Pataki not ready to commit to '08 race
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Former New York Gov. George Pataki told supporters in the first primary state he is not ready to jump into the presidential race and won't object if they get behind other candidates.
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The onetime GOP front-runner's strategy of sitting out the early primaries now appears to have big risks
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Whenever a new administration names its environmental brain trust, somebody gets nervous.  Through the 12 years of New York's Pataki administration, it was the greens who were uncomfortable.
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Don't count on the possibility that Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., might run for president next year as an independent.
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With key staff resignations and dwindling cash, the Republican hopeful tries to keep his campaign from imploding
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Don't say Mitt Romney won't go the extra mile for a vote.
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The contest for the Republican presidential nomination remains without a clear front-runner in a field of candidates still scrambling to find a message.
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An incumbent who is struggling in job approval polls Ã¢ÂÂ as is Oregon Democratic Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski Ã¢ÂÂ can use a few breaks when bidding for re-election. And Kulongoski appears to have drawn a couple from a pair of outsider challengers, one of whom dropped out of the race and one who now appears to be in to stay.
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Latecomer Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the 2008 presidential race, is setting Republican pulses racing in this early voting state.
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Our position is: President Bush must use a second term to protect and unify the nation. The tightness of this year&#39;s race for president speaks volumes about the unsatisfying choice facing voters: George W. Bush vs.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who nearly won the vice presidency as a Democrat in 2000, says there's no way he'll be Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate should McCain become the party's presidential nominee.
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âPakistan is inherently unstable. Dealing with them is like playing with matches in a forest.â - Larry Pressler. That statement from Larry Pressler, made during his recent visit to India, coincided with
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Not quite yet, but weak fundraising and poor strategy leave the ex-front runner with an unprecedented climb
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VOTER PREDICAMENT: For many people, the question this year isn't just which presidential candidate to vote for, it's when. The race is so unsettled that today's champ can be tomorrow's chump.
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John McCain, the rebel Republican hopeful of 2000, tried to become the establishment candidate for 2008 &#151; and it didn't work.
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Lame-duck Gov. Gary Locke may not be limping off into the sunset. If the slugfest between Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire doesn't produce a new governor by the scheduled Jan. 12 inauguration, Locke may have to stick around.
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Too inexperienced or too old - candidates face dilemmas as they battle to capture centre ground