Arizona Sen. John McCain will bring his struggling campaign for president to Bellevue next week. The state Republican Party event calendar shows McCain will have a reception and dinner July 17. It will cost $500 per person for dinner or $2,300 for dinner and a photo of the candidate.

Pundits in recent days have been particularly pessimistic about McCain's chances of winning the Republican nomination. He is holding in third place in some polls, but there is much talk about whether he can overcome money problems or, what may be even more difficult, overcome the sense among some that he's not living up this reputation circa 2000.