McCain, Clinton emerge as national poll leaders
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US Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton have emerged as nationwide leaders in their respective Republican and Democratic parties, despite early setbacks in the primary election campaign,  new opinion polls released late Sunday showed.
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John McCain rode the Straight Talk Express straight into first place in New Hampshire, and back into the thick of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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The presidential race  shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John  McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats  paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hopes to gather steam from his New Hampshire victory and begin picking off rivals with wins in Michigan, South Carolina and beyond.
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John McCain, whose presidential candidacy nearly collapsed six months ago, has soared to the front of the crowded Republican field while last year's national GOP front-runner, Rudy Giuliani, saw his standing plummet over the past month, a new poll shows.
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Blacks helped Barack Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Louisiana's racially polarized Democratic primary Saturday, while John McCain made little headway among the most conservative, highly religious voters as he battled Mike Huckabee in their first head-to-head Republican matchup, exit polls found.
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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 candidate John McCain emerges as the party's clear frontrunner after winning the key state of Florida, while a despondent Rudy Giuliani trailed in third place
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Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain will carry much-needed momentum from New Hampshire into upcoming contests in the 2008 presidential campaign. Clinton, coming off a third-place finish in Iowa, rebounded to overcome rival Sen. Barack Obama. On the GOP side, McCain claimed victory over Mitt Romney.
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Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took their neck-and-neck battle to the U.S. West on Saturday while John McCain projected an air of inevitability about winning the Republican nomination ahead of crucial Super Tuesday voting.
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John McCain and Mitt Romney headed toward another showdown, while Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama readied for a nationwide battle.
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Women returned solidly to Hillary Rodham Clinton's side, helping her overcome Barack Obama's advantage among the large independent bloc in New Hampshire's Democratic primary, an exit poll found. John McCain's experience, reputation for "straight talk" and appeal among moderates helped him beat Mitt Romney in the Republican contest.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - With a blizzard keeping many New Hampshire residents home, campaign staff worked the phones as a poll buoyed the U.S. presidential hopes of Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton days before the nominating contest here.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton got a boost to their campaigns for U.S. presidential nominations from an influential newspaper on Sunday despite setbacks in opinion polls.
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With their rivals fading, John McCain and Mitt Romney maneuvered to be seen as the strongest Republican general election candidate.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally.
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Republican Senator John McCain has moved into the national lead for his party's nomination for the presidency, according to a poll released Wednesday on the eve of the first voting.