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Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain scored hugely significant wins on Saturday in Nevada and South Carolina, wins which might set them on the road to the nomination. Hillary is very likely to lose South Carolina because of the large black vote there. Had she lost Nevada too, she would have been badly handicapped going into Florida and Super Tuesday, having suffered two consecutive defeats. But now that she has won Nevada, she can lose South Carolina and still have momentum. The run-up to South Carolina and the primary itself will feature constant focus on the African-American vote. Analysts and...

<p>With this field of losers, it's no wonder the race for the GOP presidential nomination remains completely up for grabs.</p> <p>The only common bond among the Republicans running is that each one has managed to humiliate himself with disastrous defeats at some point or another.</p>

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has decided not to assail Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for her stance on the Iraq War in a speech Wednesday at a military prep school. On Tuesday, McCain's campaign released excerpts of his speech at Camden Military Academy in which the Arizona senator accuses Clinton of indecisiveness, arguing that won't work for a post-Sept. 11 commander in chief. "The Democratic front-runner wants to have it both ways when it comes to foreign policy. On the one hand, the New York senator voted for the Iraq War. On the other hand, she now opposes it—sort...

MIAMI (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned on Wednesday against the spread of socialism in Latin America and pledged to give the region renewed U.S. attention if elected. Appearing in Little Havana, McCain carefully avoided criticism of President Bush but said the Iraq war "has diverted attention from our hemisphere and we have paid a penalty for that" in the form of a growing leftism embodied by leaders Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. In a speech to veterans of the ill-fated, CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, McCain said his first...

John McCain's Obama- esque remarks about our "wasted" resources in Iraq weren't the only comments that landed him in hot water after a recent appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. Many of his staff were blindsided by his campaign announcement. And several aides were so outraged that they've quit, say Republican insiders. "They're imploding—he had a game plan that had him announcing much later in the year," one top Republican aide tells Radar, adding that the campaign is "in serious trouble ... Romney's plan and Rudy's jump in the polls caused him to scrap his plans completely. When you...

Aides to opponents of Sen. John McCain said they were "stunned" by his decision not to show up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. After rejecting invitations to speak to the 6,000 attendees, McCain tried to schedule a private reception without clearing the request with CPAC. By then, all the rooms at the Omni Shoreham had been booked. "It was a classic McCain move, dissing us by going behind our backs," said William J. Lauderback, executive vice president of the American Conservative Union, which sponsors the three-day conference. "If you diss the girl before the dance, you're...

It would be unprecedented that 2008 would pass without a tough contest for Republican presidential nominee. But will John McCain be that nominee? I have previously argued that McCain doesn't have the stamina to win a campaign; he is almost as old as Reagan was when Reagan ran for *re-election*, and he ran out of steam eight years ago, impressing many as ill-tempered due to being over-tired. So far, however, he has been the 2nd-place candidate in just about every survey, behind Giuliani, and it does seem inevitable, from history, let alone the considerable uneasiness many conservatives may have for...

Before his daughter was shot to death in an Arizona parking lot last Sunday, Ronald Schiffman never considered himself a political person. Now he says he might be ready for a change. Less than a week after his daughter, Nicole, 19, and her best friend, Carol Kestenbaum, 20, were killed, Schiffman called on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to speak out against gun violence. "This is his state. John McCain should make a statement about this incident," said Schiffman. "He cries, rightly so, about all the boys who die in Iraq. I'd like to see him talk about gun control. It's...

John Solomon, who recently joined the political reporting staff at The Washington Post, from The Associated Press has been widely criticized by liberal bloggers in recent months for what they considered unfair stories on Sen. Harry Reid and former Sen. John Edwards. Now he is under attack from a leading Republican -- Sen. John McCain. McCain lashed back today at the Post after Solomon wrote that the Arizonan, who has campaigned against the use of "soft money," is using those types of funds in his GOP presidential nomination. McCain told CNN the article is "worst hit job that has ever...

The presidential elections aren't for another year, and I know that what gets said and done now probably doesn't seem that relevent. But I think that the next few months -- from the standpoint of conservatives -- could be the most important of the campaign. Most of the attention in the Republican Party has been focused on the frontrunners. Specifically Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney. They're all great guys and any one of them would probably make a capable president. But, as a conservative -- particularly as a gunowner, as a believer in the Constitution -- I can't...

Ann Coulter analyzes GOP Presidential hopefuls: ---Rudy Giuliani: "I Think He's The Only Republican Who Can't Beat Hillary." "I don't see him winning the Primary." "If you can't get MY vote as a Republican against Hillary....." ---John McCain: "Not a Conservative, but a patriot." "A genuine war hero, unlike John Kerry." "His weaknesses are half of his positions." ---Mitt Romney: "Red stater in a blue state." "Has a working knowledge of God." ---Newt Gingrich: "Absolutely brilliant." "His closet has certainly been thoroughly investigated already." "I wish we could bring him in to pinch-hit for all presidential debates."

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Looks like things are getting serious in the race for the White House - seriously lovey-dovey, that is. Judging from this photo, the spirit of bipartisan cooperation appeared to be alive and well yesterday between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain in Texas. The image of the two friendly front-runners was taken at a dedication ceremony for The Center for the Intrepid - a new $50 million rehabilitation center for soldiers who lost limbs or were severely burned in the Iraq

While much attention in the past week has been paid to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's courting of the entertainment industry, Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani is planning to visit Los Angeles today for a fund-raiser. Giuliani, who has not yet publicly declared whether he will run for president, will raise money for his exploratory committee at the Pacific Palisades home of Bill Simon, who ran for governor of California in 2002 and is spearheading the former New York mayor's fund-raising efforts in the state. Giuliani is planning another fund-raising visit to the Los Angeles area in March. Although overall...

McCain’s sneak attack: Arizona senator launches campaign ‘Express’ in Bay State By Laurel J. Sweet Monday, January 29, 2007 - Updated: 01:25 AM EST U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has elected the home of his Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney to host his campaign’s inaugural get-out-the-vote meeting. And Romney, 59, after stumping today and tomorrow in South Carolina, will actually be in Massachusetts when the “McCain Express” rolls into the American Legion Hall in Dedham on Wednesday night. “This is the first state where we are holding such a meeting so we want it to be a great success,” longtime...

John McCain is running for President 2008. As a republican candidate, John McCain could win the republican nomination. Many feel if John McCain runs against Hillary Clinton, he would win the presidential election in 2008. John McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958. After graduation, John McCain became a Naval Avaitor. For over 5 years, John McCain was a Vietnam captive. John McCain became a US Senator for Arizona in 1986. Senator John McCain is now Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and is known for his successful passing of Campaign Finance Reform. Express your...

<p>President Bush is making the Democratic Senate's refusal to vote on many of his judicial nominees a major campaign issue this fall. Eminently qualified nominees such as Miguel Estrada and Mike McConnell were nominated 14 months ago and have yet to receive even a hearing. But a fellow Republican is undermining Mr. Bush's effort to showcase vacancies that the Judicial Conference of the United States calls "judicial emergencies." Sen. John McCain of Arizona is blocking action on even those few nominees the Democrats are willing to confirm.</p>