McCain Has Big Win in South Carolina; Huckabee Falls Short
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John McCain staved off a spirited challenge by Mike Huckabee, exorcising the ghosts of the attack-filled primary in the same state that derailed his campaign eight years ago.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee are in a statistical dead heat as voters head to the polls in South Carolina's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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John McCain sought to keep his momentum going strong. Mitt Romney looked to keep his candidacy afloat. And Mike Huckabee simply wanted to keep defying expectations.
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John McCain claimed a sweet South Carolina victory that eluded him in 2000 Â and, if history is a guide, may have set himself on course to become the GOP presidential nominee.
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Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Obama says he'd change approach to drug war ... Clinton says preparation for president should be more than inspirational speeches ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion ... McCain looks to appeal to South Carolina's reservists, retired military
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Republican John McCain  and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating  battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, picking up  strength in an unpredictable White House race where no  candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike  Huckabee won the Kansas contest on Saturday to choose a  Republican U.S. presidential candidate, chalking up another  victory after a strong showing in the South earlier in the  week, U.S. media projected.
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Republican presidential contenders focused their energies on South Carolina's GOP primary just four days off with still no clear front-runner after a critical Michigan victory for Mitt Romney and with John McCain facing what could be a make-or-break battle.
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Republican Sen. John McCain won a big victory in the Republican delegate race over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday, extending his lead by capturing nearly all the delegates in California.
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It's nothing new for the odds to be stacked against Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Last year he lagged far behind his competitors in fundraising, national polls didn't even show him on the radar for the majority of 2007, and now he contends it would take a "miracle" to beat Arizona Sen. John McCain for their party's nomination. But Huckabee says he's not one to take the "easy" way out.
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Republican race White House blown wide open last by convincing win from John McCain
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Barack Obama didn't settle for a mere rout in South Carolina. After a landslide victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Illinois senator took a brash, brutal victory lap that he hopes will define her, her husband, and their his-and-hers candidacy in the days ahead.
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Mike Huckabee was ahead in a poll out Friday among Republican presidential hopefuls in the key early primary state of South Carolina, as his campaign announced hiring a strategist who worked with former president Ronald Reagan.
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Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's caucuses Saturday while John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled in the South Carolina primary, a campaign doubleheader likely to winnow the crowded field of presidential rivals
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Hillary Rodham Clintonâs victory was a surprising show of strength after her loss in Iowa. John McCain reprised his 2000 primary win, beating Mitt Romney.
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The Christian Science Monitor - John McCain's victory in the Florida primary sends the Arizona senator into Super Tuesday with a burst of momentum, but the race for the Republican presidential nomination remains highly competitive.
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Mitt Romney was scheduled to make five appearances across South Carolina, where Mike Huckabee has surged into the lead in some polls, just as he has in Iowa.