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  • June 2008

    • Giuliani Will Stump for GOP, for a Price

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 14, 08 7:29 AM CDT

      Giuliani Will Stump for GOP, for a Price

      Rudy Giuliani has offered to appear at fundraisers for cash-strapped Republican candidates but with strings attached, the New York Times reports. The former New York mayor wants a cut of the proceeds to go towards paying off his presidential campaign's $3.6-million debt. The debt includes a $500,000 personal loan from Giuliani, who is worth an estimated $30 million. More »

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      campaign fundraising  • Republican candidates  • Republican Party  • fundraiser  • Rudolph Giuliani  • campaign debt

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • 'Colbert Bump' Real, at Least for Dems

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Apr 19, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      'Colbert Bump' Real, at Least for Dems

      Stephen Colbert and his fans often point to a “Colbert bump”—a boost for politicians who appear on his show—and research shows there’s truthiness to the claim, LiveScience reports. A scientist found that Democrats appearing on the Colbert Report raised 44% more funds afterward. Republicans, however, fared no differently or slightly worse. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • election 2008  • television  • Republican candidates  • Stephen Colbert  • late night talk show  • The Colbert Report  • Democratic candidates

  • March 2008

    • Where's Paul? Still Running

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Mar 6, 08 8:53 PM CST

      Where's Paul? Still Running

      John McCain has knocked out the last of his Republican opponents, right? Ron Paul begs to differ. "I'm still involved, nothing has changed," he told MSNBC after successfully defending his Texas congressional seat in the GOP primary. Paul has no plans to drop out and will resume traveling the country preaching his small-government credo. He'd even address the convention. "It would be nice," he said. "They may not want me to." More »

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      election 2008  • Texas  • House of Representatives  • GOP  • Republican candidates  • Ron Paul  • Texas primary  • Republican Convention

  • February 2008

    • McCain Aims for Bush Balance

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 18, 08 4:35 PM CST

      McCain Aims for Bush Balance

      In John McCain's delicate dance to unite his fractious party, one crucial step looms: How to best use the current Oval Office occupant in his quest to become the next. George W. Bush trumps McCain in shoring up conservative voters and raising money, but he's anathema to moderates and independents who gravitate toward the GOP frontrunner, reports the New York Times . More »

    • Huck Showing Keeps McCain Looking to Right

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Feb 13, 08 6:54 AM CST

      Huck Showing Keeps McCain Looking to Right

      In his victory speech after sweeping the three Potomic primaries last night, John McCain had one eye on Barack Obama, and one on Mike Huckabee, who continued to harry the frontrunner with a strong showing in conservative and evangelical strongholds in Virginia. Huckabee stalwarts know their man doesn't have a real shot at the GOP nomination, USA Today observes, but are using their votes to keep the pressure on McCain for as long as possible. More »

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      John McCain  • Mike Huckabee  • Republican candidates  • conservative  • evangelicals

    • Huckabee Ready for a 'Miracle'

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 10, 08 2:30 PM CST

      Huckabee Ready for a 'Miracle'

      Mere numbers, it seems, won’t stop Mike Huckabee from fighting till the end. Despite apparently insurmountable odds, the Republican candidate says he won’t “walk off the field,” the Chicago Tribune reports. John McCain has enough delegates that landslides in every remaining state contest will not bring a Huckabee nomination, but “miracles are still happening,” says the Arkansas governor. “I still believe in them.” More »

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      John McCain  • Mike Huckabee  • Republican candidates  • delegates  • Republican nomination  • Meet the Press

    • Key Evangelical Leader to Endorse Huckabee

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 8, 08 4:41 AM CST

      Key Evangelical Leader to Endorse Huckabee

      One of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in the nation is expected today to endorse Mike Huckabee, providing a major boost to his campaign among conservatives, AP reports. James Dobson, founder of Colorado's Focus on the Family organization, has never before endorsed a Republican presidential candidate during a primary campaign. Dobson has grabbed national headlines with a number of controversial comments, including linking stem cell research to Nazi medical experiments and implying that the cartoon character Sponge Bob Square Pants is gay. More »

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      election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • endorsement  • Republican candidates  • evangelicals  • James Dobson  • Focus on the Family

    • McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

      newser  |  Time  |  Feb 6, 08 6:16 AM CST

      McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

      With twice as many delegates as Huckabee and Romney combined, John McCain emerged last night as the unquestioned leader in the GOP race. “Tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican party frontrunner," he told supporters gleefully. But his losses to Huckabee and Romney in the South and the Bible Belt, along with exit poll results, exposed real weakness with the party's base, Time reports More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • GOP  • Super Tuesday  • Republican candidates  • Republican presidential primaries

  • January 2008

    • Governator Endorses McCain

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Jan 31, 08 12:24 PM CST

      Governator Endorses McCain

      Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed John McCain for the GOP nomination today at a Los Angeles solar energy company, calling his fellow Westerner a hero and a great American. Standing beside the candidate and new Mac backer Rudy Giuliani, Arnie stressed their shared concern over climate change, and praised McCain as “a crusader to end wasteful spending in Washington, a crusader to simultaneously protect the environment and stimulate the economy.” More »

