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ABC News
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Mar 8, 08 5:33 AM CST
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John McCain started to lose his temper with a New York Times reporter yesterday after being asked about John Kerry, ABC reports. McCain said there was no chance he would choose his friend Kerry for a running mate because of their "vastly different" views. He got testy when asked about a 2004 conversation where Kerry reportedly put the idea of Kerry-McCain to him.
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Washington Post
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Mar 7, 08 6:35 PM CST
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Barack Obama “urgently needs to come up with a new speech,” Washington Post op-ed columnist Eugene Robinson writes: He must tap white working-class voters to win the nomination. "Obama managed to escape the danger of being pigeonholed as a 'black candidate,'" Robinson writes. “Now he has to avoid being pigeonholed as some kind of elitist smarty-pants.”
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Boston Globe
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Mar 7, 08 5:19 PM CST
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John McCain’s last standing competitor for the Republican presidential nomination is stepping down—in a way. Texas congressman Ron Paul released a video today saying victory wasn’t possible “in the conventional sense,” but that supporters should still pull his lever. “We must remember elections are short-term efforts,” he proclaimed, “revolutions are long-term projects,” the Boston Globe reports.
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New York Times
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Mar 7, 08 1:11 PM CST
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The Democratic candidates may be flush with money, but their party isn't. The GOP has a nearly 7-to-1 advantage in cash on hand, the New York Times reports. Democrats hope to make up the gap once they settle on a nominee, but the GOP already has begun plotting with John McCain on how to best use the advantage. Republicans raised $97 million last year and have $25 million left; Dems raised $60.5 and have $3.7 million left.
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Los Angeles Times
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Mar 7, 08 9:50 AM CST
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John McCain's back-from-the-dead presidential bid can attribute its triumph to a number of factors: the successes of the Iraq surge, the rise of Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani's concession in New Hampshire. But before any of those game-changing events, the McCain comeback was engineered by a small, crack team of loyalists who remained with the candidate when his organization bled employees and money, reports the Los Angeles Times .
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MSNBC
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Mar 6, 08 8:53 PM CST
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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."
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Wall Street Journal
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Mar 6, 08 10:13 AM CST
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The presidential race has seen Hillary Clinton and John McCain repeatedly rise from the dead. But with a long way to go for these “Lazarus” hopefuls, how can they beat out Barack Obama? Karl Rove offers some advice in the Wall Street Journal : Clinton, he says, should keep hitting the Illinois senator for inexperience, while the private McCain should get more personal.
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Washington Post
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Mar 6, 08 9:23 AM CST
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GOP contender John McCain would lose to either Democratic candidate if the match-up were held today, according to a new Washington Post -ABC News poll. Adults nationwide would choose Barack Obama over McCain by 12 percentage points; Hillary Clinton would beat the Republican by six points. Though McCain has eight months to gain ground, he appears to be a hard sell to many independent and moderate voters.
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CNN
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Mar 5, 08 2:34 PM CST
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George Bush endorsed John McCain in a Rose Garden appearance today, saying his former foe has the “character, courage, and perseverance” to be president. One day after the Arizona senator clinched the Republican nomination, he said of Bush, “I appreciate his endorsement, and I appreciate his service to our country.” Bush added he’d work for McCain’s election as much as possible, CNN reports.
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Newsweek
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Mar 5, 08 10:28 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio herald a long, ugly scrap for the Democratic nomination—and the big loser may be the party, reports Newsweek . It remains unknown how many delegates the New York senator won last night, but Clinton can now brush aside calls for her to end her candidacy as the race moves to its next big battleground: Pennsylvania, six weeks away on April 22.
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Wall Street Journal
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Mar 5, 08 8:38 AM CST
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Though his primary battles are over, John McCain faces plenty of challenges as he sets his sights on this fall's presidential election. The Democratic candidates are each pulling in more donations than McCain, parts of his own party have yet to rally behind him, and the whispers of those uneasy about sending a 71-year-old to the White House continue, reports the Wall Street Journal .
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New York Times
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Mar 5, 08 5:19 AM CST
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With the GOP nomination in the bag, speculation is shifting to John McCain's possible choices for running mate, the New York Times reports. The 71-year-old McCain would become the oldest person ever elected as a first-term president if he wins this November so there's likely to be even more interest than usual on his choice of vice president. His campaign says there's no short list yet.
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Washington Post
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Mar 4, 08 9:02 PM CST
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John McCain officially clinched the Republican nomination for president tonight, the Washington Post reports. Mike Huckabee conceded after McCain racked up easy wins in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island to surpass the necessary number of delegates—1,191. He is expected to go to the White House tomorrow to collect an endorsement from President Bush.
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CNN
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Mar 4, 08 8:05 PM CST