South Carolina: McCain Leads, Thompson Gaining
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Rasmussen Reports - Over the past several days, the only real movement in South Carolina's Republican Presidential Primary has been a four-point gain for Fred Thompson and a five-point decline for Mike Huckabee.
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Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Obama says he'd change approach to drug war ... Clinton says preparation for president should be more than inspirational speeches ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion ... McCain looks to appeal to South Carolina's reservists, retired military
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in South Carolina
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Bloomberg - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton has established a clear lead over her Democratic rivals in the early U.S. primary states, while the race for the Republican presidential nomination is tighter with the entrance of Fred Thompson.
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Republican Fred Thompson gained a  bump in support after his long-delayed entry in the 2008  presidential race and nearly caught front-runner Rudy Giuliani  in two opinion polls released on Tuesday.
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Republican Sen. John McCain raised nearly $12 million in January, propelled by victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina that solidified his place as the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee touted their economic credentials in South Carolina on Friday on the eve of the South's first vote for U.S. presidential nominees, as rival Mitt Romney pressed his advantage out West in Nevada.
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A new survey indicates that presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has made dramatic gains with California Republicans.
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Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's caucuses Saturday while John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled in the South Carolina primary, a campaign doubleheader likely to winnow the crowded field of presidential rivals
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McCain cements GOP front-runner status with projected wins coast-to-coastDems evenly split between Clinton and ObamaDisappointing night for Romney; Huckabee surprises pundits
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Mike Huckabee was ahead in a poll out Friday among Republican presidential hopefuls in the key early primary state of South Carolina, as his campaign announced hiring a strategist who worked with former president Ronald Reagan.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans and Democrats in South Carolina.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, strengthening his claim to the Republican U.S. presidential nomination by beating rivals in a Southern state that traditionally has favored their socially conservative message, U.S. media projected.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is dominating the Democratic presidential field among lower-income and older voters in early primary states, while Republican Fred Thompson is making inroads among religious voters, particularly in the South and at the expense of rival Mitt Romney.
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John McCain's victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary appears to be paying off.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton has slipped but is still substantial two days before the presidential primary election in South Carolina, where candidates were competing vigorously to win support from black voters.