Conservatives weigh options on McCain
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Conservatives are nearly resigned to seeing front-runner John McCain capture the Republican presidential nomination, but they are still debating whether to stay home in November or to try to influence his positions and choice of a running mate.
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The question now for John McCain is how far he needs go now in reaching out to the conservatives who have been wary of him.
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It's not enough for U.S. Republican presidential candidates to be conservatives. They've got to be bigger and better conservatives to win the hearts of right-wing America.
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With Mitt Romney out of the Republican nomination race, John McCain goes all out to stress his conservative credentials and win support from his party's right flank
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain is defending his outreach to conservative Christians, arguing that his effort is not political pandering to win the GOP nomination.
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John McCain sought to mend his tattered relationship with conservatives and unify a splintered GOP as he all but clinched the party's presidential nomination Thursday. Mitt Romney, his former chief rival, dropped out, and a parade of prominent Republicans swung behind the Arizona senator.
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In John McCain, congressional Republicans are grappling with the notion of a presidential nominee most didn't expect or want.
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Republican Mitt Romney's exit from the  White House race left dismayed conservatives vowing to sit out  the election -- or else hold their noses to vote for John  McCain, their party's likely nominee.
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Sen. John McCain and the conservatives -- it's been an on-again, off-again affair.
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Republican rivals Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney and John McCain sought on Friday to become the favorite of anxious social conservatives, each suggesting he offered the best chance of thwarting abortion rights supporter Rudy Giuliani.
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To try to stop John McCain, the former consultant is focusing on his business acumen instead of his conservative credentials
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Core conservative Republicans are trapped between denial and grudging acceptance over the rise of John McCain as the party's presumptive 2008 presidential standard bearer.
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Republican John McCain asked disgruntled conservatives to support his presidential bid on Thursday, shortly after Mitt Romney ended his struggling campaign and made McCain the all-but-certain nominee.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a message for critics of the immigration compromise he helped devise.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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Sen. John McCain became the likely Republican nominee after Mitt Romney decided to suspend his campaign Thursday. Now, the Democrats are debating who would do better against the Arizona Republican.
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ST. LOUIS  - Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought to win over skeptical conservatives on Friday as the crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast nominating contest loomed.