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Huckabee Wins Louisiana, McCain Takes Washington

Victories upset blow to McCain

(Newser) - GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee topped off his win at the Kansas Caucuses yesterday with another surprise upset in the Louisiana primary, edging out frontrunner John McCain 43% to 42%. With  87% of precincts in the Washington caucus reporting, McCain leads 26% to Huckabee's 24%, and AP has called the...

Huckabee Easily Wins Kansas Caucus
Huckabee Easily Wins
Kansas Caucus
Feb 9, 2008 2:59 PM CST

Huckabee Easily Wins Kansas Caucus

He trounces McCain in a state heavy with conservative voters

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee easily won the Kansas caucuses today over John McCain, NBC reports. Huckabee took 60% of the vote, McCain 24%, and Ron Paul 11%. He won at least 33 of the 36 delegates up for grabs. The win, which comes in a state with a strong base of conservative...

Hoping for a Miracle, Huckabee Vows to Fight On

Candidate says he's not just a "fly in the ointment"; critics say he's after VP slot

(Newser) - He’s already outlasted America’s mayor, a Law and Order star, and a millionaire former governor. Now, despite eating John McCain's dust in the GOP delegate race, Mike Huckabee vowed today to continue to fight for the White House, Reuters reports. “Am I quitting? No, I’m not,...

How Democrats Will Go After McCain
How Democrats
Will Go After McCain
Feb 8, 2008 7:46 PM CST

How Democrats Will Go After McCain

Strategists say he's vulnerable on the economy and Iraq

(Newser) - Democrats are sharpening their aim and targeting John McCain. The big issue, strategists tell Politico, will be McCain's admission that he's not strong on the economy. They also plan to portray him as a warmonger, delicately bring up his age, and point out the various domestic areas, from tax cuts...

Bush Rallies Base for McCain...
Bush Rallies Base for McCain...
Feb 8, 2008 9:38 AM CST

Bush Rallies Base for McCain...

...Without actually mentioning his former nemesis by name

(Newser) - George W. Bush never mentioned John McCain by name this morning, but he nonetheless sought to give the presumptive GOP nominee a boost among the party's conservative base, the Washington Post reports. "Soon, we will have a nominee who will carry a conservative banner into this election and beyond,...

Obama Stronger Rival Against McCain: Poll

More independents would back Barack than Hillary in McCain match

(Newser) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama would have a better chance than Hillary Clinton of beating John McCain in a general election, according to a new Time magazine poll. Obama outdid McCain 48% to 41% in a theoretical match-up, while Clinton and McCain tied at 46% each. Pollsters chalk up the...

McCain Makes His Case to Conservatives

He says he's one of their own and calls for party to unite

(Newser) - John McCain sought to mend fractured ties with conservatives today, telling members of the Conservative Political Action Conference that he can't win without them, the Washington Post reports. McCain defended his own conservative credentials, calling himself a "foot soldier of the Reagan revolution." Speaking hours after Mitt Romney...

Romney Ends White House Bid
Romney Ends White House Bid
Feb 7, 2008 11:23 AM CST

Romney Ends White House Bid

Former Mass. governor fared poorly on Super Tuesday

(Newser) - In the wake of his poor Super Tuesday showing, Mitt Romney ended his presidential campaign this afternoon, CNN reports. In a rousing address at a conservative conference today, the former Massachusetts governor said, “If this were only about me, I’d go on”—but that his presence in...

McCain Tries to Get Right With the Right

Candidate seeks a truce with radio critics, faces key test today

(Newser) - John McCain is finally trying to assuage conservatives in the wake of his Super Tuesday triumphs, reaching out to radio hosts and other vocal critics, and readying to roll out new endorsements. Surrogates have begun working Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity; others are getting a two-phase courtship—a call from...

Would-be Spoilers Await Break
Would-be Spoilers Await Break
Feb 7, 2008 7:26 AM CST

Would-be Spoilers Await Break

Huck and Mitt hope delicate party dynamics will topple McCain

(Newser) - John McCain's strong Super Tuesday showing has left him looking like a sure thing to win the Republican nomination, but Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are staying in the race and hoping for a change, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Once you're out of the race, you're out. But...

Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

Democratic, GOP leaders must unite divided party before winning heart of the nation

(Newser) - Super Tuesday results highlighted the deep divides between voters on both the Democratic and Republican sides, Politico points out. Race and gender divided Dems, while the GOP is clearly splitting into hard-line conservatives versus the rest of the party. White women and Latinos went for Clinton, while white men...

Four Takes on the GOP's Night
Four Takes on the GOP's Night
OPINION
Feb 6, 2008 12:46 PM CST

Four Takes on the GOP's Night

Scribes talk McCain's conservative problem, the Romney slight, and Huckabee as VP

(Newser) - With the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP:
  • John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review, but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for November
...

Obama Claims Super Tuesday Delegate Win

Democrats move into virtual tie as count continues

(Newser) - With delegate allocations still incomplete after last night's voting, Barack Obama claims to have taken a lead over Hillary Clinton in Super Tuesday delegates. Counts vary, but they all show the two candidates virtually tied. NBC gives Obama about 840 to Clinton's 830—“give or take a few,”...

McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

Solidifies frontrunner status, shows weakness with the party's right

(Newser) - 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...

Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight
Romney Gears Up
for Hard Fight
Feb 6, 2008 5:01 AM CST

Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

With mere scattered victories, he vows to battle to bitter end

(Newser) - Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign...

Huck & Mitt Split Right; 3-Way Tie for Evangelicals

Exit polls parse battle for heart of GOP

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were the choices today among Republicans that consider themselves conservatives, while they split Evangelicals three ways with John McCain, reveal exit polls from 15 states. Conservatives made up 80% of Romney's voters, compared with 75% of Huckabee supporters and 49% of those who pulled the...

Huckabee Storms Back In
Huckabee Storms Back In
Feb 6, 2008 2:28 AM CST

Huckabee Storms Back In

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one...

McCain Wins California, NY, Takes Command of Race

Huckabee does surprisingly well, while Romney can't break through

(Newser) - John McCain won California and a string of other big Super Tuesday primaries to take a commanding lead in the GOP race, NBC News reports. He also won New York, New Jersey, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Delaware. Mitt Romney carried his home state of Massachusetts as well as...

Clinton, McCain Win in California
Clinton, McCain
Win in California
Feb 5, 2008 10:28 PM CST

Clinton, McCain Win in California

Both gain huge victories as Super Tuesday wraps up

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and John McCain will win the overall state votes in California, CNN reports. The state is the biggest prize in Super Tuesday voting and gives both candidates huge victories as the day wraps up. On the Democratic side, most of the delegates are awarded proportionately by congressional district,...

Clinton, McCain Are New York Winners

Senators carry Empire State, lead by wide margins

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and John McCain are the projected winners in New York, CNN reports. The state's junior senator was expected to win the primary, but the race had tightened significantly in recent days. The Empire State awards 232 Democratic and 101 Republican delegates.

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