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Karl Rove, Ken Mehlman Advise McCain Campaign

More Bush buddies work for senator

(Newser) - Major Bush pals Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove are jumping aboard the Straight Talk Express, both informally advising John McCain, a top aide to the GOP hopeful tells Politico. Mehlman, who ran Bush’s 2004 campaign, is an unpaid, outside adviser, while Rove recently donated to McCain and had a...

GOP Holds Big Edge Over Dems in Party Cash

The party has raised more than $97 million in 2007 and has $25 million on hand

(Newser) - 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...

Where's Paul? Still Running
Where's Paul? Still Running
Mar 6, 2008 8:53 PM CST

Where's Paul? Still Running

And he's got no intention of dropping out of the race

(Newser) - 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...

Bush Predicts GOP Victory
Bush Predicts GOP Victory
Feb 26, 2008 3:15 AM CST

Bush Predicts GOP Victory

Boasts Republicans will keep White House, regain House, Senate, governor majority

(Newser) - President Bush insisted yesterday to the Republican Governors Association that Americans will elect another Republican to fill his shoes in November, AP reports. "And I don't want the next Republican president to be lonely," Bush said. "And that's why we got to take the House, retake the...

Renzi Should Step Down, House GOP Leader Says

GOP doesn't want to weather another scandal

(Newser) - House Minority Leader John Boehner is pressuring Rep. Rick Renzi, indicted yesterday for extortion, money laundering, and fraud in connection with an Arizona land deal, to step down, urging his fellow Republican "to seriously consider whether he can continue to effectively represent his constituents under these circumstances.” Boehner...

Conservatives Warm to McCain
Conservatives Warm to McCain
Feb 11, 2008 6:15 AM CST

Conservatives Warm to McCain

Leaders aren't crazy about his politics, but they like his chances to win White House

(Newser) - Conservative leaders have a bracing message for voters leery of John McCain: he can win in November. Politico interviews with more than a dozen over this weekend's conservative powow in DC finds them approving of McCain's distance from Bush, which they see winning over voters who want change. “The...

Clinton Wins 'Comeback,' But No Slack

Next few primaries favor Obama; race moves to superdelegates

(Newser) - With Barack Obama still very much in the race after Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton turned away from her rival momentarily to take aim at the Republicans last night. "I won't let anyone Swift Boat this country's future," Clinton announced to followers. But she can't afford to take the...

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 Vows to Chip Away at McCain's Lead

He pledges to fight after Super Tuesday for 'heart' of GOP

(Newser) - Mitt Romney vowed today to stay in the presidential race despite national polls that predict his fall by the wayside. Even a loss on Super Tuesday won't stop him, he said today on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He also accused John McCain's camp of having "stretched, twisted,...

Governator Endorses McCain
Governator Endorses McCain
Jan 31, 2008 12:24 PM CST

Governator Endorses McCain

Schwarzenegger calls candidate 'a great American hero'

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed John McCain for the GOP nomination today at a Los Angeles solar energy company, calling his fellow Westerner a hero and a great American. Standing beside the candidate and new Mac backer Rudy Giuliani, Arnie stressed their shared concern over climate change, and praised McCain as “...

Wonks Ponder Thompson Fallout
Wonks Ponder Thompson Fallout
Jan 22, 2008 9:02 PM CST

Wonks Ponder Thompson Fallout

Romney, Huckabee likely to benefit, unless he endorses McCain

(Newser) - Pollsters are placing bets on who disbanded Thompsonites will turn to in Florida. With most calling themselves "very conservative" evangelicals, they will likely support Huckabee or Romney, one pollster says. But Thompson could throw a curve and endorse John McCain, his old Senate buddy, the Washington Post reports.

