McCain's focus is on general election
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John McCain is wasting no time running a general election campaign as he settles into his newfound role as the Republican Party's presidential nominee-in-waiting.
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Republican John McCain will soar or sink in New Hampshire, his best shot at reviving a presidential campaign that went belly up last summer.
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Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain,  once courted by Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry, is  emerging as a major force in the re-election campaign of  President Bush, who vanquished McCain in the 2000 Republican  primary.
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John McCain must decide how best to use President Bush to win over conservatives without driving away independents and moderate Democrats.
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Out of the turmoil facing the Republican field may rise another opportunity for Senator John McCain.
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Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government. The Democrats, he says, offer neither.
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McCain leads by 19 points nationally, but Romney could benefit from anti-McCain votes.
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Republican front-runner John McCain is trying to gain his party's presidential nomination by convincing conservatives he is one of them, without hurting support from moderate voters who have propelled his candidacy.
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Recalling his military past may be key to John McCain's political future.
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Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain (R) began the Election 2008 season as the presumed frontrunner for the GOP nomination. Now, he is struggling to stay ahead of Mitt Romney for third place in the hearts and minds of Republican Primary voters. The trends aren&#39;t encouraging for the war hero who challenged then-Governor Bush for the nomination eight years ago.
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John McCain's hold on the Republican nomination  tightens with former rival's backing
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This time a Republican heavyweight not an underdog, John McCain embarks on his second presidential run facing numerous challenges in courting a GOP establishment he once spurned at nearly every turn.
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ST. LOUIS  - Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought to win over skeptical conservatives on Friday as the crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast nominating contest loomed.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a message for critics of the immigration compromise he helped devise.
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Senator John McCain is hoping to translate his ascendancy in recent polls in New Hampshire into some momentum in a state where he has struggled.
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Senator John McCainâs choice of advisers indicates that he intends to run a far tougher presidential campaign than the one he ran in the 2000 primary.
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FAIRFIELD, Connecticut  - Republican front-runner John McCain admitted on Sunday to nervousness about his chances on Super Tuesday, when almost half of the United States votes, but he was also thinking ahead to a general election battle against the Democratic nominee.