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Article: McCain seeks victory in South Carolina, site of 2000 fall
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- January 10, 2008
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John McCain's first presidential bid cratered in South Carolina after a nasty campaign and never recovered.
Back for a second shot, it's not so much vengeance he seeks, but victory.
"Eight years is a long, long time in politics," the Arizona senator said Wednesday, reveling in another New Hampshire triumph while explaining why he could succeed in South Carolina where he once failed.
Times have changed, he says, and so has the state itself. It's also a different nomination fight than it was back then _ wide-open, fractured and lacking a front-runner with the weight of the establishment behind him.
Republicans in this state hold their primary Jan. 19; ...