Democrat Vilsack drops White House bid
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, dropped his longshot 2008 White House bid on Friday after he failed to keep pace with his big-name rivals in raising funds.
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Republican Rudy  Giuliani and Democrat John Edwards abandoned their failing U.S.  presidential bids on Wednesday, narrowing the race in both  parties to two main candidates ahead of next week's multi-state  round of voting.
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Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second bid for the White House. In an interview with Cleveland's Plain Dealer, the six-term congressman said he was quitting the race and would make a formal announcement on Friday
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa  - Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa on Thursday launched an underdog bid for the White House, promising to restore America's sense of community and optimism as he became the first Democrat to declare for the 2008 race.
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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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Bernard Kerik, President Bush&#39;s choice to be secretary of homeland security, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack said Tuesday it's time for "tough love" in Iraq with a reduction in U.S. troops that would force the government to make the hard decisions about repairing the fractured country.
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Former Sen. John Edwards campaign announced that he will skip the Nevada Democratic Party's planned August presidential debate, the latest fallout from the party's decision to have the Fox Network host the event.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after a poor showing in the Nevada caucus, his campaign said Saturday.
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Billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he was quitting the Republican Party, sparking immediate speculation he was plotting an independent bid for the White House in 2008.
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Democrat John Edwards is exiting the race for the White House, according to US media reports.
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Anti-immigration lawmaker Tom Tancredo dropped his bid for the White House Thursday, after his campaign, focusing on an urgent call to seal US borders, failed to catch fire with voters.
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Six-term Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich has decided to drop his longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after struggling for weeks, mostly without success, to draw media and voter attention.
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Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack launched his long-shot bid for the presidency Thursday, calling for an end to U.S dependence on foreign oil in favor of alternative energy sources.
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Hillary Clinton relegated to third place in Democratic presidential caucuses
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Republican candidate Mitt Romney  dropped out of the U.S. presidential race on Thursday, a  decision that makes Sen. John McCain the all-but-certain  nominee of his party.