Analysis: McCain, Huckabee seek momentum
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John McCain and Mike Huckabee each looked for a much-needed South Carolina win to provide a show of strength heading into pivotal Florida while Mitt Romney's victory in barely contested Nevada gave him a boost in the delegate race.
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Both John McCain and Mike Huckabee have vowed not to go negative in the battle for the state's primary, but it looks like they will have a hard time keeping that promise
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John McCain, whose presidential candidacy nearly collapsed six months ago, has soared to the front of the crowded Republican field while last year's national GOP front-runner, Rudy Giuliani, saw his standing plummet over the past month, a new poll shows.
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Sen. Obama has solid victories over Sen. Clinton in La., Neb. and Wash. as two contenders battle for delegates; on GOP side, Huckabee wins two contests but leaves McCain with slight victory in Wash., with nearly all precincts reporting.
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Mike Huckabee said Tuesday passion for his beliefs Â not his ego Â was the reason he remains in the Republican presidential race despite near-impossible odds. Rival John McCain collected another primary win in Wisconsin and moved closer to the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Huckabee hasn't won a contest since Feb. 9.
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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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Republican John McCain will soar or sink in New Hampshire, his best shot at reviving a presidential campaign that went belly up last summer.
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Upending Huckabee in the state that killed his 2000 campaign, McCain now looks a lot like the GOP frontrunner
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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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Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, poised to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination, has widened his lead over his remaining rivals while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are statistically tied in their contest, a new Newsweek poll found.
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John McCain was striving to end the Republican race on Tuesday, while polls showed Hillary Rodham Clintonâs lead over Barack Obama was narrowing.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee were locked in a close battle in South Carolina's U.S. presidential contest on Saturday after Democrat Hillary Clinton gained momentum with a victory in Nevada.
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John McCain won Florida. Rudy Giuliani headed for the exits. And Mike Huckabee stayed put.
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Invigorated by a win in Florida, Republican front-runner John McCain will woo conservatives and independents with an upbeat message lauding Reagan-era economic values and a pledge to defeat Islamic extremism, strategists say.
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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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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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McCain cements GOP front-runner status with projected wins coast-to-coastDems evenly split between Clinton and ObamaDisappointing night for Romney; Huckabee surprises pundits