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Article: MCCAIN SETS HIGH-RISK STRATEGY FOR SOUTH CAROLINA CANDIDATE MAY QUIT IF LOSS THERE ENSUES; N.H. WIN IS ASSUMED
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 14, 1999
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Senator John McCain, convinced he must win the
South Carolina primary to become the Republican presidential nominee,
has decided on a high-risk strategy under which he will campaign in
this state for nearly 18 straight days after the New Hampshire
contest and probably quit if he loses in South Carolina, according to
his senior aides.
McCain's strategy in South Carolina, the second state he will
actively contest, highlights the bold gamble of the McCain campaign.
He is running major organizations in only three states, his home turf
of Arizona, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, while national front-
runner George W. Bush is running in most states and has raised four
times ...