Giuliani, McCain to skip early 2008 test
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Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain, two top candidates for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, on Wednesday opted out of the first key test of the race, the Iowa straw poll.
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Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani said he is &quot;seriously considering&quot; a run for president in 2008. But he reiterated, as he has in many campaign-style appearances, that he was focused on the 2006 midterm elections. He said he would continue to travel the country to gauge the breadth of his support and his ability to raise the money needed for a presidential bid.
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, who favors abortion rights, said Friday if elected in 2008 he wouldn't hesitate to appoint anti-abortion conservatives such as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito to the federal bench.
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Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain.
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The race for presidential cash in its infancy, Sen. John McCain on Wednesday collected $1.7 million in his campaign's first few weeks while Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's early take totaled $1.4 million.
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday he dropped out of the bipartisan Iraq Study group earlier this year because of a possible presidential run.
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John McCain was a straight-talking upstart in the 2000 presidential election. Now he's poised to be the G.O.P. favorite for 2008, but at what cost?
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SIMI VALLEY, California  - Republican Rudy Giuliani and Democrat John Edwards abandoned their failing U.S. presidential bids on Wednesday, narrowing the race in both parties to two main candidates ahead of next week's multi-state round of voting.
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Republican presidential hopeful  Rudolph Giuliani, virtually tied with John McCain in a January  poll, held a 25-point lead over the Arizona senator in a  Newsweek magazine survey released on Saturday.
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Republican presidential contenders Rudy Giuliani and John McCain bowed out of a high-profile Iowa straw poll on Wednesday, rendering the decades-old August contest all but meaningless. Their decisions cleared the way for top rival Mitt Romney, who promptly claimed victory in the early test of organizational strength.
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John McCain dismissed the notion Thursday that he would drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination because he's lagging in fundraising and trailing in polls.
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Mitt Romney with a slight lead in Florida's Republican Presidential Primary. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are close behind in what may develop into a three-man race. It's Romney at 25%, McCain at 20%, and Giuliani at 19%. Romney has picked up seven points over the past week while McCain and Giuliani each inched up a point.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain rose to  the top of Republican presidential pack in California, with  former front-runner Rudy Giuliani's popularity down sharply,  according to the latest Field Poll released on Wednesday.
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Republican presidential front-runner John McCain has skipped more than half the Senate's votes in the past year and he expects to miss more.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, acclaimed for his leadership after the September 11 attacks, confirmed he is running for U.S. president in 2008, eliminating any lingering doubt about his candidacy.
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Republican presidential candidate  Rudy Giuliani interrupted his campaign and checked into a  Missouri hospital with flu-like symptoms, according to media  reports on Thursday.
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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who had prostate cancer in 2000 and was hospitalized last week for a severe headache, said on Monday he does not have cancer.