As recently as early this week, McCain and Romney were arguing over authenticity, electability and a host of issues, among them Romney's spending on his own campaign. Yesterday, McCain adviser Mike Dennehy of Concord congratulated Romney on a ...

Countering, Romney spokesman Tim Albrecht said: "Campaigns are about big issues, and while Governor Romney is for lower taxes, strong enforcement of immigration laws, Mike Huckabee has a troubling penchant for more taxes and more spending while ...

By PAUL THOMPSON FORMER Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has endorsed his once bitter rival Senator John McCain, calling him a "true American hero" ... Mr Romney, who withdrew his candidacy after the defeats of Super Tuesday, ...

" Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, and Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, are renewing their advertising air war with each candidate putting up new ads to promote their campaigns ... " Romney's campaign, meanwhile, ...

Mitt Romney and his chief Iowa rival Mike Huckabee went from biting to bizarre yesterday as the ex-Arkansas governor announced he would not air a new attack ad slamming Romney but then promptly showed the TV ad anyway at a press conference - prompting ...

Tom Tancredo of Colorado withdrew from the Republican presidential race Thursday and backed Huckabee's chief rival, Mitt Romney ... Instead, he said of Romney, a former Massachusetts governor with whom he met earlier in the day, "The reality is ...

The former Arkansas governor also said he told Romney that he didn't "think your being a Mormon ought to make you more or less qualified for being a president" and that Romney was "gracious ... " Then, the author of the article, Zev Chafets, ...

Romney also accused McCain of "dirty tricks" ahead of Florida's primary this week, which McCain won, by suggesting that Romney supported a deadline for U ... "I have never, ever supported a specific timetable" for withdrawing troops, Romney ...

Romney had led in Iowa for months, but Huckabee's recent rise here and elsewhere has prompted Romney to go after him ... Romney's aides argue Huckabee's record as governor undercuts his claim that he's the only authentic conservative in the ...

On the Republican side, John McCain and Mitt Romney continued sniping at each other, with McCain criticizing what he called Romney's negative campaign ads in California. Romney countered the only ads he ran in California were positive and were not ...

And he claimed Romney wanted a deadline for withdrawing US troops from Iraq - a charge Romney furiously denied. McCain also tried to undermine Romney's qualifications, saying the Oval Office in wartime was no place for on-the-job ...

By CASEY ROSS Reeling from a series of political miscues, Mitt Romney must mount a full-throttle campaign offensive to stabilize shaky poll numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire that are threatening to sink his quest for the presidency, political ...

The prospect of Mr Huckabee winning Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses on 3 January has provided a boon for Mr McCain by derailing the campaign of Mitt Romney. Mr Romney, a Mormon who has raised and spent more money than any of his ...

The Arizona senator edged past former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who had been caught in a close tie with McCain. With 64 percent precincts' ballots calculated, McCain received 36 percent of the votes against Romney's 32 ...

In his concession speech, Romney issued a call to arms to conservatives to support him, vowing to cut federal spending, end illegal immigration and teach children "that before they have babies, they should get married ... -------------------- ...