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With Time, McCain Readies for the Fall  

Posted May 9, 08 7:09 AM CDT in Politics    Most Covered

(newser) – John McCain has had the Republican nomination locked up for three months, and while the Democrats were busily duking it out, the Arizona senator was laying the groundwork for this fall's campaign—hiring new staff and stuffing the piggybank of a once-broke candidacy. As the Wall Street Journal writes, he has also tried to define his ideological stance: a reliable conservative, but at a distance from George W. Bush.

The unpopular president is a hazard for McCain, and Barack Obama, also with an eye toward the fall, has begun to call a McCain presidency "George Bush's third term." So while McCain has tried to shore up conservative support—most recently, with praise for Bush's Supreme Court appointments—he's keeping the president at a distance. When Jon Stewart asked McCain about Bush, the candidate jokingly walked off the set.

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With Time, McCain Readies for the Fall
John McCain laughs with host Jon Stewart at a taping of The Daily Show Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
With Time, McCain Readies for the Fall
John McCain attends Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
With Time, McCain Readies for the Fall
John McCain carries boxes of pizza which he brought to fire fighters, while visiting the Engine 54 Ladder 4 fire house on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in New York.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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