McCain seeks second-shot win in S.C.
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John McCain's first presidential bid cratered in South Carolina after a nasty campaign and never recovered.
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NORFOLK, Virginia  - Sen. John McCain, his victory as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
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After Tuesdayâs primaries, John McCain had hoped to begin courting more moderate voters.
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Republican  presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday predicted he will  do well in the Florida contest late this month after winning  South Carolina and took a swipe at rival Rudy Giuliani.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The U.S. presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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John McCain plans to aggressively compete in Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney's Massachusetts, a bold move that reflects a deep desire not just to beat the former Massachusetts governor but bury him in his own backyard.
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US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama hopes for a win in the latest primary in South Carolina.
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The noxious cloud of dirty tricks that permeates politics in South Carolina is once again in the air as John McCain and his Republican rivals face off in the 2008 White House race.
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Savoring a much-needed win in his native Michigan, Mitt Romney promised Wednesday to give John McCain a run for his money in the next contest for the Republican presidential nomination, a four-man, anything-goes scramble in South Carolina.
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Sen. John McCain savored his victory Saturday in the state that derailed his 2000 presidential bid. "We are on our way tonight," he declared as he set his sights on Florida, the next crucial contest. "I feel very good about our chances."
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Republican John McCain will soar or sink in New Hampshire, his best shot at reviving a presidential campaign that went belly up last summer.
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After losing last night, Mike Huckabee and Senator John McCain each need a victory in the state to keep their momentum from flagging.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee touted their economic credentials in South Carolina on Friday on the eve of the South's first vote for U.S. presidential nominees, as rival Mitt Romney pressed his advantage out West in Nevada.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain pulled out a win Saturday in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, edging former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by 3 percentage points in nearly complete returns and easily outrunning the rest of the GOP field.
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John McCain on Wednesday defended his opposition eight years ago to the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the South Carolina state capitol in Columbia, brushing aside protests that dogged him at campaign events and suggesting most people in the state don't want the issue reopened.
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John McCain seems like a natural presidential pick for veterans in South Carolina, a decorated POW of the Vietnam War in a military-friendly state.
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Republican  presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, closing in on Mitt  Romney's once-commanding lead in New Hampshire, arrived in the  state on Friday and immediately shot back at his rival, who had  spent much of the past two days here blasting McCain.