Conservatives dismayed Mitt Romney quit race
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Republican Mitt Romney's exit from the  White House race left dismayed conservatives vowing to sit out  the election -- or else hold their noses to vote for John  McCain, their party's likely nominee.
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He's amassed twice the delegates of rival Romney. But the GOP's conservative wing remains resistant to his campaign.
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The Concord Monitor broke with political tradition Sunday, telling readers in the state with the first presidential primary why they should not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instead of whom they should support.
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It's not enough for U.S. Republican  presidential candidates to be conservatives. They've got to be  bigger and better conservatives to win the hearts of right-wing  America.
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Conservative voters are feeling glum about the Republican Presidential frontrunners. What they really should be lamenting is the collapse of their pet issue: national security
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Mitt Romney said he felt as if his campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee was, in a sense, an extension of his fatherâs unsuccessful bid in 1968.
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GOP candidate bows out of nomination race, backs front-runner and longtime friend John McCain.
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Two days before Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney hammered home his frequent claim that Senator John McCain is not acceptable to conservatives.
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Mitt Romney capitalized on his Michigan ties and attracted the most conservative voters Tuesday while John McCain found far fewer Republican primary votes among the Democrats and independents who keyed his victory here eight years ago, an exit poll showed.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who focused his bid for the party's nomination on turning around the U.S. economy, said in remarks prepared for a speech on Thursday he must "stand aside" and pull out of the race.
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race last week, endorsed front-runner John McCain on Thursday despite their bitterly-fought race.
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Conservatives are nearly resigned to seeing front-runner John McCain capture the Republican presidential nomination, but they are still debating whether to stay home in November or to try to influence his positions and choice of a running mate.
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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.
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A top adviser to Mitt Romney criticized rival Fred Thompson on Friday for his campaign finance reform efforts, triggering an exchange between the two Republican presidential contenders as they seek conservative support.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, making a smooth transition from the exploratory campaign effort he launched last month.
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Mitt Romney defeated his principal rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, by winning a clear plurality of Republicans and conservatives.
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Mitt Romney suspends his bid for the Republican party nomination for the White House.