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  • January 2008

    • McCain Wins Tight Race in SC

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Jan 19, 08 9:13 PM CST

      McCain Wins Tight Race in SC

      John McCain reclaimed the ever-elusive momentum in the GOP race tonight with a narrow victory over Mike Huckabee in South Carolina, the State reports. McCain got 33% of the vote to Huckabee's 30%. Fred Thompson, for whom South Carolina was a make-or-break state, finished a distant third (16%), just ahead of Mitt Romney (15%). The former Massachusetts governor won the Nevada caucuses earlier in the day. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • Fred Thompson  • South Carolina  • Ron Paul  • primary

    • '08 Prez Campaigns Going Broke

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 19, 08 3:54 PM CST

      '08 Prez Campaigns Going Broke

      Despite record fund-raising, top presidential hopefuls in both parties have blown almost all of their cash, the New York Times reports. Efforts to knock out opponents early have cost candidates at least $320 million, or 80% of what they have raised. With Super Tuesday fast approaching, “there is definitely some belt-tightening,” said one Barack Obama spokesman. Unless, of course, if you have Mitt Romney’s vast personal fortune. More »

    • Romney Wins Silver State Caucuses

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 12:29 PM CST

      Romney Wins Silver State Caucuses

      Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses today, the AP reports, his second straight victory. Romney nabbed 51% of the vote with nearly all returns in. In a surprise, Ron Paul (14%) edged past John McCain (13) to take second place. Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee both got 8%, and Rudy Giuliani 5%. Exit polls said 25% of caucusgoers were Mormon, and nine out of 10 chose Romney. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • Mike Huckabee  • Fred Thompson  • Ron Paul  • Republican nomination  • Nevada caucus  • caucusgoers

    • Rain Turns Out for GOP SC Primary, Too

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Jan 19, 08 11:11 AM CST

      Rain Turns Out for GOP SC Primary, Too

      Today's forecast for parts of South Carolina calls for up to 3 inches of snow, but analysts say if turnout is low in today’s GOP primary, it’ll be because of the candidates, not the weather. Times have changed: “People would have walked through broken glass in their bare feet to vote (for Ronald Reagan),” one GOP strategist tells The State . More »

    • Black Dem Voters Like Obama by 28%

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 18, 08 11:26 PM CST

      Black Dem Voters Like Obama by 28%

      Black Democrats are now backing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton by 28% after he won in Iowa and took a close second in New Hampshire, according to a new national poll. "Now they believe" he can win the presidency, a CNN analyst said. But both hopefuls lost ground among all registered Democrats after their ugly race row, Clinton dropping 7% to 42%, and Obama slipping 3% to 33%. John Edwards jumped 5% to 17%. More »

    • Pundits Spotlight Mitt

      newser  |  New Republic  |  Jan 18, 08 7:40 PM CST

      Pundits Spotlight Mitt

      Mitt Romney has a big day ahead of him tomorrow, and scribes are considering his fate. Three opinions: The New Republic ’s Noam Scheiber says Mitt’s the GOP frontrunner: He only needs to make the final two to be judged the best all-around Republican. Plus, electoral chaos has hurt other hopefuls’ fundraising. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • campaign fundraising  • National Review

    • McCain, Clinton Lead Polls on Eve of Votes

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 18, 08 2:50 PM CST

      McCain, Clinton Lead Polls on Eve of Votes

      Hillary Clinton and John McCain lead their fields 1 day before important contests in Nevada and South Carolina, Reuters reports. In Nevada, a Reuters/Zogby poll puts Clinton up 42% to 37% over Barack Obama, with John Edwards at 12%. In South Carolina, the poll has John McCain at 29%, ahead of Mike Huckabee at 22% and Mitt Romney at 15%. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • John Edwards  • Nevada  • caucus

    • Romney Tussles With Reporter

      newser  |  CBS  |  Jan 17, 08 4:10 PM CST

      Romney Tussles With Reporter

      Mitt Romney had a dust-up with a reporter in South Carolina today, CBS News reports, when the reporter essentially accused the candidate of lying. As Romney was saying he was not beholden to lobbyists and didn’t have one “running his campaign,” the reporter interjected, “That’s not true,” referring to Romney ally and lobbyist Ron Kaufman. Video shows the back-and-forth get more animated. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • South Carolina primary  • reporter  • Associated Press  • press conference  • Staples

