Analysis: Romney, McCain turn up rancor
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Mitt Romney and John McCain are in an increasingly bitter and personal struggle to control the campaign conversation before Florida's primary on Tuesday Â and the Republican presidential nomination itself may go to the one who succeeds.
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John McCain accused Mitt Romney of wanting to set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, drawing immediate protest from his Republican presidential rival who said: "That's simply wrong and it's dishonest, and he should apologize."
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Erstwhile Republican rivals bury their differences as Mitt Romney endorses John McCain for the party's presidential nomination
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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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Polls indicate the contest is neck-and-neck between Mitt Romney and Senator John McCain, with Mike Huckabee further back.
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Mitt Romney and John McCain sparred Sunday over their tax and spending records and who was a better agent for change, in the second Republican debate in as many days as the clock wound down to the New Hampshire primary.
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John McCain appears to be steamrolling his way to the Republican nomination; Mitt Romney can't seem to catch a break.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney, in a close fight in Florida's primary election campaign, continued to trade accusations about their positions on the Iraq war and the U.S. economy today.
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Republican  presidential contenders led by Mike Huckabee and John McCain  ganged up on rival Mitt Romney on Saturday in the first of two  back-to-back debates that could shape tight races in New  Hampshire's nominating contest.
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John McCain and Mitt Romney may not have very different ideas about how to fix an ailing economy, but their outlooks offer Republican primary voters two very different choices
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The decline of Senator John McCainâs campaign and the rising profile of Fred Thompson are leading Republican candidates to rewrite their strategies.
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Senator John McCain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney stepped up tit-for-tat attacks on the eve of Tuesday's key Republican presidential primary that will pit the two in fierce battle.
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Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts  Gov. Mitt Romney on Sunday jostled for dominance in a  tightening race for the Republican presidential nomination that  could hinge on competing messages on the Iraq war and the  flagging U.S. economy.
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Mitt Romney capitalized on his Michigan ties Tuesday Â especially among voters who made up their minds in the past week Â while John McCain found far fewer Republican primary votes among the Democrats and independents who keyed his victory here eight years ago, an exit poll showed.
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Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain traded charges over the economy and abortion on Monday, in what has become a bitter personal duel on the eve of the important Michigan primary.
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Republican  presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused rival  John McCain of giving up on people who have lost jobs in the  economically depressed state of Michigan as the Republicans'  wide-open campaign turned to the faltering economy.
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Republican Mitt Romney assailed his two leading presidential rivals Wednesday, criticizing John McCain's stance on immigration and dismissing Rudy Giuliani's support for gun control, abortion and gay rights as a losing combination in the GOP primary.