Amid Debates, the Race Tightens
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âThe lowering of expectations for the president will make his improvement [in coming debates] all the more apparent.â. NPR.org, October 4, 2004 Â· The first debate between President Bush and his Democratic rival, Sen.
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New polls suggested tightening races in both the Democratic and Republican fields as the candidates made their last appeals.
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Oct. 18, 2004â The 2004 campaign moves into its last two weeks with a close race, but one in which George W. Bush holds the advantage in a range of underlying measurements.
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In his final argument to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney is shifting away from the far more ideological stance he had taken.
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The most wide-open presidential race in a half century pushed unpredictably into a decisive new phase Wednesday, the rhetoric a bit more pointed and the appeals a tad more urgent in the final run-up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
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When it comes to presidential debates, it seems size does matter.
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In a campaign that's about to get uglier, Thursday's debate provided a last, good moment of substance
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While the US presidential candidates geared to face off in a nationally televised debate, their campaigns pressed their trench warfare state by state where George W. Bush seemed to be on a roll.
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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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Americans tonight watch the presidential candidates in a final debate. In an increasingly close race, the stakes couldn&#39;t be larger.
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It seems that this yearâs presidential race is not a debate about the future of our country, but a debate about each candidateâs past.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The U.S. presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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A number of assertions in the latest Republican presidential debate went unchallenged because candidates spent more time criticizing Democrats from afar than challenging Â and correcting Â each other face to face.
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A narrowed field of White House hopefuls sparred about nuclear terrorism, immigration and one another as they faced off in a double-feature debate in New Hampshire on Saturday, just three days before the state holds the first-in-the-nation primaries.
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The political battleground in the presidential campaign has shifted from states like Ohio and Florida to Vietnam. The all-too-real battleground of three decades ago is once again playing a
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John Kerry's aides are moving to shift the battle with President Bush to what they said was stronger ground - domestic policy.
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With a successful kickoff debate, Sen. John Kerry managed to change the dynamic of the presidential campaign and at least temporarily put President George W. Bush on the defensive.