This piece, from the AP, highlights Senator McCain's hard work in South Carolina in advance of the state's important primary in 2008. McCain, who lost the state's 2000 primary to eventual nominee George W. Bush, wants a different result this time.
In South Carolina, McCain seeks reversal
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Once a loser here, Republican Sen. John McCain desperately wants to avoid the same fate in this Southern state's primary — a shellacking that marked the beginning of the end of his first presidential campaign. The Arizona senator who ran six years ago against party favorite George W. Bush now is positioning himself as the establishment candidate and building a campaign he hopes will ensure victory in South Carolina, mindful that the state's GOP primary winners have always become the nominee.
"He obviously has learned from that experience," said the state's House Speaker Bobby Harrell, a Bush backer in 2000 who so far is unaligned for 2008. "He has been in South Carolina probably more than anybody else over the last year, and has been trying to line up folks who were the key Bush supporters."
In South Carolina, McCain seeks reversal
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Once a loser here, Republican Sen. John McCain desperately wants to avoid the same fate in this Southern state's primary — a shellacking that marked the beginning of the end of his first presidential campaign. The Arizona senator who ran six years ago against party favorite George W. Bush now is positioning himself as the establishment candidate and building a campaign he hopes will ensure victory in South Carolina, mindful that the state's GOP primary winners have always become the nominee.
"He obviously has learned from that experience," said the state's House Speaker Bobby Harrell, a Bush backer in 2000 who so far is unaligned for 2008. "He has been in South Carolina probably more than anybody else over the last year, and has been trying to line up folks who were the key Bush supporters."
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