He said he will speak in the coming hours about whether he'll accept the nomination.

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"I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president, " Johnson said.

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In order to accept the nomination I needed to sign some papers, send a headshot, revise some pieces of my application, and get a lot of stuff in order and do it all before 11pm on the first day that Baby K was home.

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Forty-one years after he was shot down over Hanoi and 25 years after he first came to Washington as a freshman GOP congressman, McCain will accept the presidential nomination of a Republican Party with which he has often sparred.

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Ike did not actively participate, beyond a simple statement that he would accept if offered the nomination.

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Lieberman, the Connecticut senator Gore tapped as his running mate, will accept the vice presidential nomination Wednesday night.

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He will arrive in Philadelphia on Wednesday to accept the GOP presidential nomination.

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On Friday, Dean left open the possibility he would accept a vice presidential nomination on a Democratic presidential ticket, a move that is unusual for candidates seeking to appear presidential.

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