By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 48 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The stars may be aligning for John McCain. The question is whether the Republican presidential candidate can hitch a ride to success.
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"I'm happy with where we are," McCain says often these days — and he should be.
Just a few months ago, the one-time front-runner for the GOP nomination had hit rock bottom, with financial, political and organizational problems so severe that many in the world of politics had written him off.
Today, he's proving he can't be counted out in the extraordinarily fluid nomination race.
"Lots of people pronounced him dead on the table. It's fair to say he went into a vegetative state. Now, he's clearly showing signs of life," said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican pollster unaligned in the race who once declared McCain politically dead. "It's still a long shot, but less of a long shot than it was four months ago."
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Polls show that although he trails Giuliani and Thompson nationally, McCain still has a double-digit base of support. In recent weeks, he's seen modest upticks in New Hampshire polls, and he gained some ground in Florida and California as Giuliani's lead narrowed.
McCain also is benefiting from his almost-universal name recognition and his willingness to seemingly talk to anyone about anything, which has allowed him to continue to draw a ton of media coverage — priceless for a financially strapped candidate. For the third straight week, McCain is slated to appear this weekend on a Sunday morning news program.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_second_lookHis poll numbers ARE up, and he often beats Hillary head-to-head: anything to worry about?
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