McCain returns to GOP kudos and grousing
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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New Hampshire winner John McCain -- whose 2008 presidential bid seemed doomed just weeks ago by major money and organizational problems -- gloried Tuesday night in defying expectations by topping top rival former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by a comfortable margin (with 86 percent of precincts counted, 37 percent for McCain, 32 percent for Romney).
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain speak following their successes in the latest primaries
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John McCain praised his old political foe President Bush on Monday in a convention speech aimed at attracting undecided voters to the Republican cause.
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John McCain picked up former President George H.W. Bush's support on Monday, a critical blessing by a pillar of the Republican establishment whose members aren't completely sold on the party's next standard-bearer.
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Senator John McCain had the state of New Hampshire to himself on Saturday.
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Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana Saturday.
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George W. Bush and John McCain's bearhug and smooch on the campaign trail last week was one of the odder embraces in politics in a long while.
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Senator John McCain is now viewed more favorably than any of his major competitors while Barack Obama has improved his standing in his party on electability, according to a new poll.
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Republican presidential front-runner John McCain courted the wary conservative wing of his party Friday after winning the endorsement of former bitter White House rival Mitt Romney.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hopes to gather steam from his New Hampshire victory and begin picking off rivals with wins in Michigan, South Carolina and beyond.
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As 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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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain raised money Tuesday on rival Rudy Giuliani's turf and picked up the endorsement of the former New York mayor's longtime nemesis.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney endorsed erstwhile rival John McCain on Thursday and urged Republicans to unite behind him in a gesture that could help McCain with disgruntled conservatives.
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Courting party faithful Saturday, Republican Mitt Romney promised to return a wayward GOP to its core principles while rival John McCain portrayed himself as the most qualified to take charge of the country amid dangerous times ahead.
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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.