Iraq Shadows Bush Presidency, Campaign
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War is hell on a presidency. And it plays havoc with presidential campaigns.
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President Bush slammed Democratic  rival John Kerry on Tuesday for shifting his views on Iraq out  of political expediency, and Kerry fired back that Bush was  using "distortions" to hide a deteriorating situation there.
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After a year of acrimony, gridlock, and snarling showdowns over Iraq, Congress and President George W. Bush will cede the spotlight in 2008 to a White House race awash in historic potential.
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The campaign's focus on Iraq holds risks and rewards for President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry and it could leave both at the mercy of unpredictable events as Iraq becomes more unstable.
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Division between President Bush and Congress over the Iraq war hardens.
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Inside the campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the final week before the election was a blur of tarmacs and rallies, of furious squabbling over elusive explosives
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Once written off as an &quot;accidental president&quot; lacking statesmanship and political gravitas, George W. Bush confounded critics with a powerful showing in his bid for a second White House term.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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e did not expect President Bush to come before the United Nations in the middle of his re-election campaign and acknowledge the serious mistakes his administration has made on Iraq.
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President BushÂs second-term clout is already being tested by Republican doubts about the president's domestic agenda and rising unease about Iraq.
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Statements by two top US policymakers contradicting adminstration dogma on Iraq provided new fuel to relentless Democratic criticisms of President George W. Bush that have jolted his re-election bid.
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WASHINGTON - Now it is gaps in his service records that are beginning to dog US President George W. Bush in the US election campaign.
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For the White House, Thursday&#39;s visit by Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi couldn&#39;t have been more timely. Just as President Bush&#39;s relentlessly optimistic campaign-trail spin on Iraq was coming under
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With America&#39;s hawkish President George W. Bush headed for a likely second term in office, the US election produced mixed reactions and a dose of caution in the troubled Middle East on Wednesday.
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In the US presidential race, both the Republican incumbent, President Bush, and the Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry, have put forth similar visions for Iraq&#39;s future, namely to create a stable environment for elections as soon as possible.
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The war in Iraq was center stage for President George W. Bush Tuesday, with a three-way conference call with key allied leaders ushering in a new day of campaign appearances in which the president repeated his ...
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Some of President Bush's bedrock supporters &#151; Southerners and rural residents &#151; have lost confidence in the likelihood of a stable, democratic Iraq.