Romney, McCain turn up heat ahead of Michigan vote
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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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Republican front-runner John McCain is hoping to keep his momentum strong going into Super Tuesday, while rival Mitt Romney is telling voters in his final push that he is the conservative alternative to McCain.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won at least 10 delegates in Michigan's Republican primary and Sen. John McCain has won at least three, an Associated Press analysis of primary results shows. There are 17 delegates still to be allocated.
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Republican  presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused rival  John McCain of giving up on people who have lost jobs in the  economically depressed state of Michigan as the Republicans'  wide-open campaign turned to the faltering economy.
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Polls opened Tuesday in Michigan, where Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney faced a make-or-break battle in his lagging White House campaign.
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The rust-belt state of Michigan voted Tuesday in a presidential primary that represents a moment of truth for faltering Republican Mitt Romney.
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McCain and Romney exchange sharp criticisms as each seeks a big haul of delegates, momentum.
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Republican Mitt Romney will formally announce his candidacy for president on Feb. 13 in Michigan, his native state and an important early test for the GOP nomination, a campaign aide said Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain has opened a lead over rival Mitt Romney in the campaign for Michigan's Jan. 15 primary election, according to a poll released today.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Jan. 10 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney used a Fox News debate Thursday night to accuse Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) of being overly pessimistic about the nation's economy in advance of a Michigan primary that has become a must-win for Romney.
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Republican Mitt Romney will formally announce his candidacy for president next week in Michigan, his native state and an important early test for the GOP nomination, campaign aides said Tuesday.
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Mitt Romney campaigned frantically across the state of Michigan yesterday, presenting himself as the local boy made good in an attempt to avoid defeat at the hands of his main rival, John McCain - and with it, probable electoral oblivion.
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Rasmussen Reports - The seven day campaign leading up to Michigan's Republican Presidential Primary began with a toss-up between Mitt Romney and John McCain.
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Mitt Romney capitalized on his Michigan ties Tuesday Â especially among voters who made up their minds in the past week Â while John McCain found far fewer Republican primary votes among the Democrats and independents who keyed his victory here eight years ago, an exit poll showed.
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Mitt Romney and John McCain are in an increasingly bitter and personal struggle to control the campaign conversation before Florida's primary on Tuesday Â and the Republican presidential nomination itself may go to the one who succeeds.
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The total vote count in Michigan's Republican presidential primary Tuesday shows that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defeated Arizona Sen. John McCain rather comfortably, by 39 percent to 30 percent. But if the race between the two had been decided based on who carried more counties rather than who won the most votes, it would have had a barn-burner.
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Mitt Romney scored a sorely needed victory in Michigan's GOP primary, benefiting from his ties to the state and scoring well on the voters' top issue: economic troubles. The Republican race now shifts -- for most of the candidates -- to Saturday's primary in South Carolina, a state legendary for dirty campaigning.