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McCain Takes South Carolina

By | 01.19.08 | 9:55 pm

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<p><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps">CHARLESTON</span></span></span></span></span></span>, S.C. &mdash; A Jubilant crowd of supporters cheered as Sen. John McCain claimed victory here in South Carolina.</p>

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Thompson Concedes South Carolina Primary

By | 01.19.08 | 7:36 pm

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<p><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps">CHARLESTON</span></span></span>, S.C. &mdash;A crowded room of volunteers frantically making calls in the last days of the election wasn&rsquo;t enough to keep Fred Thompson from being the first candidate to conscede defeat in the South Carolina Primary.</p>

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It’s a Dogfight for Third in South Carolina

By | 01.19.08 | 2:44 pm

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<p><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps">COLUMBIA</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, S.C. &mdash;&nbsp;Fred Thompson&rsquo;s South Carolina campaign staff has a problem most campaigns wish they could complain about: they ran out of space for volunteers.</p>

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Huckabee Supporters Brave South Carolina Rain

By | 01.19.08 | 11:52 am

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<p><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps"><span class="caps">COLUMBIA</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, SC &ndash; Rain and gloom meant the only greeting for early-bird Republican voters heading to the polls were ubiquitous lawn signs and billboards.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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