News Round Up

McCain's Bush Burden
Washington Post - United States
By Dan Balz President Bush was in a jaunty mood when he welcomed John McCain to the White House on Wednesday. He waited with unusual patience for the ...

Rudy To Be Jersey's Next US Senator
PW-Philadelphia Weekly - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Rudy Giuliani may have lost his bid for the presidency when he forgot to campaign at all and forgot to win any primaries, but don't count this young upstart ...

McCain-Crist ticket? Candidate noncommittal
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
John McCain's running mate, but what about the Republican candidate himself? Asked Thursday while Crist campaigned with him in West Palm Beach, ...

Ron Paul Hints at Leaving GOP Race
Forbes - NY,USA
In a message released Thursday on his website, Ron Paul, Republican candidate for president, hinted that he might end his campaign. ...

Paul concedes presidential bid is over
Boston Globe - United States
He also won quite a bit of attention during debates as the only Republican candidate opposed to the Iraq war. But Paul's campaign failed to translate that ...

Mayor Bloomberg Loses Weekly Radio Call-In Show
mediabistro.com - New York,NY,USA
Rudy Giuliani, for example, generally used that opportunity of air time to bark at those who dared to share his radio waves. Our media-mogul Mayor Bloomberg ...

McCain Flashes Temper at Reporter
The Associated Press - John McCain, showing a flash of the temper he is known for, repeatedly cut off a reporter Friday when asked whether he had spoken to Democratic Sen. ...

What Huckabee Accomplished
National Review Online - New York,NY,USA
So he urged listeners to accept free rides from other candidates and once in Ames — on Mitt Romney’s or Sam Brownback’s dime — to vote for Mike Huckabee. ...

McCain Clinches Nomination
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USA
Because we can tell you that John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination for president. According to CNN projections, Senator McCain has won all four ...

3 for McCain: good options for VP
Indianapolis Star - United States
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Sanford, and Chris Cox are John McCain's most promising options to help him win the White House and, if necessary, fill his shoes. ...

Huckabee's Future Still Bright
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
"CBS News RAW": Realizing that rival John McCain will clinch the GOP nomination, Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race, ending his presidential campaign. ...

The Best Veep for McCain - A Winning Short List
Canada Free Press - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
And while we’re on this topic we should also mention Duncan Hunter. Had Hunter been a senator, a governor, military leader or even a big city mayor, ...

McCain now has challenge of staying in public eye
Reuters - USA
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that he has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has to figure out how to remain in the ...

McCain Must Attract Independents to Beat Clinton or Obama
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
By Liz Halloran John McCain's eight-year journey to the top of the GOP has been remarkable, even Shakespearean. It was filled with high hopes, failure, ...

Clinton Does McCain's Bidding
Yahoo! News - USA
The Nation -- Who would Hillary Clinton rather be president, Barack Obama or John McCain? The answer should be obvious. But these days Clinton keeps saying ...

John McCain savors a moment of success
Taipei Times - Taiwan
By Nancy Benac Any other day, Senator John McCain might have answered a reporter's question about campaign strategy straight on. ...

McCain Calls for Tax Cuts, Job Training
The Associated Press - ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has said economics isn't his strong suit, said Friday tax cuts and job training are needed ...

McCain holds town hall meeting at Chick-Fil-A headquarters
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By AARON GOULD SHEININ Republican presidential nominee John McCain said Friday that Georgia will be a competitive state in the race for the presidency and ...

McCain's Very Own FarrakhanYahoo! News - USA
In recent weeks, both Barack Obama and John McCain have suffered exactly this kind of indignity, under very different circumstances. ...