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03-05-2008, 08:10 AM
not that this should be news to anyone but didn't see it posted..
John McCain has won the Republican party's nomination to run for US president with projected poll wins in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas.
His closest rival, Mike Huckabee, has dropped out of the race and pledged to support Mr McCain's candidacy.
The Democratic contest remains on a knife-edge, with Hillary Clinton projected to win Ohio and Rhode Island.
Barack Obama is projected to win in Vermont, while in the Texas Democratic poll the result is too close to call.
Mrs Clinton's projected wins in Rhode Island and Ohio appear to have ended Mr Obama's month-long winning streak.
Mr McCain's victories in all four states take him over the threshold of 1,191 delegates needed to claim the candidacy at the party's national convention in September.
The result represents a remarkable comeback after his campaign was all but written off following setbacks last summer.
Speaking to supporters in Dallas, Texas, he said the most important part of the campaign now lay ahead, in which he must "make a respectful, determined and convincing case to the American people" to pick him over the Democratic candidate in November.
Mr McCain went on to outline the challenges facing the nation, including the war in Iraq and the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taleban.
He also pledged a campaign that avoided "false promises", and appealed for voters to "stand up and fight for America, for her strength, her ideals and her future".
He will go to the White House on Wednesday for lunch with George W Bush, when he is expected to receive the president's endorsement.
Conceding the race at a rally in Irving, Texas, Mr Huckabee said: "It's now important that we turn our attention not to what could have been or what we wanted to have been but what now must be, and that is a united party."
Both Democratic candidates called Mr McCain to congratulate him on sealing the Republican nomination.
For the Democrats, a total of 370 delegates to the nominating party convention in August were at stake in Tuesday's four races.
The race was still too close to call in Texas, the day's biggest prize with 228 delegates up for grabs, including 67 in caucuses held after the primary vote.
Mr Obama had 1,386 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,276 going into Tuesday's contests, the AP calculated. A total of 2,025 is needed to secure the Democratic Party's nomination.
Are you pleased that Mr. McCain won the nomination?
John McCain has won the Republican party's nomination to run for US president with projected poll wins in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas.
His closest rival, Mike Huckabee, has dropped out of the race and pledged to support Mr McCain's candidacy.
The Democratic contest remains on a knife-edge, with Hillary Clinton projected to win Ohio and Rhode Island.
Barack Obama is projected to win in Vermont, while in the Texas Democratic poll the result is too close to call.
Mrs Clinton's projected wins in Rhode Island and Ohio appear to have ended Mr Obama's month-long winning streak.
Mr McCain's victories in all four states take him over the threshold of 1,191 delegates needed to claim the candidacy at the party's national convention in September.
The result represents a remarkable comeback after his campaign was all but written off following setbacks last summer.
Speaking to supporters in Dallas, Texas, he said the most important part of the campaign now lay ahead, in which he must "make a respectful, determined and convincing case to the American people" to pick him over the Democratic candidate in November.
Mr McCain went on to outline the challenges facing the nation, including the war in Iraq and the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taleban.
He also pledged a campaign that avoided "false promises", and appealed for voters to "stand up and fight for America, for her strength, her ideals and her future".
He will go to the White House on Wednesday for lunch with George W Bush, when he is expected to receive the president's endorsement.
Conceding the race at a rally in Irving, Texas, Mr Huckabee said: "It's now important that we turn our attention not to what could have been or what we wanted to have been but what now must be, and that is a united party."
Both Democratic candidates called Mr McCain to congratulate him on sealing the Republican nomination.
For the Democrats, a total of 370 delegates to the nominating party convention in August were at stake in Tuesday's four races.
The race was still too close to call in Texas, the day's biggest prize with 228 delegates up for grabs, including 67 in caucuses held after the primary vote.
Mr Obama had 1,386 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,276 going into Tuesday's contests, the AP calculated. A total of 2,025 is needed to secure the Democratic Party's nomination.
Are you pleased that Mr. McCain won the nomination?