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After six years in a Vietcong prison camp, John McCain knows all about the Domino Theory. And three decades later, the Arizona senator still appears to have trains of chips on his mind, hoping that his win in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is the first one to fall on the way to the Republican presidential nomination. There's just one problem with this metaphor: Domino trains work only when the pieces are evenly spaced. A small piece collapsing into three or four chips stacked together is stopped short. Likewise, the McCain Express could run into a dead stop...
McCain's finish in New Hampshire will doubtless give him some momentum in South Carolina, which experts say the Arizona senator must win if his campaign is to survive through March...
...Arizona senator won't rest on his laurels after outpacing the Republican field in the Granite State, but will instead begin days of town hall meetings in a state largely inhospitable to his moderate views. His rival, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, has fared better in recent polls in the Southern conservative state...
South Carolina serves as the second half of the Republican primary cycle. Arizona and Michigan will hold their primaries on Feb. 22, followed by "Super Tuesday," on March 7, when 12 states hold their electoral contests...
...Harvard, student supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John S. McCain have organized committees to back their candidates--each under the Republican Club's umbrella...