GOP Hopefuls Face Post-Bush Quandary
GOP Hopefuls Face Post-Bush Quandary
OPINION
Jan 20, 2008 5:39 PM CST

GOP Hopefuls Face Post-Bush Quandary

Openness to diverging views would help, Newsweek says

(Newser) - Amid debate jabs and funding worries, GOP presidential hopefuls have a bigger problem: what kind of Republican to be in the impending post-Bush era. Newsweek’s Evan Thomas explores their recent mis-steps, and urges them to be humble and open to diverging views—the opposite of Bush's "yes man"...

Iowa Blocks Masses of Voters
Iowa Blocks Masses of Voters
Jan 2, 2008 3:45 AM CST

Iowa Blocks Masses of Voters

System bars absentee voting, triggers calls for reform

(Newser) - White House hopefuls have put enormous efforts into the Iowa campaign—but only a small fraction of state residents will participate in the upcoming caucus, which critics charge is an undemocratic process that blocks masses of working-class people. In 2000, just 59,000 Democrats and 87,000 Republicans voted in...

Another NH Paper Slams Romney
Another NH Paper Slams Romney
Dec 26, 2007 6:21 PM CST

Another NH Paper Slams Romney

Union-Leader lambastes Mitt as a phony conservative

(Newser) - Hot on the heels of Sunday’s Concord Monitor “undorsement,” another New Hampshire newspaper has issued a blistering indictment of Mitt Romney. A Union-Leader editorial says Granite Staters are unconvinced by Romney’s “expertly rehearsed sales pitch,” because despite having “all the advantages: money, organization,...

5 GOP Frontrunners All Have Fighting Chance

Nobody's out of it in wide-open race

(Newser) - Just days before the primary polling starts, the GOP presidential race is so unsettled, there's a plausible scenario that gives any of the top four candidates—and even the trailing Fred Thompson—the nomination. Politico plays out what would have to happen for each of them to prevail. Romney needs...

Huck Navigates Tricky New Trail
Huck Navigates Tricky New Trail
Dec 19, 2007 4:22 PM CST

Huck Navigates Tricky New Trail

Front-runner status had pitfalls for GOP candidate

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee’s campaign is experiencing growing pains, the New York Times reports, with his surge to the top of the Republican heap forcing his understaffed organization to face an onslaught of criticism, particularly from Mitt Romney’s well-oiled political machine. “I have a lot more enemies now, but...

Huckabee Leaps Into First
Huckabee Leaps Into First
Dec 10, 2007 7:44 PM CST

Huckabee Leaps Into First

Poll puts him in statistical dead heat with Giuliani nationally

(Newser) - Former second-tier candidate Mike Huckabee has jumped to top spot by virtually tying Rudy Giuliani in a national poll today, CNN reports. Mired at 5% of GOP votes only two months ago, Huckabee leaped to 22%, just 2% shy of Giuliani—well within the CNN poll's range of error. What's...

Huckabee: The GOP's Obama?
Huckabee: The GOP's Obama?
OPINION
Dec 9, 2007 1:51 PM CST

Huckabee: The GOP's Obama?

Rich: Huck's 'politics of joy' temporarily trumping his rivals' 'Nixonian gloom'

(Newser) - What explains Mike Huckabee’s sudden transformation from long-shot hopeful to polling contender nipping at Giuliani’s heels? It’s not just tardy rallying of the religious right behind the Baptist preacher, argues the New York Times' Frank Rich, but Huck’s Obama-esque rejection of the Rudy-Romney “calling cards...

Religion Remains Flashpoint With Huckabee

GOP candidate sounds off on creationism in schools, Romney's Mormon faith

(Newser) - A month before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reacted with frustration when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools, the AP reports. Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who has said he does not believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, said his personal views on religion...

Embryonic Stem-Cell Issue Still Dogs GOP

Pols can't nix research and back in-vitro clinics: Time writer

(Newser) - Last week's breakthrough in stem-cell research—the creation of cells from skin rather than embryos—is a tremendous scientific advance, writes Michael Kinsley in Time magazine. But the new science doesn't let hypocritical GOP politicians dodge the controversy over embryonic stem cells: They will still be risking human lives with...

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