Romney, McCain turn up heat ahead of Michigan vote
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Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain traded charges over the economy and abortion on Monday, in what has become a bitter personal duel on the eve of the important Michigan primary.
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The rust-belt state of Michigan voted Tuesday in a presidential primary that represents a moment of truth for faltering Republican Mitt Romney.
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Republican White House hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney are in a very close race in Michigan, three days before state voters decide their pick for the party's presidential nomination, according to two new polls released on Saturday.
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YPSILANTI, Michigan  - Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain clashed on Saturday over how to revive the depressed economy of Michigan, the former manufacturing powerhouse that hosts the next contest in the presidential race that still has no clear front-runner.
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LIVONIA, Michigan  - Mitt Romney and John McCain clashed on Saturday over how to revive the depressed economy of Michigan, the former U.S. manufacturing powerhouse which hosts the next Republican presidential primary.
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Republican Mitt Romney will formally announce his candidacy for president next week in Michigan, his native state and an important early test for the GOP nomination, campaign aides said Tuesday.
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Romney's Michigan win deepened GOP uncertainty before crucial upcoming contests.
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DETROIT, Jan. 13 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is tying his fate in the presidential primary in Michigan to the survival of the American auto industry, casting himself as the champion of its workers while blaming his rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for Washington's indifference to...
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Mitt Romney tugs on heartstrings while John McCain uses 'straight talking' approach ahead of Michigan vote
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 4 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain of Arizona traded increasingly sharp barbs here Friday, setting in motion attack plans that were conceived as far back as last spring, fueled by the candidates' intense dislike for each other.
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Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts  Gov. Mitt Romney on Sunday jostled for dominance in a  tightening race for the Republican presidential nomination that  could hinge on competing messages on the Iraq war and the  flagging U.S. economy.
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There's not much consensus over the significance of Republican Mitt Romney's victory in Michigan's primary on Tuesday. The only thing that's clear is that the race on the GOP side is still a muddle.
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Republican Mitt Romney cast his win in the Michigan primary as "a victory of optimism over Washington-style pessimism," setting the stage for a nomination battle with John McCain and others now likely to extend to the Super Tuesday contests on Feb. 5.
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GOP presidential front-runners, locked in a tight race, pledged to help turn around Michigan's struggling economy in a last-minute effort to win over voters on the eve of the state's primary.
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A debate between John McCain and Mitt Romney over leadership credentials spiraled Saturday into a resume-belittling showdown as the Republican presidential race grew ever more intense ahead of Florida's pivotal primary.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats in Michigan.
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Republican  presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused rival  John McCain of giving up on people who have lost jobs in the  economically depressed state of Michigan as the Republicans'  wide-open campaign turned to the faltering economy.