Political Memo: Taking On Biggest Donors, McCain Takes a Big Risk
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Senator John McCainâs campaign may be paying the price for a career of positions alienating traditional big donors.
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Bloomberg - March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain said they'll accept public funds -- and spending limits -- for the 2008 presidential election if they win their party nominations and their opponents agree to do the same.
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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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It's money vs. momentum in the Republican presidential primary. Mitt Romney relied mostly on his personal fortune to pay for his campaign in the last quarter of 2007, as chief rival John McCain began resurrecting a bid that had been left for dead without a dime in the cash box, according to newly released federal campaign finance records.
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The onetime GOP front-runner's strategy of sitting out the early primaries now appears to have big risks
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain raised money Tuesday on rival Rudy Giuliani's turf and picked up the endorsement of the former New York mayor's longtime nemesis.
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GOP presidential candidate John McCain finds himself in a most uncomfortable position. Ahead.
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Could Obama really get $40 million? Is Rudy still raking it in? As second quarter fundraising comes down to the wire, the major candidates are doing their best to win the expectations game
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The primary created to keep insurgents from winning the nomination is poised to do it again. That's bad news for John McCain, and music to Mike Huckabee's ears
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In a major boost for John McCain, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney signaled Wednesday he's not ready to commit to a costly campaign in the states holding primaries and caucuses next week.
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The growing possibility that Senator John McCain may carry the Republican banner is causing anguish and reconsideration for the right.
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The race for presidential cash in its infancy, Sen. John McCain on Wednesday collected $1.7 million in his campaign's first few weeks while Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's early take totaled $1.4 million.
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Presidential candidate John  McCain said on Monday he has rejected public funding and its  accompanying spending limits as he seeks to wrap up the  Republican presidential nomination.
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Two multimillionaires in the presidential race Â two ways to spend their money. Republican Mitt Romney has pumped more than $17 million of his own into his race; Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.
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Republican John McCain and Democrat John Edwards are in danger of losing their place among the leading presidential contenders if their spring fundraising falls too short of earlier totals.
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The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.
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Sen. John McCain and others pushing for tougher campaign finance rules won a surprising ally Wednesday as they announced a renewed effort to block partisan interest groups from spending millions of dollars in big donations in congressional and presidential races.