US Presidential Election Candidates

A New York Times article raised concerns that John McCain could suffer a recurrence of the skin cancer that he suffered eight years ago. The report follows close on the hells of the story alleging an affair between the senior senator and lobbyist Vicki Iseman.

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US President George Bush has finally endorsed fellow Republican Senator John McCain's presidential bid after he clinched the Republican nomination. It would be interesting to recollect that McCain's candidature had earlier been crushed by Bush during the 2000 presidential election campaigns. Now the one-time rivals claim to be 'friends'. "I've got to know him well, I've campaigned against him and with him," the president revealed.

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It could be an indication of how close the competition between the two leaders is, and how high the stakes involved are. Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both spending extravagantly on their electoral campaigns. In contrast, Republican John McCain has spent only about a third as much.

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Senator John McCain's presidential nomination from the Republican Party is almost just a matter of time now. However, the senior senator seems to have other things to worry about. A major newspaper has insinuated that he is involved in a sexual scandal.

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Republican candidate Mitt Romney has endorsed leading rival John McCain for the party's presidential nomination. Earlier Romney had suspended his campaign, indicating that he did not want a democrat candidate to win the presidential race. Romney has now asked his delegates to support McCain.

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Chuck Norris thinks that Senator John McCain is too old to become the next president of the United States. The actor, who has been actively backing McCain's rival Mike Huckabee, made the statement while hosting a fundraiser at the former Arkansas governor's Lone wolf ranch.

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Republican Rudy Giuliani gave in to the predictable inevitability of his flagging popularity and bowed out of the presidential race. He also endorsed John McCain, who is currently in the leading position. Giuliani's move came after the disappointing third place he won at the recently held Florida primary; McCain, incidentally, emerged victorious. Giuliani's endorsement has strengthened his association with McCain—who often ran his campaign on similar issues related to national security.

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Republican Senator Tom Coburn has endorsed John McCain as the right choice for president in 2008. The senator from Oklahoma was speaking at a rally in Greenville, South Carolina.

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According to a new poll, John McCain and Barack Obama are both in leading position, following the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

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Republican candidate John McCain has done a volte-face—this time on ethanol. McCain has always made his opposition to ethanol clear. While campaigning in 1999 and 2000, his message was clear: ethanol is not worth it. During a republican debate in Iowa, a major corn growing state, he advocated doing away with subsidies for ethanol. "Ethanol subsidies should be phased out…we don’t need ethanol subsidies. It doesn’t help anybody.” In 2003, he went even further. "Ethanol is a product that would not exist if Congress didn't create an artificial market for it. No one would be willing to buy it," he said. "Yet thanks to agricultural subsidies and ethanol producer subsidies, it is now a very big business—tens of billions of dollars that have enriched a handful of corporate interests—primarily one big corporation, ADM. Ethanol does nothing to reduce fuel consumption, nothing to increase our energy independence, nothing to improve air quality."

McCain's voting record has also consistently reflected his views on the subject. In2003, McCain voted against the Energy Omnibus Bill. Later in 2005, he voted against the Environmental Effects Caused by Ethanol Amendment. He also voted against the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Then, around 2006, he changed his stance completely. Speaking, again in Iowa, he enthusiastically supported the use for ethanol. "I support ethanol, he said, "and I think it is vital, a vital alternative energy source not only because of our dependency on foreign oil but its greenhouse gas reduction effects."

So far, while McCain has undoubtedly changed his tone, he has not backed it with any pledge for active support. However, the question arises, why this change of heart towards ethanol?