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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Mitt Romney suggested last week that he and his fellow Republican presidential contenders would avoid the "rancor" that flared between Democrats after one of Barack Obama's fundraisers questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty.
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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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Sen. John McCain became the likely Republican nominee after Mitt Romney decided to suspend his campaign Thursday. Now, the Democrats are debating who would do better against the Arizona Republican.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Mitt Romney will endorse former rival John McCain in the Republican presidential race, a spokesman for the former Massachusetts governor said.
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Within the small circle of Republican presidential contenders, Mitt Romney has become the most disliked.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential front-runners Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain clashed over immigration while largely agreeing on taxes and the course in Iraq and chiding their absentee rival, Fred Thompson.
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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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FORT MYERS, Florida  - The Iraq war reclaimed the spotlight in the Republican race for the White House on Saturday as front-runner John McCain accused rival Mitt Romney of backing a set withdrawal of U.S. troops -- a charge Romney angrily denied.
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John McCain's campaign is broke, Mitt Romney's is frequently likened to a well-oiled machine and Rudy Giuliani's is about as insular as they come in the Republican presidential race.
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In a major boost for John McCain, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney signaled Wednesday he's not ready to commit to a costly campaign in the states holding primaries and caucuses next week.
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John McCain sought to mend his tattered relationship with conservatives and unify a splintered GOP as he all but clinched the party's presidential nomination Thursday. Mitt Romney, his former chief rival, dropped out, and a parade of prominent Republicans swung behind the Arizona senator.
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Former Republican presidential hopeful  Mitt Romney endorsed erstwhile rival John McCain on Thursday  and urged Republicans to unite behind him in a gesture that  could help McCain with disgruntled conservatives.
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Republican presidential  contender Mitt Romney sharply criticized John McCain on Friday,  accusing the self-styled straight-talking Arizona senator of  arrogantly exaggerating his knowledge of the U.S. economy.
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John McCain hoped to seal the deal. Mitt Romney wanted to stay alive.
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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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For months, much of the finger-pointing over negative campaigning in the Republican presidential race has been directed at Mitt Romney.