Candidates struggle to widen appeal
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John McCain and Barack Obama are struggling to win over their party's most loyal voters, and no presidential candidate has a firm hold on what may be the campaign's chief issue, the economy.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry sought to improve his appeal to women, one of the weak points in his campaign.
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President overshadowed by race to choose successor attempts to reassert primacy
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Candidates are confronting an electorate deeply unsettled about the United Statesâ ability to control its own destiny.
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Senator John McCainâs comeback is impressive, but the contests ahead are less tailored to his political needs.
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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 US presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these so-called battleground states.
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Using humor, attitude and the occasional put-down, some presidential candidates are filling the airwaves with ads to stir activists and create an early, positive brand for their campaign.
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From North Carolina to South Dakota, candidates vie to be of the people, not of Washington.
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Raising money and thinking about a running mate are two of the big challenges facing likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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Sure, the presidential candidates have their talking points on taxes, their policies on poverty, their white papers on war. But look beyond those top-tier issues and voters can find the eclectic ideas that reflect candidates' particular passions, their attention to the arcane, sometimes their outsized expectations.
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The flavor and substance of the performances of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards reveal a basic thematic divide in their campaigns.
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Persuadable voters watching the presidential debates tended to give higher marks to Democrat John Kerry than President Bush, but many sound reluctant to make a final decision in the presidential race.
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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Huckabee's southern surge means the two man race Romney hoped for still hasn't materialized. That leaves the GOP's big spender with dwindling options
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A Feb. 5 vote brings candidates to the state, as intended. But fundraising still trumps issues.
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The inability of John Edwards to gain  traction in his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential  nomination indicates that fighting poverty in America has  limited appeal for voters.