GOP debate to be minus a familiar face
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Republican presidential hopefuls likely will face off Wednesday night without a familiar face as ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out and endorse front-runner Sen. John McCain.
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WASHINGTON - Election success has many Republicans talking big about big changes - tax simplification, Social Security reform and &quot;values&quot; legislation - but mark down Rep. Heather Wilson as &quot;very cautious.
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Tonightâs Republican debate, which stats at 9 P.M., will feature the eight declared candidates. And then thereâs Fred Thompson.
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It&#39;s a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate&#39;s performance and jab the other guy while you&#39;re at it.
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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.
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Eight Republicans argued over the Iraq war and immigration before a crowd of 3,600 New Hampshire voters. Missing in action: actor-politician Fred Thompson, who skipped the debate in favor of announcing his candidacy in the more comfortable setting of late-night TV.
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The former Arkansas governor is an ordained Baptist minister who has eloquently handled questions about evolution in the GOP debates. But heâs languishing in the polls. He thinks social conservatives could become irrelevant in the Republican Party. Is he right?
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The debates of 2004 may be remembered more for pained facial expressions than ringing words. Is there one line that will survive the week, never mind the ages?
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This fall's presidential debates will pit George W. Bush's folksy manner and big-picture brand of policymaking against John Kerry's more cerebral outlook and nuanced world view. Each is a proven debater who knows, only too well, what personal pitfalls to avoid: Bush must stifle the smirk, for instance, and Kerry must cut short his rhetorical rambling.
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CLEVELAND - Vice President Dick Cheney likely will portray his debate opponent Tuesday night as a smooth-talking trial lawyer without much government experience while Sen. John Edwards is expected to repeat the H-word - Halliburton - and question whether voters still want Cheney-style leadership...
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Seeking to play down tensions, candidates, and former president, tone down comments.
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Some quotes from the Democrats' debate Saturday in Manchester, N.H. Organizers excluded Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel.
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Saturday's prime-time presidential debates from New Hampshire will be less crowded because ABC News is excluding GOP candidate Duncan Hunter and Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel.
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The Republican base has felt left out lately. Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint are two senators trying to do something about that
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JOHNSTON, Iowa  - Republican presidential contenders took shots at China, budget deficits and the debate moderator but avoided attacking each other on Wednesday in their final encounter before Iowa kicks off the 2008 White House race on January 3.
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The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination.
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House Republicans are changing party rules to protect their leader, native Texan, Tom DeLay. The GOP is trying to help DeLay keep his job, even if he`s indicted by a Texas grand jury.