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With last week's debate behind them, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, and others have officially kicked off the race for the GOP presidential nomination. But do any of them have the chops to topple Obama in 2012? Meghan McCain offers seven tips on what they should do between now and then. Dear Republican candidates running for president in 2012: You are up against one of the most media-beloved presidents in history, one journalists will do almost anything to protect. You are running against a man who has created a cult following and a narrative that transcends popular culture. How...

Meghan McCain, the daughter of John McCain, is taking shots at Sarah Palin. In her new book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," Meghan McCain portrays conflicted feelings about Sarah Palin. Meghan also reveals that she called Palin "the Time Bomb." Meghan McCain went as far as saying that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the presidency in 2008. "I was waiting for her to explode," Meghan McCain wrote. "There was a fine line between genius and insanity, they say, and choosing her as the running mate was starting to seem like the

Meghan McCain, the chatty daughter of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, says she joining up with "team Romney" for the 2012 campaign for the White House. At least, that's her leaning at this early stage. McCain, 25, told NBC "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno she "is so sick and tired of this us-versus-them mentality" in politics. "I just want a candidate that's going to stop being so versus them. So right now I am team Romney." In 2008, Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, was a rival who clearly got under the skin of Sen. McCain in the...

<p>Meghan McCain's trip on the book-promotion circuit brought her to "The Tonight Show" Tuesday," where she opened up a bit more about her relationship with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.</p> <p>McCain said she didn't find out her father had chosen Palin to fill out the 2008 Republican presidential ticket until a "couple of hours before" they appeared onstage together. She said she cried on the way to the rally.</p>