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McCain’s Days as Viable Candidate Numbered

January 4th, 2008 · 16 Comments

En route to New Hampshire, Republican John McCain is getting a lot of mileage out of his third-place finish in the Iowa Caucus. At the same time, he must realize his days as a presidential contender are numbered, in part, due to a skeleton in his campaign closet: McCain is on record as saying he [...]

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Will Ron Paul’s ‘Cash on Hand’ Earn Him Credibility?

July 6th, 2007 · 12 Comments

Will $2.4 million cash on hand at the end of the last quarter earn long-shot presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul enough credibility to warrant a spot in upcoming presidential debates? It should. The ABC News Political Radar blog reported today that the nine-term congressman from Texas has $400,000 more cash on hand than his Republican [...]

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McCain Offers Odds on Giuliani, Thompson Bids

May 8th, 2007 · No Comments

In an Associated Press report out of Iowa City, Iowa, yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is credited with saying it’s not impossible for a Republican candidate who favors abortion rights to win the party’s nomination, but that a candidate with such a position would face long odds. Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson appear to be [...]

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McCain Leads GOP Race in South Carolina Polls

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Bob McCarty Writes has learned two recent telephone polls show Arizona Sen. John McCain winning among likely South Carolina Republican voters. Whether or not his first-place finishes will be enough to secure victory in the 2008 presidential race — a race that’s still a year out — remains to be seen. Running against George W. [...]

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McCain Assembling Team of ‘Political Bruisers’

February 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Sen. John McCain is “assembling a team of political bruisers for 2008,” according to a New York Times article by Jim Rutenberg. McCain’s goal: Succeed “where his freewheeling presidential campaign of 2000 failed.” If Senator McCain truly wanted to succeed in ’08, he would agree to display a warning labels (i.e., Warning: John McCain) on [...]

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