His "deal breakers" are the usual social issues, but every Republican candidate has embraced them, so he is happy.

At least two insurgent candidates have embraced the opposition wholeheartedly, drawing volunteers and dollars to their campaigns.

In some of the hottest races, candidates in both parties have embraced an amendment.

Some candidates in the South are embracing a lottery as a source of new money for public schools.

The candidates might embrace this logic themselves if doing so wouldn't implicitly diminish them.

In fact, in one way or another, every potential Republican candidate has embraced the theme of tax relief.

Others, however, argue that the candidates are embracing the "new news" precisely because it is less tough than the "old news."

And that is the role that presidential candidates embrace in their campaign oratory.

His No. 1 hope is that one or the other candidates will embrace an economic plan that will make sense.

Just before the ballotting began, the two candidates embraced each other in the front of the ballroom.