McCain to formally announce bid in April
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Republican Sen. John McCain will officially enter the presidential race &#151; his second run after a bitter loss to George W. Bush in 2000 &#151; with a formal announcement in early April.
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Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government. The Democrats, he says, offer neither.
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Starting as early as last June, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was hiring staffers and consultants in New Hampshire and Iowa and building the foundation for his 2008 presidential bid at a time when those in early battleground states typically get a breather from national politics.
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Republican Mitt Romney will formally announce his candidacy for president on Feb. 13 in Michigan, his native state and an important early test for the GOP nomination, a campaign aide said Tuesday.
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Republican John McCain said he was "fired up and ready to go" against either Democratic presidential contender as he celebrated primary victories Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney agreed Thursday to endorse Sen. John McCain for the party's presidential nomination and ask his national convention delegates to swing behind the front-runner, according to officials familiar with the decision.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to endorse former rival John McCain, reports say.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Friday, Brown's office said Wednesday.
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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox plans to resign as John McCain's state campaign chairman, according to two top Republicans who asked not to be identified because Cox has not yet spoken with McCain in person.
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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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Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will endorse John McCain on Friday, The Associated Press has learned, a move likely to give the Republican presidential candidate a crucial boost with the state's Cuban-Americans just days before the primary.
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Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government.
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The Republican candidate is on the campaign trail today with his announcement speech.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain,  once courted by Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry, is  emerging as a major force in the re-election campaign of  President Bush, who vanquished McCain in the 2000 Republican  primary.
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A look at Republican Sen. John McCain's involvement in the presidential campaign:
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now. A decision to run, if one should come, would not be made for at least two years, said McCain, speaking only a few weeks after the 2004 campaign ended with President Bush winning a second term.