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...With reporting by John F. Dickerson and Viveca Novak/Washington
...important are the Delaware primary results? Depends on whom you ask. "As far as the Bush-McCain fight is concerned, Delaware was something of a wash," says TIME correspondent John Dickerson, who's with the McCain camp this week. "The big story Wednesday was that Forbes, who won Delaware in 1996, couldn't even pull ahead of McCain." TIME correspondent Steve Lopez, with the Bush campaign, sees the Delaware vote in a different light. "McCain will see this as another vote of encouragement," says Lopez. "And while the Bush spokespeople are playing down McCain's 25 percent and playing...
...John F. Dickerson(At the McCain campaign headquarters following the win): "Everybody's obviously thrilled. They thought at best they'd win by 5 or 6 percent. Now they hope this turns into money across the nation and into poll numbers in South Carolina...
...George Bush and John McCain scrap over an increasingly slim margin and attack each other's tax plans. "McCain will say Bush's plan favors the wealthy, and Bush will accuse McCain of not being a real Republican, in light of his so-called 'Democratic' tax platform," says Dickerson. And while it's unclear whether anyone will have the chutzpah to attack McCain's campaign finance reform stance, the Arizona senator may be weakened by Wednesday's reports that he pressured the FCC to vote on an issue close to the heart of a major McCain campaign contributor. "Anyone...
...rest of the pack, Thursday night is a chance to drive home their key messages, and push their agendas as vigorously as possible. No matter how dismal a showing the also-rans make, don't look for anyone to bow out in the next three weeks, says Dickerson. "Unless there's a serious problem, why bother dropping out at this point, so close to the primary?" Even the threat of a poor showing in the coming weeks isn't enough to weaken the underdogs' steely resolve to stick it out, he adds. "Candidates whose numbers could...