| 麦肯恩角逐美国2008年总统大选-1 It was no surprise that John McCain announced he is running for president, but the forum was unexpected. McCain did it on the Late Show program with David Letterman on CBS television. McCain: I am announcing that I will be a candidate for President of the United States. McCain says he will make a formal announcement speech in April. The Arizona senator has been considered the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination ever since President Bush won re-election in 2004. Mr. Bush cannot run for a third term, so the 2008 race has prompted large fields of candidates in both major political parties. Despite his frontrunner status, McCain has trailed in some recent public opinion polls. The latest survey by The Washington Post and ABC News showed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leading for the Republican nomination with the support of 44 percent of those polled, compared to 21 percent for McCain. The same survey a month earlier also had Giuliani ahead, but by the smaller margin of 34 percent to 27 percent. University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato has been paying close attention to the polls. Larry Sabato: McCain needs some momentum . He started out this campaign with a much better chance than he appears to have now. For the nomination, he is now trailing Rudy Giuliani. For the general election, he is saddled with President Bush's Iraq policy that he has embraced. McCain has emerged as perhaps the foremost Republican supporter of President Bush's troop surge in Iraq. |
