Bush: McCain a 'Conservative'
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THE TRAIL | Bush defends McCain's credentials against critics, says he's a "true conservative."
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US Republican Senator John McCain,a key moderate who has often criticized the policies of old political foe President George W. Bush, on Monday offered a stout defense of Bush&#39;s Iraq policy and his leadership.
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President Bush's conservative coattails, geography and campaigns crafted to take advantage of both helped Republicans to a four-seat gain in Senate elections this year.
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Sen. John McCain said Monday it was fair game to criticize Democrat John Kerry's anti-war protests three decades ago, firing an opening salvo as Republicans at their national convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader.
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John McCain must decide how best to use President Bush to win over conservatives without driving away independents and moderate Democrats.
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President Bush on Thursday sought to ease differences with ally Sen. John McCain by promising to take legal action to stop a wave of ads by outside groups, including
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Democrats are taking aim at President Bush's pledge that he is a different kind of Republican who would govern as a "compassionate conservative."
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Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, two of the Republican Party's most popular politicians, open President Bush's nominating convention by calling him a leader unafraid of making unpopular choices to protect a nation scarred by the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain reached out to his party's conservative base Saturday and cast himself as the only candidate who could beat the Democrats to the White House in November.
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Republican presidential front-runner John McCain courted the wary conservative wing of his party Friday after winning the endorsement of former bitter White House rival Mitt Romney.
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John McCain praised his old political foe President Bush on Monday in a convention speech aimed at attracting undecided voters to the Republican cause.
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The Conservatives said they would not shy away from criticising US President George W. Bush for fear of upsetting the White House in the run-up to the US presidential election in November.
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An unflinching John McCain was told Tuesday by New Hampshire high school students that he might be too old to be president and too conservative to be respected. McCain, the Arizona senator whose presidential bid has stumbled through the summer, countered the Concord High School students with humor.
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Without naming John McCain, President Bush marshaled the conservative wing of the Republican Party on Friday to back the presumed GOP presidential nominee for the upcoming battle against the Democratic Party
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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.
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SIMI VALLEY, California  - Republican front-runner John McCain and rival Mitt Romney accused each other on Wednesday of pursuing liberal policies out of step with mainstream conservatives at a crucial debate in the U.S. presidential race.
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Former President George Bush Senior endorses John McCain's bid for the Republican nomination for US president.