Can John McCain survive to fight another day?
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The plight of Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign for U.S. president conjures up all sorts of mixed metaphors: On a wing and a prayer, teetering on the brink, one foot in the grave, down to his last bullet.
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Republican Sen. John McCain is emerging as the bipartisan scold whom neither presidential candidate can get enough of this year. Although the maverick Arizona senator hasn't been shy about taking both campaigns to task, Democrat John Kerry sounded out McCain as a possible running mate and President Bush will showcase him on the opening night of the Republican National Convention.
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John McCain has vaulted from long shot to the front-runner to win the Republican nomination for U.S. president. The reason? Voter confidence he can beat the eventual Democratic candidate in November's election, according to interviews with some of his supporters.
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On the Trail: McCain stakes his political future on Iraq. But does he have the answers for Ernie Lemelin?
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As he gets closer to the Republican nomination, Sen. John McCain has been trying to balance his unqualified support for the Iraq war by reminding audiences that he was also a tough critic of how it was managed until President Bush finally changed strategies a year ago. In recent weeks, McCain has...
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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 presidential hopeful John McCain said Monday he fears an offensive by Iraqi insurgents similar to the Tet offensive by the Viet Cong that sent U.S. casualties soaring in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago.
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Mike Huckabee may still be a long shot in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but his weekend victories in Kansas and Louisiana proved he is likely to be a thorn in the side of frontrunner John McCain for some time to come.
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WASHINGTON - Arizona Republican John McCain is a man seemingly stuck in the middle this presidential election year: a friend and sometimes defender of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and a loyal party wingman for President Bush who is a
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McCain promises to work with Democrats if he wins GOP nomination, presidency ... Romney campaigns coast-to-coast on way to Super Tuesday finish line
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Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, poised to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination, has widened his lead over his remaining rivals while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are statistically tied in their contest, a new Newsweek poll found.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now. A decision to run, if one should come, would not be made for at least two years, said McCain, speaking only a few weeks after the 2004 campaign ended with President Bush winning a second term.
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FAIRFIELD, Connecticut  - Republican front-runner John McCain admitted on Sunday to nervousness about his chances on Super Tuesday, when almost half of the United States votes, but he was also thinking ahead to a general election battle against the Democratic nominee.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's argument as he woos restive religious and social conservatives comes down to this: "I have a record that can be trusted." His GOP rivals, he suggests, do not.
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John McCain does better than anyone against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the hypothetical one-on-one match-ups.
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John McCain staved off a spirited challenge by Mike Huckabee, exorcising the ghosts of the attack-filled primary in the same state that derailed his campaign eight years ago.
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McCain has strengthened his claim to the GOP nomination. But attacks from conservatives may hurt him in November