McCain 'fired up' to face Democrats
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Republican John McCain said he was "fired up and ready to go" against either Democratic presidential contender as he celebrated primary victories Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Sen. John McCain said Monday it was fair game to criticize Democrat John Kerry's anti-war protests three decades ago, firing an opening salvo as Republicans at their national convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader.
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NORFOLK, Virginia  - Sen. John McCain, his victory as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
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Republican John McCain is trying to ease long-standing distrust among the party's powerful conservatives, not only for the presidential primary against Mitt Romney but for the likely general election race against a Democrat.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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Dismissing dire  forecasts of his political future, Republican presidential  contender John McCain promised on Saturday to mount a comeback  by taking his campaign directly to voters in the states that  kick off the 2008 race.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain reached out to his party's conservative base Saturday and cast himself as the only candidate who could beat the Democrats to the White House in November.
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Republican Sen. John McCain is emerging as the bipartisan scold whom neither presidential candidate can get enough of this year. Although the maverick Arizona senator hasn't been shy about taking both campaigns to task, Democrat John Kerry sounded out McCain as a possible running mate and President Bush will showcase him on the opening night of the Republican National Convention.
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The man who flustered White House hopeful John McCain last week by questioning his standing among fellow Vietnam prisoners of war was a contributor to rival Fred Thompson's campaign.
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To hear John McCain talk, you'd think he already was the Republican nominee. "The first thing we've got to do after Tuesday is unite this party," he says repeatedly these days Â as if the 21 states holding caucuses and primaries this week are simply a formality.
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John McCain's emergence as the probable Republican presidential nominee is reshaping the Democratic contest, prompting Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to cast themselves as best-suited to defeat him, and focusing their debate on issues they figure will play specifically to his strengths and weaknesses.
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Sen. John McCain became the likely Republican nominee after Mitt Romney decided to suspend his campaign Thursday. Now, the Democrats are debating who would do better against the Arizona Republican.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, thrust into the top rank of Republican presidential candidates by his victory in the New Hampshire primary, challenged Democrats to acknowledge recent U.S. success in Iraq.
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Arizona Senator John McCain was stepping up attacks on his rivals in advance of tonight's G.O.P. presidential debate in New Hampshire.
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Republican  presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday predicted he will  do well in the Florida contest late this month after winning  South Carolina and took a swipe at rival Rudy Giuliani.
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Endorsement is a key nod from the Democratic establishment. GOP contenders Romney and McCain hammer on each other in Florida.
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A day after getting his "butt kicked" in the Nevada caucuses, presidential candidate John Edwards said Sunday that he's the only Democrat who can successfully take on Republican John McCain.