As rivals focus, stances seem to blur
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The homestretch of the presidential campaign appears to be set: Democrats are casting their candidate, John F. Kerry, as
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The road to the White House is taking some strange and sharp turns as tightening polls and pressure from party stalwarts force the presidential campaigns to adjust their strategies.
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The political terrain favors Republicans, but personal dynamics in some races favor Democrats.
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Washington -- There is a frantic feel to tonight&#39;s final presidential debate as both campaigns see the confrontation as their best remaining chance to take control of a race that enters its final three weeks in a dead heat.
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Few campaigns in post-war American history have appeared to be as divisive as the one drawing to its still uncertain conclusion on Tuesday.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s political opponents struggled on Tuesday to energize their campaign and prevent the French leader&#39;s rightwing party from winning a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
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Some observers believe the two arch-rivals will wind up adopting the other's design.
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The candidates have sharpened debate on how the United States reached this point in Iraq, but less clarity has emerged over who might have the better idea for the future.
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Divisions have surfaced in the Kerry campaign over how best Â and how far Â they should go in taking on President Bush.
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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.
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BOARDMAN, Ohio  - For Democratic challenger John  Kerry, the presidential race has come down to three words --  focus, focus, focus. Even a hunting trip on Thursday was more  about votes than geese.
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Focus groups are hardly new to American politics, but they have taken on new relevance in a country where the ideological divide has grown into a chasm.
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President overshadowed by race to choose successor attempts to reassert primacy
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The Democratic presidential candidates have moved from the politics of piling on to the politics of unity.
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WASHINGTON -- With voters still digesting the first presidential debate, the political focus quickly now moves to the only debate between the second bananas.
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The debates between President Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry promise a sharp contrast in rhetorical styles, with the steady and disciplined Bush dueling the deft but sometimes rambling Kerry in a showdown of proven performers.
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The battleground now shifts to states where each of the leaders believes he holds advantages.