ORLANDO, Fla. – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, once the Republican presidential front-runner, isn’t talking yet but could drop out of the Republican presidential race today.
Giuliani finished a distant third in the Florida primary Tuesday, despite placing a heavy emphasis on the state where thousands of transplanted New Yorkers live.
Republican officials say he’ll endorse [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Super Tuesday may be only one week away, but voters here have to wait a little longer.
The phones are ringing off the hook at the Wake County Board of Elections Office, said Cherie Poucher, director. Many voters are already registering for the May 6 primary, some thinking that they can vote next [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — They’re exhilarated…and exhausted. The group of about 50 Raleigh residents drove down to South Carolina last week to  knock on doors for Barack Obama.
Saturday was E-Day. They were up early, starting at 8 a.m. in Florence before visiting Hartsville, S.C.
Paulette Hill, group organizer, said Obama was popular in the neighborhoods she canvassed.
“For the [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The North Carolina man not going down without a fight. A third-place finish here doesn’t mean it’s over. People operate better under pressure.
Or so say members of the Edwards campaign. Those who stood up to speak before Edwards all had words of encouragement:
“He’ll come back fighting like a tiger.”
“The thing you’ve got [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — There was no joy in Mudville…Oh, wait. This is Columbia. Well there’s no joy here at Jillian’s, where the Edwards supporters continue to mill about and wait for him to speak.
With  89 percent of precincts reporting, Obama has won it while the former North Carolina Senator comes in third.
The atmosphere here isn’t [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A statement issued by Hillary Clinton’s press office:
“I have called Senator Obama to congratulate him and wish him well.
 
“Thank you to the people of South Carolina who voted today and welcomed me into their homes over the last year. Your stories will stay with me well beyond this campaign and I am [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you’re watching the networks, you’d think the race is already over. Fox and CNN, at least, are using their exit polls to determine that Obama has already won it.
Here at the Edwards camp, people and press are packing into the back room, normally the bar’s dance floor. We’re all waiting for [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s a party here at Jillian’s downtown, where the Edwards campaign will hold its party.
 The polls close in a few minutes and everyone is waiting. One Edwards supporter, Sam Martin, is here enjoying the atmosphere. But he’s not predicting a victory party.
“Obama’s going to win,” he said.
Martin says he voted for Edwards [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. –  The college campus is quiet, as one might expect on a Saturday when class is not in session and students are sleeping in.
But Benedict College is a voting location; a precinct of 2,000 people vote here. By 2:45 p.m., only 200 of them had voted, mostly college students, said Elise Martin, poll [...]