McCain shows interest in 2008 run to become American President
{{date|November 11, 2006}}
[[Image:John McCain.jpg|thumb|right|120px|John McCain]]
[[John McCain]], a prominent [[United States|U.S.]] [[w:United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Portal:Arizona|Arizona]] will launch a 2008 [[w:Exploratory committee|exploratory committee]] next week, said [[w:Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] officials. According to an official, McCain has already opened a bank account for the committee.

Aides to McCain say the senator will discuss whether to seek the presidency with his family over the Christmas holiday, and make a final decision thereafter. This decision was later disputed by a McCain advisor, but later evidence showed that McCain in fact has opened a bank account for an exploratory committee.

McCain's team is exploring office space in [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]], hiring staff and building infrastructure in key [[w:Primary election|early-primary]] states such as [[Portal:Iowa|Iowa]], [[Portal:New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] and [[Portal:South Carolina|South Carolina]].

In addition, Joe Biden, a US Senator confirmed he will seek the Democratic 2008 Presidential Nomination and will probably hire a Exploratory committee early next year. Russ Feingold, a US Senator from Wisconsin who had previously been suspected to run has denied interest in the nomination saying he wants to continue his work in the US senate.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/index.html
|title=McCain advisor disputes ABC News report
|author=AP
|pub=CNN
|date=November 10, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061111/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008
|title=McCain to launch 2008 exploratory panel 
|author=Liz Sidoti
|pub=Yahoo News
|date=November 10, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2644481&page=1
|title=EXCLUSIVE: McCain Begins Preliminary White House Run
|author=Jake Tapper and Avery Miller
|pub=ABC News
|date=November 10, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061112/ap_on_el_pr/white_house2008
|title=McCain edges toward '08 Run
|author=Hope Yen
|pub=Associated Press
|date=November 13, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1963547.ece
|title=McCain moves closer to bid for White House
|author=Rupert Cornwell
|pub=The Independent
|date=November 13, 2006}}

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John McCain, a prominent U.S. Senator from Arizona will launch a 2008 exploratory committee next week, said Republican Party officials. According to an official, McCain has already opened a bank account for the committee.

Aides to McCain say the senator will discuss whether to seek the presidency with his family over the Christmas holiday, and make a final decision thereafter. This decision was later disputed by a McCain advisor, but later evidence showed that McCain in fact has opened a bank account for an exploratory committee.

McCain's team is exploring office space in Virginia, hiring staff and building infrastructure in key early-primary states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

In addition, Joe Biden, a US Senator confirmed he will seek the Democratic 2008 Presidential Nomination and will probably hire a Exploratory committee early next year. Russ Feingold, a US Senator from Wisconsin who had previously been suspected to run has denied interest in the nomination saying he wants to continue his work in the US senate.
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