
STATE HOUSE MEMBERS
Judy Emmons, Michigan Fred King, Sr., MichiganFred King, Sr., New Hampshire David Law, MichiganChris Saxman, Virginia Glenn Steil, Jr., MichiganEric Stohl, New Hampshire Robert Watson, Rhode IslandLorence Wenke, Michigan
MAYORS
Tommy Joe Alexander, Irondale, Alabama Carlos Alvarez, Florida George Andersen, Iowa Rick Anderson, Iowa Ron Colling, Iowa Nelson Crabb, IowaDarrell Dobernecker, Iowa Darrell Downs, Iowa Thomas Ginger, Iowa Sandra Hatfield, Iowa Jim Heavens, Iowa Dave Kleis, Minnesota Dennis Kunkle, IowaVirgil Murray, Iowa John Nieland, Iowa Reynold Peterson, Iowa Ruth Randleman, Iowa Steve Samuels, Iowa Bernie Streeter, New Hampshire Bob Walkup, Arizona Ed Winborn, Iowa
FIRST RESPONDERS FOR McCAIN
Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff John S. Dempsey, Captain, NYC Police Department (Ret.) Tom Kean, Former 9/11 Commission Chairman Frank Keating, Former Oklahoma Governor Robert "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor for President Ronald Reagan Mr. Edward D. Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
NATIONAL HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD
Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Florida Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Pastor Mark Gonzalez, Texas Honorable Manuel Lujan, New Mexico Mr. Tony Orlando, Florida Honorable Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Mr. Solomon D. Trujillo, Colorado Major General Freddy Valenzuela, Florida Honorable Albert C. Zapanta, Texas
Chuck Norris
Ann Coulter
Lamar Alexander and Bill Frist.
In 2008, Barack Obama received a large number of endorsements, from both Democrats and moderate Republicans. Among the people who endorsed him were Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords, Andrew Cuomo, Candace Gingrich, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Toni Morrison, Susan Eisenhower, Scott McClellan (former press secretary to President Bush) and Gen. Colin Powell.
The US President, Vice President and their spouses. Foreign heads of states and other foreign VIPs, and some governors get motorcades.
Some of them include:Robert BorkTom TancredoNew Hampshire Sen. Judd GreggDavid Keene (chairman of the American Conservative Union)Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC)Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress FoundationChristine O'Donnell, the former Republican Senate candidateGeorge HW BushDan QuayleJohn Huntsman Jr.There are many others. See the related link below for a more thorough list.
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Some of the most prominent political figures in Libya are Wahbi al-Bouri, Abdul Salam al-Buseiri, Mohieddin Fikini and Abdul Majid Kubar. All of the above listed political figures are foreign ministers.
The Compromise of 1850 had several major political figures. Henry Clay, and Douglas Draft were two of the important figures, as well as William Henry Seward, and Stephen A. Douglas.
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