White House races narrow as Giuliani, Edwards exit
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The battle for the White House narrowed dramatically on Wednesday as the exit of Rudolph Giuliani and John Edwards left Republican and Democratic front-runners in a pair of two-horse races.
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A subdued Giuliani came out on top, but Mark Halperin says Huckabee protected his lead while Romney failed to fight
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Florida voters cast  their ballots on Tuesday in a contest that could anoint a  front-runner among Republicans in the White House race and  spell trouble for onetime favorite former New York Mayor Rudy  Giuliani.
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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has fallen 13 points since November and is now tied with Mitt Romney nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa  - White House hopefuls dashed across Iowa in a fevered hunt for support on Wednesday, with top Democrats pounding home their closing messages on the last day of three-way dogfight that is too close to call.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani strongly hinted on Tuesday that he might soon end his quest for the White House after finishing a distant third in the Florida Republican primary where he had staked his entire campaign.
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He heads to New York with no gap to close with Kerry, but in a weaker position than past incumbents.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards chose Republican hopeful Rudy Giuliani's home turf of New York on Thursday to say it was not enough to talk tough on terrorism without addressing its causes.
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Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is shedding his investment banking business as he begins his campaign for the White House, selling Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC to an Australian-based company.
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The Democratic White House race has tightened going into the year's first nominating clash in Iowa with Hillary Clinton and her two top rivals locked in a dead heat, a poll said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Exit polls and early vote-counting Tuesday night showed a presidential race headed deep into the night â-nd possibly longer â -the contest remained in doubt in the swing states that will decide the outcome.
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Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain.
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White men, conservatives, evangelicals and other pivotal building blocs of the Republican Party are divided among its leading contenders for president, leaving the race for the 2008 GOP nomination highly fluid, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
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More than the other major presidential candidates, Rudolph W. Giuliani has limited himself to events with narrowly defined, friendly audiences.
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President's final State of Union address is overshadowed by close-fought primary contest
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The unpredictable  fight for the White House went national on Wednesday, as  candidates fanned out across the country and Democrat Barack  Obama bounced back from a surprise loss to Hillary Clinton to  grab a coveted union endorsement.
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White House hopefuls dashed  across Iowa in a hunt for votes on Wednesday, with Hillary  Clinton and her two top rivals scrambling to avoid third place  in a tight opening round of voting for the U.S. Democratic  presidential nomination.