McCain Backpedals on Public Financing for the Primary
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Republican presidential front-runner John McCain today formally announced his intention to withdraw from the public financing system for the primary campaign.
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Senator John McCainâs campaign may be paying the price for a career of positions alienating traditional big donors.
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) signaled yesterday that he will begin raising money for a potential general election candidacy, joining Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) in rejecting the public financing system that has governed presidential elections for...
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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.
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Former presidential hopeful to back Republican frontrunner, say reports
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is pledging to repeal the alternative minimum tax and hold down government spending with vetoes and line-item-veto authority.
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It's money vs. momentum in the Republican presidential primary. Mitt Romney relied mostly on his personal fortune to pay for his campaign in the last quarter of 2007, as chief rival John McCain began resurrecting a bid that had been left for dead without a dime in the cash box, according to newly released federal campaign finance records.
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Barack Obamaâs success at fund-raising is tempting him to back away from accepting public financing in the general election.
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John McCain said that he expects Barack Obama to abide by his pledge use public financing for his general election if Mr. McCain does so as well.
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Sen. John McCain backed away Wednesday from a statement issued on his behalf criticizing the Bush administration for not putting more pressure on the Iraqi government to secure its country.
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Once a loser here, Republican Sen. John McCain desperately wants to avoid the same fate in this Southern state's primary &#151; a shellacking that marked the beginning of the end of his first presidential campaign.
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At their national convention, Republicans were short on specifics on how to pay for an economic agenda in a second Bush administration. One reason is that President Bush could end up having to back a tax increase, just as his father did.
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Raising money and thinking about a running mate are two of the big challenges facing likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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Election officials Wednesday proposed overhauling the way tax dollars can be used to cover the cost of running for president, including an increase in the amount that can be spent by primary candidates who take public money.
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Presidential candidates may return contributions solicited for the general election campaign and accept public financing with its stricter limitations, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday.
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After Tuesdayâs primaries, John McCain had hoped to begin courting more moderate voters.
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John McCain's hold on the Republican nomination  tightens with former rival's backing