    • Romney Trims SC Prospects, Eyes Nevada

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jan 17, 08 12:17 PM CST

      Romney Trims SC Prospects, Eyes Nevada

      With polls placing him third in South Carolina's primary Saturday, Mitt Romney is conceding and turning attention to all-but-forgotten Nevada caucuses. Romney says “it doesn’t make a lot of sense to put a few drops” in a GOP bucket that John McCain’s already filled, but Politico says Romney's “erasing a bit of recent history”: He spent earlier massively in Palmetto country. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • South Carolina primary  • Nevada caucus

    • 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 »

    • Romney Rolls Into SC

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 7:12 PM CST

      Romney Rolls Into SC

      Mitt Romney rolled into South Carolina today, hoping to cash in on the momentum from his win in Michigan but positioning himself as the underdog in Saturday's primary. "It would be an enormous surprise if he was unable to win here," he said of John McCain. Romney vowed to "fight for every job we have in this country," continuing the theme of economic recovery that served him well in his native state. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • Fred Thompson  • South Carolina

    • Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?

      newser  |  Time  |  Jan 16, 08 11:09 AM CST

      Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?

      Mitt Romney finally got his gold medal last night in Michigan, but the win has analysts wondering whether his home-state comeback can carry the country. Michigan was, after all, the land of his father, a three-term governor in the Big Three's glory days; there was a nostalgic haze around the campaign the last few days, Salon notes. His message was so focused on the state, "you almost got the idea that the winner would go on to be president of Michigan," writes Mike Madden. More »

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      election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • Detroit  • Michigan  • Michigan primary

    • McCain Blasts Mailer Attacking War Record

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 16, 08 9:39 AM CST

      McCain Blasts Mailer Attacking War Record

      Citing "deceitful smear tactics" by "fringe elements," John McCain's campaign is on the offensive against a flier circulating in South Carolina attacking his war record—an echo of the attacks that derailed his 2000 candidacy. The flier, sent to some 80 newspaper editors, claims McCain betrayed his fellow POWs to get better treatment while a prisoner in Vietnam, reports the AP. "This is ugly even by South Carolina standards," notes Greg Sargent on Talking Points Memo. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Michigan  • South Carolina  • veterans  • South Carolina primary  • Vietnam War  • POW  • Vietnam veteran

    • 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

    • Romney Wins Michigan Primary

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Jan 15, 08 8:06 PM CST

      Romney Wins Michigan Primary

      Native son Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary tonight, salvaging his campaign and scrambling the Republican race anew, MSNBC reports. With 99% of returns in, Romney had 39% of the vote, John McCain 30%, and Mike Huckabee 16%. Ron Paul finished a distant fourth, but he had nearly as many votes as Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani combined. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • Fred Thompson  • Michigan  • Michigan primary

    • Mitt Outplayed Mac in Michigan

      newser  |  National Review  |  Jan 15, 08 5:39 PM CST

      Mitt Outplayed Mac in Michigan

      With Great Lakes State voting booths not quite closed—and polls tied—pundits are already writing post-mortems on the two-Republican race, and giving Mitt Romney the campaigning edge. The New Republic ’s Jonathan Cohn and Henry Payne in the National Review agree that Mitt hit his stride, convincing Michiganders he’s the man to inject optimistic business sense into the flailing auto industry. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • auto industry  • environmentalism  • Michigan primary  • job

    • Romney Sr. Cronies Ditch, Rebuke Mitt

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 15, 08 8:16 AM CST

      Romney Sr. Cronies Ditch, Rebuke Mitt

      Mitt Romney might have expected to ride the legacy of his late father, the former Michigan governor, to a victory in today's primaries. But old friends of George Romney aren't thrilled with the politics of his son, the New York Times reports. "I think George Romney would despair of what Mitt has done in order to become the candidate of the conservative extreme right of the GOP party," said Walter DeVries. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Michigan primary  • George Romney

    • McCain Holds Narrow Edge in Mich.

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 14, 08 7:57 AM CST

      McCain Holds Narrow Edge in Mich.

      John McCain holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney going into tomorrow’s primary in Michigan, according to the latest Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll. The Arizona senator leads Romney 27% to 24%, within the poll’s margin of error. “It’s very close, and it’s been very close every day that we’ve polled,” says pollster John Zogby. Mike Huckabee holds third with 15%; everyone else is in single digits. More »

    • Romney Gets Personal in Michigan

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST

      Romney Gets Personal in Michigan

      You can go home again, Mitt Romney is finding in Michigan, where the GOP presidential candidate has adopted a softer approach as he vies for a badly needed primary victory in the state where he was born and raised and his father was governor. Voters are responding to the more personal approach, and polls show him gaining ground against John McCain. He's telling Michigan residents he shares their pain, and, for a change, he seems sincere, Politico says. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • US economy  • auto industry  • Michigan  • Michigan primary

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