McCain and Clinton look to next battle
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.
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White House hopefuls looked Sunday to their next nominating contests, with little time for Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton to savor their key weekend wins.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Saturday that Democrats will have a hard time running against the "legendary background" of Republican John McCain, and that she is better positioned than Barack Obama to beat the likely GOP nominee.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in separate contests in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an chaotic White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, picking up strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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John McCain does better than anyone against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the hypothetical one-on-one match-ups.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Hillary Clinton, her back against the wall in New Hampshire, battled to keep the state from swinging to rival Barack Obama on Sunday while Republican Mitt Romney lashed out at John McCain.
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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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Republican Sen. John McCain grabbed an early lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday night as he sought to climb back into contention for the presidential nomination. Sen. Barack Obama dueled with Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic contest.
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Republican Senator John McCain triumphed in the key 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary Tuesday, with the Democratic battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama too-close-to-call.
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Democrat Barack Obama hopes to rout Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia while Republican John McCain seeks to put more distance between himself and Mike Huckabee
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The Democrats are preparing for a lengthy nomination fight, while John McCain is hoping to seal up the Republican nomination quickly.
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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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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 pollsters suffer a beating as Hillary Clinton brings the Obama juggernaut to a halt, while John McCain, left for dead a few months ago, trounces Romney in New Hampshire
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Sen. Hillary Clinton Wednesday worked to shore up her support in the face of the momentum Sen. Barack Obama has built up after winning eight Democratic presidential contests in a row, while Sen. John McCain continued in his efforts to unify Republicans.
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Republican presidential candidate  John McCain sought to win over skeptical conservatives on  Friday as the crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast nominating  contest loomed.