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Thompson to Enter '08 Race

Actor and ex-senator has GOP royalty in
his camp, frontrunners in his sights

May 30, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson will enter the 2008 presidential race in early July, the Politico reports, bolstered by millions of dollars in contributions and the support of key Republican insiders. The "Law & Order" star and former Tennessee senator, a hard-line conservative, will pitch himself as a steady, consistent presence who... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • GOP • Election 2008 • presidential election

Immigration Debate Splits GOP

Fears for party's future amp up rhetoric for and against legalization path for immigrants

May 28, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deep divisions within the GOP over immigration reform have become increasingly bitter in recent weeks, the LA Times reports, with senior figures on both sides  engaging in a rare public spat. On one side are those who fear alienating the mostly white conservative base; on the other those who want... More »

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Bush administration • immigration • John McCain • illegal immigrant • GOP • reform • Republican Party

McCain Curses
Out Colleague
 —Again

Outburst at fellow Republican raises
pesky temper issue

May 23, 07 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain raised the temper issue again by getting into a shouting match with GOP Sen. John Cornyn yesterday, the LA Times reports. The candidate and Cornyn had a dust-up just off the Senate floor over details of a compromise on immigration legislation. Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • Senate • John Cornyn • senator

McCain Misses 42nd Straight Senate Vote

Why vote on Iraq if you could be campaigning
in New York?

May 18, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain missed his 42nd straight Senate roll call yesterday, marking a whopping five weeks in a row that he hasn't showed up to be counted. If he misses the next three votes, he will have been AWOL for 50% of the votes in the 110th Congress, the Washington Post... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • Senate • GOP • Election 2008

Giuliani Loses Dobson's Vote

Focus on the Family founder cites
abortion support, "moral concerns"

May 18, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christian evangelist James Dobson came out swinging against Rudy Giuliani after the former mayor admitted last week that he supports abortion rights and same-sex domestic partnerships. Dobson says he won't vote for Rudy if he wins the GOP nomination, citing those issues and "moral concerns"  over his marital... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • Republican • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Election 2008

McCain Opposes Water Boarding

But he's the only GOP candidate who does,
as field wrestles with detainee treatment

May 17, 07 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Rudy Giuliani is the only GOP presidential candidate who differs from the pack on abortion, John McCain stands alone on treatment of detainees, the LA Times notes. In the second debate, while Mitt Romney and Giuliani sanctioned using some forms of torture, including water boarding, on suspected terrorists, former... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • torture • Republican • presidency • interrogation • waterboarding • Election 2008

Debate Torture for GOP Hopefuls

Front-runners clash over interrogation techniques, conservative credibility

May 16, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten Republican presidential candidates mixed it up in an often boisterous and contentious debate last night at the University of South Carolina. John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, in particular, clashed on the war in Iraq, abortion rights, immigration, each other's conservative credentials and the use of torture in... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • torture • presidential campaign • GOP • presidential debate • Guantanamo Bay • Election 2008 • Iraq war

McCain: Gonzales Should Resign

Apr 26, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain joins the chorus calling for Alberto Gonzales to resign. In an interview after officially launching his campaign in New Hampshire, McCain told the Politico that the attorney general could no longer usefully serve the president. "I reached that conclusion a long time ago," he said, "... More »

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John McCain • Alberto Gonzales • Republican • Attorney General • Election 2008 • scandal

McCain Courts Yuppie Donors

With YP4McCain, the candidate targets younger supporters

Apr 24, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain, the man who wants to be the oldest president ever, is hoping his fundraisers can skew a bit younger. McCain 2008 is actively recruiting young professionals to gather cash from their  Blackberry-wielding friends, making up in enthusiasm what they lack in their bankbooks. More »

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John McCain • yuppies • YP4McCain • campaign fundraising • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit

But "bomb bomb Iran" joke may be
tone-deaf political move

Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube... More »

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John McCain • YouTube • South Carolina • Barbara Ann • singing • viral video • Election 2008 • Beach Boys

Thompson Discloses Cancer

Could-be candidate
says he had lymphoma in 2004, but is in remission

Apr 12, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson has non-Hodgkins lymphoma—but it's in remission, the senator-turned-TV star said yesterday. Strategists see the surprise revelation as a sign that Thompson is preparing to enter the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. A new Los Angeles Times poll, conducted just before the announcement, puts him in second... More »

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cancer • Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Fred Thompson • lymphoma • Election 2008

McCain Makes The Ultimate  Sacrifice

Photo op was political suicide that could hasten the end of war

Apr 8, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Frank Rich predicts that John McCain's much-ridiculed photo op in Baghdad's Shorja market last weekend won't be remembered as  his Dukakis-in-the-Tank moment—the cluelessness that sank a candidacy—but as a turning pointing in hastening America's exit from Iraq. John McCain is no Michael Dukakis, and if he can't credibly... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • Shorja • troop withdrawal • Election 2008

GOP Lags In Campaign Cash

Democrats top Republican donors
for the first time
in 30 years

Apr 5, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic presidential hopefuls have outperformed their GOP rivals at raising primary cash for the first time since 1976. In the first quarter the score was $79 mil to $51 mil, which seems portentous: Bob Dole's campaign manager confesses to the Times that the Dems "seem to have a lot... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential campaign • primary • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Baghdad Merchants
Beg to Differ
With McCain

Say sunny security assessment is phony

Apr 3, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of course John McCain found Baghdad's central market perfectly safe during his weekend visit: He came with 100 soldiers in armored Humvees, backed by attack helicopters and sharpshooters. In a follow-up visit, Kirk Semple of the New York Times found merchants  incredulous at the Congressional delegation's sunny description of the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • John McCain • Middle East • terrorism • Republican • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Humvees • Mike Pence • security • market • Election 2008

GOP Gains in Head-to-Head Matches

Poll sees Clinton KO'd by Giuiliani, McCain; Obama fairs better

Mar 30, 07 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The smart money says the 2008 election is the Democrats' to lose,  but a surprising Time poll has the Democratic front runners narrowly losing to the Repubican front runners in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. Hillary Clinton loses to John McCain 42%-48%, and to Rudy Giuliani 41%-50%. Obama, behind Clinton in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential campaign • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Kerry-Smearers Eyeing McCain

McCain calls them the "most despicable people I have ever had the misfortune to encounter"

Mar 14, 07 8:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The veterans who helped sink John Kerry's Swift Boat to the White House is prepping for battle with John McCain. "Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry" founders Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley have dusted off their 527 forms and created "Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain," to combat the... More »

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John McCain • presidency • John Kerry • presidential campaign • POW • White House • Jerry Kiley • Ted Sampley • Election 2008 • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Chait: John McCain Is No Luke Skywalker

Candidate has gone over to the dark (read: conservative) side

Mar 12, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain liked to portray himself as Luke Skywalker in his 2000 presidential campaign, says LA Times columnist Jonathan Chait, but this time around he resembles a different Jedi: the corrupt Darth Vader. McCain claimed he was an anti-special interests crusader, but the last few years he's gone over to... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • conservative • Darth Vader • Election 2008

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