Republican Cole Says Party Has Shot at Gains in '08
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Bloomberg - Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole, who is shepherding his party's congressional candidates through the 2008 elections, said voter dissatisfaction with Washington and President George W. Bush won't necessarily translate into big gains for Democrats.
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Less than a year ago, there was little indication that Virginia Republican George Allen would face much of a race in his bid for a second Senate term. With Democrats then struggling to find a credible challenger, Allen was widely expected to be able to spend a good part of this year in other states to prospect a possible bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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The Republican and Democratic national party committees have nearly matched each other in total fundraising during the first five months of this year, a boost for Democrats who historically have trailed the GOP.
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Congressional Republicans at their party's national convention trumpeted the GOP's conservative principles Tuesday, with one saying she still believes "character is king."
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Republican partisans have a political mantra for the 2008 campaign: The political climate, they contend, canÃ¢ÂÂt possibly be as bad as it was in 2006, when the unpopularity of President George W. Bush and the national Republican Party in general cost the GOP its control of Congress and the governorsÃ¢ÂÂ offices in six states.
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The chairman of the Republican National Committee defended the GOP's '08 prospects at Wednesday's Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters.
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The GOP tries to regain control in a state that hasn't seen a Republican governor in 20 years.
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While the 2008 presidential campaign  grabs most of the headlines, Republicans hope to buck the odds  on another front -- the U.S. Senate, where last year they  narrowly lost control to the Democrats.
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The spate of Republican retirements will make it difficult for his party to take control of Congress in 2008, he said at a Monitor breakfast Thursday.
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Energy on the political left is helping the Democratic PartyÃ¢ÂÂs presidential candidates significantly outraise their Republican counterparts at the midpoint of this year, according to reports that were filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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In a year when early analysis showed Republicans having a definite edge, the fight for the Senate could come down to a Republican-held state that nobody expected to even be close.
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Randy Graf, a conservative activist and former state representative, won a bruising Republican primary in ArizonaÃ¢ÂÂs open 8th Congressional District, despite the opposition of popular retiring Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe and much of the state and national Republican Party establishment.
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The Republicans picked up at least two extra seats in the House of Representatives; two runoffs in Louisiana may expand their majority further.
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New York Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds has had a consistent theme in this, his second term heading up the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC): His partyÃ¢ÂÂs incumbents are well-funded, battle-tested and intensely focused on votersÃ¢ÂÂ concerns in individual districts.
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Four Republicans considering running for president in 2008 courted activists Saturday and predicted GOP success in the November elections despite the party&#039;s sagging support in polls.
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Republicans have momentum as campaign moves into final phase.
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WASHINGTON - The 108th Congress soon will be history, a tumultuous two years that, depending on party affiliation, was the best of times or the worst of times.    Of course Republicans, who control both the House and the Senate, expressed pride in a Congress that passed a major Medicare prescription drug bill, gave President Bush the money he needed for Iraq and substantially increased spending for defense and homeland security...