McCain a 'true conservative,' Bush says
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John McCain is a "true conservative," President Bush says, although the presumptive Republican presidential nominee may have to work harder to convince other conservatives that he is one of their own.
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In the same hotel ballroom where conservative activists greeted John McCain with a mix of cheers and boos just 16 hours earlier, President Bush tried to calm his party's base yesterday. Without naming McCain, Bush assured the group that the eventual Republican nominee will "carry a conservative...
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NEW YORK - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry bowed to the wishes of popular maverick John McCain on Thursday, as the president embraced the Republican senator's legal fight against big-money special interest groups airing negative ads and the Democratic nominee scrapped a commercial that featured McCain...
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Setting aside any doubt about his presidential aspirations, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced Wednesday that he would seek the GOP presidential nomination.
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Former President George H.W. Bush backs John McCain's efforts to increase support for the Iraq war in a new video, a telecast that aides to both men say shouldn't be construed as an endorsement of McCain's White House bid.
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John McCain praised his old political foe President Bush on Monday in a convention speech aimed at attracting undecided voters to the Republican cause.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain reached out to his party's conservative base Saturday and cast himself as the only candidate who could beat the Democrats to the White House in November.
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President Bush sought to smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain on Thursday by promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside groups, including
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Quotes from Republican lawmakers about having Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as the Republican presidential nominee:
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Bloomberg - Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said rival Mitt Romney doesn't have the foreign policy background a commander-in-chief needs, citing President George W. Bush's record as evidence of the risks a lack of experience brings.
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Bush says 'prosperity and peace' at stake in November presidential election ... Conservatives looking for a reason to get behind McCain
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GEORGE W. BUSH campaigned as a &quot;compassionate conservative&quot; and won the presidency by the narrowest of electoral margins.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said Republican presidential front-runner John McCain is a ``true conservative'' and vowed to help him gain the support of skeptics if he wins the nomination.
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Former President George H.W. Bush urged  disgruntled conservatives on Monday to rally around John  McCain, calling their criticism of the Republican presidential  front-runner "grossly unfair."
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With morning speech, Bush plans to begin rallying the Republican base around McCain.
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President Bush waded directly into the presidential campaign in an interview broadcast yesterday, defending Sen. John McCain as a "true conservative" but warning that his onetime rival needs to shore up relations with the Republican Party's base to take the fight into the general election this fall.
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Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona says he will officially enter the presidential race