GOP candidates skip Hispanic conference
633658
Republican presidential candidates made a major miscalculation this week by skipping the nation's largest gathering of Hispanic elected officials, local party representatives and event organizers said.
301334
Don&#39;t expect to see the reverends Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson or Franklin Graham at the podium during next week&#39;s Republican National Convention, whose planners hope to keep fire, brimstone and the Christian Right offstage at Madison Square Garden.
506127
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; House Republicans on Monday reversed a decision, made less than two months ago, that would have allowed Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to remain in his leadership post if he was indicted by a grand jury in his home state.
213261
The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
475583
ItÃ¢ÂÂs the White House or bust for Rep. Tom Tancredo, the long-shot Republican presidential candidate who has decided to forgo running for re-election next year in ColoradoÃ¢ÂÂs 6th Congressional District.
410655
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was conspicuous by his absence when key Republicans met with White House officials last week on how to limit party defections on Iraq.
315455
White men, conservatives, evangelicals and other pivotal building blocs of the Republican Party are divided among its leading contenders for president, leaving the race for the 2008 GOP nomination highly fluid, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
508028
The US Hispanic community, galvanized by a drive to reform US immigration law and wooed by presidential candidates, has become a political player ahead of the 2008 vote.
20943
Republican presidential hopefuls  Rudolph Giuliani and Sen. John McCain will skip Iowa&#39;s August  straw poll, but their campaigns insisted on Wednesday they  would compete in the state&#39;s 2008 nominating contest.
521684
Two New York Hispanic leaders said they would be upset if Hillary Rodham Clinton's Hispanic campaign manager was replaced because of primary losses they believe should be blamed on former President Bill Clinton and others.
383628
Some quotes from Sunday's forum for Republican presidential candidates in Manchester, N.H. Ron Paul was excluded from the debate.
262581
The lesser-known Republican presidential candidates condemned their top rivals on Thursday for skipping a debate on minority issues and said their absence hurt the party's image and amplified racial divisions.
718945
WASHINGTON - House Republicans wrestled Wednesday with ways to keep Rep. Tom DeLay as majority leader in the event he is indicted by Texas grand jury that has brought charges against three of his political associates.
326651
California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presidential nomination Ã¢ÂÂ and guess what? A certain Duncan D. Hunter is running to succeed him. But in a San Diego district that&#39;s virtually assured of electing the Republican nominee, a bevy of party hopefuls are lining up to block the family&#39;s succession plans in the 52nd District.
549715
President Bush on Friday rallied his party's conservative wing to unite behind the Republican nominee in the battle for the presidency, but avoided mention of John McCain, the leading candidate and presumed winner who has a history of clashing with his party's right flank.
741493
Some quotes from Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. California Rep. Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes did not participate.
578855
What does the Democrats' upset victory in a congressional special election mean for the two parties' battle for the Hispanic vote in 2008?