Republican Field Rides Full Force Into Florida Test
The Republican presidential contest entered a new phase on Sunday as the campaigns descended on Florida for the first primary in which all the candidates are participating full force, using as their stage a state famous for divisive election battles.
Florida Do-or-Die for Giuliani
Rudolph W. Giuliani, once the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has finished last in five of the first six presidential-nomination contests and tumbled from the top of the national polls, a spot he held unchallenged for months.
Huckabee Sees Texas as Potentially Pivotal in GOP Contest
Freshly bruised from a second-place finish in the South Carolina Republican primary, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee told a gathering of Texas financial supporters Sunday that the GOP nomination may come down to the Lone Star State on March 4.
GOP Remains Fractured, Democrats Face a Long Fight
The Republican Party limps out of South Carolina Sunday unable to crown a clear front-runner for its presidential nomination and facing an even more uncertain future in Florida and a rush of mega-state voting.
Debate Brings Conflict to Fore
Sen. Barack Obama took his most aggressive tone yet last night, accusing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a South Carolina debate of dishonestly twisting his statements and record.
It's All Florida, All the Time Now for GOP
The nation's ailing economy dominated Florida's Republican presidential race Monday as the four leading candidates in next week's make-or-break contest fanned out from Miami's Little Havana to the Panhandle.
Thompson Ends Campaign for G.O.P. Nomination
Fred D. Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, dropped out of the Republican race for president on Tuesday after a third-place primary showing on Saturday in South Carolina, a state he had hoped to win when he entered the race riding a wave of optimism among conservatives looking for a strong general election candidate.
Long Term Economic Plan Seen as Key to GOP Wins
Republican tax-cutters say President Bush and their party must propose a big, long-term stimulus plan to revive the economy if they are to stop the Democrats from taking the White House in November.
John McCain: The Geraldo Rivera Republican
After spearheading a disastrous, security-undermining illegal alien amnesty bill last year with Teddy Kennedy, "straight-talking" GOP Sen. John McCain claims he has seen the light. In TV appearances, he vows to put immigration enforcement first. On the campaign trail, he offers a perfunctory promise to strengthen border security and emphasizes the need to restore Americans' trust in their government's ability to defend the homeland.
Huckabee Alienates GOP in Arkansas
Jake Files was a newly elected representative when all two dozen Arkansas House Republicans met for their first caucus in 1999. They had doubled their numbers in elections two months earlier, and were ready to join Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee in pushing for conservative government.
Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign aired a new radio ad here Wednesday that repeated a discredited charge against Sen. Barack Obama, in what some Democrats said is part of an increasing pattern of hardball politics by her and former president Bill Clinton.
Banker with Texas Ties Could Pay Off for Huckabee
Even without much money, Mike Huckabee has stood out in a crowd of Republican presidential candidates by challenging some of the party's sacrosanct principles, including free trade.
Fiscal Fix Tops GOP Debate
When the five Republican presidential candidates faced off last night in their final debate before Tuesday's Florida primary, the prime topic, just as on the campaign trail, was the floundering U.S. economy.
