News Round Up

GOP Growing Irritated With Huckabee
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Republican officials and aides to John McCain are growing concerned that the longer presidential candidate Mike Huckabee stays in the race, the more it will ...

Huckabee defends decision to keep campaigning; McCain due in Wis.
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
(AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee today defended his decision to stay on the campaign trail, hours before his party's presumptive nominee ...

McCain campaign insists Huckabee can't possibly win enough delegates
Boston Globe - United States... that he has the Republican nomination locked up, saying it is mathematically impossible for Mike Huckabee to reach the 1191 delegates needed to clinch. ...

Gov. Huckabee still confident, determined to remain in race
Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,USA
Mike Huckabee said he would stay in the race for the nomination Thursday in Madison, drawing support from conservative voters. Former Arkansas Gov. ...

John McCain Sells His Soul: Backs Off on Torture Ban
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Has there ever been a more repugnant example of political pandering than John McCain's decision to vote against a bill banning waterboarding, putting hoods ...

McCain Scolds Obama on Campaign Funds
The Associated Press - John McCain admonished Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for hedging on whether he would accept public funding as promised if he wins his party's nomination or ...

Bush ‘41′ to Endorse McCain
New York Times - United States
Former President George HW Bush is expected to endorse Senator John McCain in Texas on Monday, in a potent sign that the Republican establishment is ...

Bush Family Swinging Behind McCain
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain's embrace from the Republican establishment, once hard to imagine, is nearly complete. Former President George HW Bush's ...

McCain on Bush, Sr.
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
Calling him a “great American hero” and “one of the most respected members in the Republican Party,” John McCain said he looked forward to meeting with ...

Texas poll: Clinton leads Obama slightly; McCain, Huckabee in dead ...
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
John McCain and Mike Huckabee both fall within the margin of error with McCain leading 45 percent to 41 percent statewide. Ron Paul trails with 6 percent. ...

Endorsements Piling Up For McCain
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON, DC – The endorsements from the Republican establishment keep rolling in for John McCain – George HW Bush plans to endorse him on Monday in ...

McCain and Obama draw battle lines for November
Guardian Unlimited - UK
John McCain and Barack Obama this week began to lay down the battle lines for a possible confrontation in next November's presidential election. ...
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