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      John McCain  • climate change  • Rudy Giuliani  • GOP  • endorsement  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Super Tuesday  • Republican candidates  • Republican nomination  • bipartisanship  • political endorsement

    • Arnold Will Back McCain

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 30, 08 9:15 PM CST

      Arnold Will Back McCain

      With his friend Rudy Giuliani now out of the race, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to endorse John McCain tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times reports. The governor promised recently not to take sides, but aides say things have changed now that Giuliani has dropped out. Schwarzenegger considers both men close friends and was reluctant to choose between the two, an aide says. More »

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      John McCain  • Rudy Giuliani  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Republican candidates  • Republican presidential primaries

    • Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 7:05 AM CST

      Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

      How did the man who took summer polls by storm fall so precipitously in the esteem of GOP voters that he was finished by Florida, the state he chose for his first big victory? It could be the hubris, the inexperienced campaign team, the strategic mistakes—or it could be that "the more Republican voters saw of Mr. Giuliani, the less they wanted to vote for him," conclude Michael Powell and Michael Cooper in the New York Times . More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • New York City  • Florida primary  • Republican candidates  • Republican voters  • liberal

    • GOP Hopefuls Face Post-Bush Quandary

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jan 20, 08 5:39 PM CST

      GOP Hopefuls Face Post-Bush Quandary

      Amid debate jabs and funding worries, GOP presidential hopefuls have a bigger problem: what kind of Republican to be in the impending post-Bush era. Newsweek’s Evan Thomas explores their recent mis-steps, and urges them to be humble and open to diverging views—the opposite of Bush's "yes man" approach to picking advisers. More »

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      George W. Bush  • GOP  • Republican candidates  • Republican Party  • Abraham Lincoln  • campaign adviser  • Cabinet  • Eisenhower

    • Duncan Drops Out of GOP Race

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 19, 08 9:03 PM CST

      Duncan Drops Out of GOP Race

      California Rep. Duncan Hunter pulled out of the GOP presidential race today after winning only 2% of votes in the Nevada caucuses, CNN reports. The San Diego-area lawmaker said that failing to "gain traction in conservative states of Nevada and South Carolina" proved it was time to quit. A long-shot hopeful, he raised little money and almost no attention outside of GOP debates, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      California  • immigration  • Nevada  • Republican candidates  • Republican presidential primaries  • Nevada caucus  • Duncan Hunter  • Defense

    • Huckabee Aims to Strike Balance

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 19, 08 9:39 AM CST

      Huckabee Aims to Strike Balance

      As he looks beyond South Carolina, Mike Huckabee strives to balance his evangelicalism with a more secular image, hoping to win support across the spectrum, the New York Times reports. Though a Christian vote even bigger than Iowa's could carry him in today's primary, the ex-preacher will soon face voters less interested in conservative Christian ideas. More »

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      election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • Republican candidates  • Republican presidential primaries  • evangelicals  • South Carolina primary

    • McCain Leads in 2 SC Polls

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Jan 17, 08 10:10 AM CST

      McCain Leads in 2 SC Polls

      John McCain leads the pack in the GOP race for South Carolina, two new polls show, with Mike Huckabee in second place, the State reports. A Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll updated today gives McCain 29% of voters to Huckabee's 22%; Fred Thompson follows with 14% and Mitt Romney 12%. Clemson University also finds 29% preferring McCain, while Huckabee pulls 22%. Fred Thompson ties Romney for third place at 13%. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Fred Thompson  • poll  • Republican candidates  • Republican presidential primaries  • South Carolina primary  • Republican voters

    • Romney Wins on Economic Woes

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 16, 08 6:40 AM CST

      Romney Wins on Economic Woes

      Mitt Romney campaigned in Michigan as a favorite son, but he beat John McCain by persuading voters he could bring jobs back to the beleaguered state, the Wall Street Journal reports. Romney sold himself as a business executive who could end Michigan's  "one-state recession." He was quick to jump on McCain's suggestion that lost jobs "are not coming back," and his aggressive optimism struck a resounding chord . More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq war  • Mitt Romney  • US economy  • Michigan  • South Carolina  • Republican candidates  • Republican voters

    • GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 3:45 AM CST

      GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner

      Mitt Romney's Michigan win leaves the outlook for the GOP as muddied as before, writes the New York Times . So far in the race, three different Republican candidates have won three different states appealing to three different sets of voters. With South Carolina and Nevada voting this weekend, the GOP race could soon have five frontrunners. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Michigan  • Republican candidates  • Ronald Reagan  • South Carolina primary

    • Giuliani Aides Working Without Pay

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jan 11, 08 2:05 PM CST

      Giuliani Aides Working Without Pay

      Top Rudy Giuliani staffers are working without pay this month, an aide to hizzoner tells Politico. After weeks of rumors that donations were drying up, the campaign manager and other high-ranking advisers either volunteered to work free or were asked to forgo wages so that all resources could be put towards a massive Florida ad buy. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • Republican candidates  • campaign staff

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