Giuliani and Romney Put Focus on Florida
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Republican presidential candidates  Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney both spent heavily in Florida over the past three months, underscoring the newfound strategic importance of the state in the quest for the GOP nomination.
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But when Democratic challenger John Kerry and Republican President George W. Bush barnstormed into Tampa and St. Petersburg earlier this month, they were in different political worlds.
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Republican presidential hopeful  Rudolph Giuliani acknowledged his differences with the party's  conservative base on Friday but said bigger principles should  be at stake in the race for the White House.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Florida.
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TAMPA Ã¢ÂÂ Fred Thompson is traveling across Florida this week hoping for a do-over on two issues that he flubbed last month on his first campaign trip as a Republican presidential candidate. On protecting the Everglades and on the headline-making 2005 case of a brain-dead Florida woman, Thompson seemed to know little and care less during his first swing.
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If it wasn't for the 77-degree temperatures, Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign swing through here Thursday could have been confused for a hometown stop. The former New York mayor and Republican candidate was greeted by a crowd of about 150 people outside a Jewish deli, and most were either New York transplants or snowbirds wintering in Palm Beach County.
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Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney dug in for a fierce race in Florida Tuesday, as ex-New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani's battled the odds in his high-stakes bid for the state's primary.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Republican former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, finishing a distant third in Florida's primary where he staked his entire campaign, gave strong hints on Wednesday he might soon end his quest for the White House.
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Rudy Giuliani loves to prove people wrong. He's trying to do it again in Florida.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry woke up in battleground Florida on Tuesday. Bush will spend the day campaigning there, while Kerry focuses on the equally crucial showdown states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Republican presidential candidates have swarmed through Florida looking for votes but a family squabble has kept Democratic rivals out of the state or reduced them to sneaking inside its borders.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Florida.
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Republican presidential candidates are to hold a debate in Florida ahead of a key presidential primary on Tuesday.
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With John McCain on vacation and Rudy Giuliani making a rare visit to the state, Mitt Romney sought this weekend to close the deal with New Hampshire Republicans who remain undecided about his presidential candidacy.
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Campaigning in state, McCain and Romney promise tax cuts; Giuliani shifts focus to economy.
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NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 23 -- After months of debate over illegal immigration, social issues and the Iraq war, the economy and taxes have emerged as the central focus of the Republican race in Florida.
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is planning his first campaign trip to Iowa next month, a sign that he is considering competing in the early voting state where social conservatives dominate the GOP caucuses.