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McCain brings it home
The GOP front-runner celebrates before a crowd used to seeing him make comebacks.
By Terry Greene Sterling Feb 6, 2008
Goodbye, Super Tuesday
Clinton and Obama fight on to the next round of primaries -- and a probable matchup with John McCain.
By Walter Shapiro Feb 6, 2008
John McCain hates Mitt Romney
McCain spends the day before Super Tuesday in Romney's backyard, a poke in the eye that had more symbolic than strategic value.
By Mike Madden Feb 5, 2008
Lieberman and McCain: Kissing cousins in Connecticut
In Fairfield, the former Democrat stumps with the GOP front-runner -- and plants one on another Republican.
By Colin McEnroe Feb 4, 2008
Betrayed by John McCain
Republican hard-liners have a potent hatred for their front-runner. But soon he may be sitting prettier -- with a win by Hillary Clinton.
By Jim Nintzel Feb 4, 2008
Mitt Romney's Mormon detour
Romney, whose religion may have hurt his chances at the Republican nomination, discreetly mourns his church's president and "prophet" at a Utah funeral as his own campaign's vital signs ebb.
By Mike Madden Feb 3, 2008
Blowback from the GOP's holy war
The 2008 Republican race has left a bitter legacy of sloganeering against Muslims. It may well haunt the party this November.
By Juan Cole Feb 1, 2008
McCain tees off on Romney
The emboldened front-runner took shots at Romney throughout Wednesday's GOP debate, as if winning seemed less important to him than pissing off his rival.
By Mike Madden Jan 31, 2008
Political pandering, South Florida edition
Every four years, presidential contenders discover the special needs of South Florida's Cubans. A bipartisan, candidate-by-candidate guide to flip-flopping and talking tough about Castro.
By Vincent Rossmeier Jan 29, 2008
How is John McCain like John Kerry?
Hint: Members of the POW community -- ex-prisoners, their families and the families of those still unaccounted for -- have issues with him.
By Mark Benjamin Jan 29, 2008
A GOP thriller in Florida
Romney makes a Bill Clinton sex joke, Huckabee fears a Chuck Norris kick to the face, Giuliani triumphantly talks football and more.
By Mike Madden Jan 25, 2008
Dead party walking
The GOP candidates are a feeble group of Bush imitators tied to his disastrous war. And unless the surge turns into a miracle, even front-runner McCain won't beat a Democrat.
By Gary Kamiya Jan 22, 2008
One part old-time religion, one part chutzpah
After a bruising campaign, South Carolina's Republican primary -- which has always predicted the eventual nominee -- is a toss-up.
By Walter Shapiro Jan 19, 2008
Huckabee's radical religious friends
A list of religious extremists linked to the GOP candidate.
By Alex Koppelman and Vincent Rossmeier Jan 18, 2008
Mitt Romney, president of Michigan
Romney scrambles the Republican race by leaning hard on his Michigan roots, and on local nostalgia, for his first primary victory. But will his act play nationally?
By Mike Madden Jan 16, 2008
Is Mitt Romney taking Michigan for a ride?
The presidential hopeful crusades for the auto industry of yore -- and looks awfully out of touch with Michigan's economic pain.
By Edward McClelland Jan 15, 2008
McCain owns the Iraq war -- for better or worse
On the stump in Michigan, John McCain campaigns on victory in Iraq. It's a risky strategy, as the recent surge in violence shows.
By Juan Cole Jan 15, 2008
Can't forget the Motor City
All three leading Republicans pass within shouting distance of each other at the Detroit auto show, but no cars or models get caught in any crossfire.
Mike Madden Jan 14, 2008
The ghost of primaries past
A Myrtle Beach debate shows Ronald Reagan is still the patron saint of South Carolina Republican politics.
Mike Madden Jan 11, 2008
Carolina in my mind
The GOP gets ready for its third debate in six nights, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Will it be different from the last two?
Mike Madden Jan 10, 2008
McCain: The last man standing in New Hampshire
A resurgent John McCain claims victory in the state he won eight years ago. Now on to South Carolina, where they play rough.
By Mike Madden Jan 9, 2008
Nice day for voting
Today is the warmest New Hampshire primary in at least 40 years. Expect a massive turnout at the polls.
Mike Madden Jan 8, 2008
GOP to voters: Be afraid, be very afraid
The Republican presidential contenders are engaged in a televised scaring contest, complete with explosions and sound effects, on the issue of national security. Check under your bed.
By Mike Madden Jan 7, 2008
Mike Huckabee wants to abolish the IRS
His loopy tax plan would be an economic disaster -- but it's more honest than the schemes being peddled by the establishment Republican candidates.
By Brad DeLong Jan 7, 2008
A Democratic donnybrook
The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.
By Walter Shapiro Jan 5, 2008
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