Surrounded by Ã¢ÂÂGoliaths,Ã¢ÂÂ Bayh Bows Out of Presidential Race
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When Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh announced Saturday that he would not run for president in 2008, he reiterated a Biblical metaphor he had often used for what had turned into a longshot candidacy: He called himself a Ã¢ÂÂDavidÃ¢ÂÂ in a Democratic presidential field that includes Ã¢ÂÂGoliaths.Ã¢ÂÂ
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Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, said he had concluded his hopes of winning were too remote.
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The political movement loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr quit Iraq's ruling Shi'ite Alliance on Saturday, leaving Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in a precarious position in parliament.
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The departure of two aides left Senator John McCainâs campaign team gutted and raised new doubts about his ability to continue in the race.
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BEERSHEBA: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi is considering pulling out of a presidential race to avoid splitting his mainstream Fatah faction, an Israeli-Arab lawmaker said after visiting him in jail.
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Jailed leader Marwan Barghouthi has  decided to quit the Palestinian presidential race, Al Jazeera  television reported on Sunday.
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Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghouti withdraws from the race to be president of the Palestinian Authority.
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After string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states, former Tenn. senator quits race.
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With Mitt Romney out of the Republican nomination race, John McCain goes all out to stress his conservative credentials and win support from his party's right flank
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Republican John McCain's top two aides quit his struggling presidential campaign on Tuesday, dealing a sharp blow to the Arizona senator and casting doubt on the future of his 2008 bid.
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His associates said he was in then out. Now jailed Palestinian militant Marwan Barghouti has apparently decided that he will, after all, be a candidate in next January&#39;s Palestinian presidential election.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 -- The followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will withdraw from Iraq's leading political alliance, a spokesman for the group said Saturday.
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He approached the campaign like a business venture, but discovered that politics is different. Now he's out of the race
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Mitt Romney, who sought to position himself as the true conservative choice for the Republican nomination, announced Thursday that he had ended his campaign.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Jailed Palestinian uprising  leader Marwan Barghouthi has pulled out of a Jan. 9  presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, a close aide  said on Sunday.
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Republican Fred Thompson dropped out as a presidential candidate on Tuesday, ending a short-lived campaign that got off to a late start and never gathered much steam.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian figure who was jailed, has dropped out of the race to succeed Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.