McCain still short of nomination
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Not so fast, Sen. McCain. John McCain's campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him. John McCain sure looks like he has the nomination all but wrapped up. But he isn't there yet, and here's why:
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Out of the turmoil facing the Republican field after the Iowa caucuses may rise yet another opportunity for Senator John McCain, whose candidacy all but collapsed last year.
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The names of the 2008 front-runners are familiar to any political junkie with a pulse. But what about the slew of lesser-known candidates seeking the nomination in both parties? Sure, they don't have the star power of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) or Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), or the fundraising chops of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) or former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani (R). But several of these lesser lights could make a real impact on next year's nomination fight....
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John McCain's hold on the Republican nomination  tightens with former rival's backing
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Sen. John McCain stumbled in the first elections since becoming the apparent Republican nominee for president, losing the Kansas caucuses as another round of states voted Saturday.
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Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain&#39;s (R) support among Likely Republican Primary Voters has slipped to the lowest level ever recorded since Rasmussen Reports began tracking the race shortly after last November&#39;s election.
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Republican front-runner John McCain is trying to gain his party's presidential nomination by convincing conservatives he is one of them, without hurting support from moderate voters who have propelled his candidacy.
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Republican John McCain struggled to keep his deeply troubled campaign afloat Monday, laying off dozens of staffers after lackluster fundraising and excessive spending left him with just $2 million for his second presidential bid.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain tried to engage voters Saturday in the faraway turmoil in Pakistan, arguing the United States needs a president with his experience to deal with international crises.
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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 Republican presidential nomination John McCain is on the brink of securing comes not only with the GOP standard-bearer status but also with a list of general election tasks he must accomplish quickly.
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Who would have believed it? John McCain Â occasional antagonist of the establishment, defender of an unpopular war, loser of the 2000 primary campaign Â stands as the likely Republican nominee for president.
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Rising from the ashes again, John McCain may be the GOP's only hope for winning the White House in November. But he still has to convince Republicans that he's one of them
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This time a Republican heavyweight not an underdog, John McCain embarks on his second presidential run facing numerous challenges in courting a GOP establishment he once spurned at nearly every turn.
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Election Day is less than two weeks away, but so far technology has yet to make more than the occasional cameo appearance on either presidential candidate's priority list.
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John McCain locked up the Republican presidential nomination after a yearlong slog. Now the hard work begins.