Abortion feud has 2008 Republicans on edge
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The fluid and unpredictable 2008 Republican White House sweepstakes took a sharp new turn Wednesday, as the stuttering John McCain campaign ripped into rising rival Mitt Romney.
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If not Giuliani, who? Christian conservatives remain unsettled on a GOP champion for '08 race.
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To abortion opponents, Phill Kline is a standard bearer. For abortion rights activists, he's a dangerous ideologue.
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The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee.
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Core conservative Republicans are trapped between denial and grudging acceptance over the rise of John McCain, as the party's presumptive 2008 presidential standard bearer.
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On the Democratic side, a potentially historic clash lies ahead. For the GOP, Michigan is the next test.
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Presidential hopefuls from President George W. Bush's Republican Party have an uphill battle ahead of the 2008 elections, stung by their support for the unpopular Iraq war and outshone by Democratic star power.
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Will pro-war stances hurt the GOP hopefuls for '08?
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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Republicans Mitt Romney and John McCain turned up the heat on their bitter rivalry on Monday, trading charges over the economy and abortion on the eve of a critical showdown in Michigan's presidential primary.
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Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain traded charges over the economy and abortion on Monday, in what has become a bitter personal duel on the eve of the important Michigan primary.
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The splintering of prominent Christian conservatives over the Republican presidential contenders reflects a schism Â between the dogma of God, guns and gays and the desire to beat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Fissures over Iraq could make it more difficult for Republicans to coalesce on national security policy and avoid a bitter intraparty fight going into 2008.
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Republican Party officials agreed to take a hard line against abortion rights and same-sex marriage Wednesday, positions that party moderates predict will turn away voters needed to win the November elections.
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A few senators from President Bush's own party may determine the outcome of an Iraq war vote this week that would deal a blow to him. These Republicans, facing re-election in 2008, must weigh party loyalty and voters' anger at an unpopular war.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.
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As a result of November's election, the next Senate will have a bigger, more conservative Republican majority and several new opponents of abortion.