News Round Up

McCain's camp sharpens its message to Huckabee
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Publicly, John McCain keeps cutting Mike Huckabee some slack. But behind the scenes, in e-mails to the media and potential contributors, his staff is none ...

McCain's campaign manager breathes easier with nomination in sight
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
Mike Huckabee. Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama got far more votes in Virginia than all the Republican candidates combined. "We got a very good vote out of ...

Huckabee Veering Off Campaign Trail to Give Speech in Cayman Islands
FOXNews - USA
by FOXNews.com Mike Huckabee’s pledging to stay in the race, but he plans to veer sharply off the campaign trail this weekend to give a paid speech in the ...

What Went Wrong With Romney
PolitickerNJ - NJ,USA
By Michael P. Riccards Last week, Mitt Romney faded into Belmont Massachusetts having given up his multi million dollar quest for the presidency. ...

Delegates can support other candidates with Romney out
Cody Enterprise - Cody,WY,USA
By Michael Johnson Now that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has suspended his campaign for the presidency, whom will Wyoming Republican delegates ...

Conservative cred elusive for McCain
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA...
but the responsibility to kindle it was left to a foursome of commander in chief hopefuls — John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. ...

Romney article was too one-sided
Marion Chronicle Tribune - Marion,IN,USA
I just finished reading your front-page news article regarding Mitt Romney, published Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. This article makes me fume. ...

Romney uses fear in his parting remarks
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Mitt Romney suspended his campaign seeking the Republican nomination for president. Mr. Romney was able to obtain only a handful of delegates, ...

Playing with fire: Romney campaign exposed anti-Mormonism
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has exposed a surprisingly broad stream of anti-Mormonism in America. This form of religious divisiveness is corrosive ...

Mitt Romney Still Controls Montana Delegates
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
The fate of Montana's 25 votes for the Republican nomination remains uncertain even though Mitt Romney won the state in Tuesday's caucus. ...

Huck's hour of power
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
During his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, among the best he has delivered, Mitt Romney suspended his campaign, so as not to imperil ...


Letter: Huckabee is true conservative who will lead GOP to victory
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., endorsed Gov. Mike Huckabee as the “most strongly committed to strengthening national defense, constructing the border fence and ...

Susan Estrich: McCain's Strength Is His Weakness
FOXNews - USA
He, not Mike Huckabee, will be the nominee. If somehow McCain were to stumble so badly that he were in danger of losing, the party leaders, whoever that ...

Pastor says IRS is investigating him for Huckabee endorsement
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Southern Baptist pastor Wiley Drake says he is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for endorsing Mike Huckabee in a letter written on church ...

Mike Huckabee on Quitting
FOXNews - USA
On the phone with us right now is the Republican presidential candidate himself, Governor Mike Huckabee. Governor, Star Parker says you have a great shot at ...

John McCain: Talk Radio's Conundrum
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
Is it somehow un-American to stand up for your principles instead of a very liberal Republican candidate? “Judges are going to be appointed to the Supreme ...

Barack Obama, John McCain Sweep Potomac Primaries; Obama Is New ...
MTV.com - USA
Mike Huckabee vows to stay in race; Hillary Clinton focuses on Ohio, Texas contests in March. By Gil Kaufman With a clean sweep in the so-called "Potomac ...

Despite loss, Huckabee Enjoyed Strong Support from Conservatives
OneNewsNow - Tupelo,MS,USA
A conservative political commentator says former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's savvy campaigning held Arizona Senator John McCain to only a modest ...

Mike Huckabee Reacts to Potomac Primary
FOXNews - USA
Senator McCain's strengthening his frontrunner status, but Governor Mike Huckabee says he is not giving up. But don't take it from us. ...

McCain Vows to Campaign in Every State to Help Party (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
The Arizona senator, who has largely sewn up his party's nomination, also said he would like former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to end his presidential ...

The GOP Favorite, McCain Lags Online
Washington Post - United States
John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" tour bus heads out of town on a slushy I70 west on Braddock Mountain in Frederick County on Wednesday afternoon. ...

GOP leaders call Republican race for McCain
CNN - USA
John McCain has yet to say the race for the GOP presidential nomination is over, but some of his colleagues in Congress have already declared him the winner ...

Castro takes another swipe at McCain
AFP - ... whose political future is to be clarified this month, took another swipe at Republican US presidential hopeful John McCain, in an editorial published ...

John McCain campaigns for Texas votes in Republican primary 1:57 PM CT
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
“Obviously, the Texas demographic of the Republic primary voters is a hurdle,” Rick Davis, campaign manager to front-runner John McCain, acknowledged over ...

McCain wins backing of House Republicans
Reuters - USA
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican House of Representative leaders publicly backed presidential front-runner John McCain on Wednesday as he ...

Who should be McCain's running mate?
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
John McCain appears headed for the nomination of his party. Now the talk is of who he might choose to join him on the Republican ticket. ...

McCain and Climate Change
Yahoo! News - USA
The Nation -- This is part 2 of my post on John McCain's easy ride from the media on climate change. Perhaps you think that McCain has gone AWOL on ...

McCain turns more to the general election in his victory speech ...
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Backstage, Republican John McCain, who had also captured all three primaries yesterday, bided his time. And more than 15 minutes later, when the network ...

McCain picks up key endorsements following Potomac sweep
USA Today - USA
By David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — John McCain continued his unity tour Wednesday with endorsements from House Republican leaders who have clashed ...