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When John McCain formally claims the Republican presidential nomination in St. Paul tonight, he'll begin navigating one of the most challenging political environments of any White House aspirant. Yet, with exactly two months until Election Day, the 72-year-old aviator has enough ammunition to wage an effective battle.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — An old Navy flier now faces one of his toughest missions. – Two-thirds of the electorate view President Bush, the Republican who McCain hopes to succeed, unfavorably.

Los Angeles Times - This month, Ecuador will hold the world's first constitutional referendum in which voters will decide, among many other reforms, whether to endow nature with certain unalienable rights. Not only would the new constitution give ...

As their convention in Minnesota gets under way, Republicans are feeling a little better. Barack Obama hasn’t blown the presidential race wide open, as many expected. The McCain campaign’s charge that he’s a celebrity, not a tested leader—widely mocked at first—seems to have caught on.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

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B LOOMINGTON, Minn.—Amanda Marko, a GOP delegate from suburban Cleveland, is the Republican in her family.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.

The Republican Party will maintain its call for a constitutional ban on abortion and opposition to same-sex marriage if its platform-writing committee approves a staff-written draft during its formal meetings here on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Lou Dobbs, Newt Gingrich, Gov. Mitt Romney, Dr. Bill Bennett and others confirmed to speak

A report released by a group that studies immigration for Mexico’s opposition party PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) found that the United States has deported at least 90,000 children to Mexico this year.

D.C. politicians often release their books to great fanfare, only to see sales slack soon thereafter.

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Besides coming to grips with the lukewarm presidential candidacy of Sen. John McCain, there are few questions roiling the online Right more than what the future holds.