Analysis: Party convictions sidelined
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All politics is national in the 2006 midterm elections, with both parties willing to put aside deeply held views over war, taxes and more in the surpassing struggle for control of the House and Senate.
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Drew Westen, a professor of psychology at Emory University, argues that the Democratic Party should, for the most part, focus on feelings, not issues or facts.
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Bernie, we hardly knew ye. The peculiar case of Bernard Kerik&#39;s swift fall from grace raises serious questions about the White House vetting process, which apparently requires a background check less stringent
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Toughening ethics laws, once a priority of Democrats, has bogged down in Congress as party leaders find their campaign promises colliding with lawmakers' re-election concerns.
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Did the Justice Department dismiss eight prosecutors for cause? Or was it a political purge? The Democrats in Congress want to find out
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The let&#39;s-be-honest obligation before the Republican Party this week is to reveal its real stripes, not just the stripes of red, white, and blue.
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This is getting monotonous. For the second straight night, a candidate from Boston was looking good after some exit polling, but when the last points/votes were counted, the opponent had the plurality.
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He said that Ian Paisley's party had gone below his bottom line on issues such as policing and justice.
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Republicans decided long ago their party won't pay a significant price at the polls for the scandal spawned by lobbyist Jack Abramoff. It's a proposition likely to be tested anew in the aftermath of Rep. Bob Ney's agreement to plead guilty to corruption charges.
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Their president's approval ratings are at historic lows. The war in Iraq is grinding down their political prospects, and their party is showing deep divisions on issues such as education and immigration.
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Urged on by Democratic lawmakers, the Government Accountability Office plans to investigate the way votes were counted in the presidential election. The office cautions, however, that it is powerless to act if irregularities are found.
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Our political system has historically had two major parties. Various other third parties have come and gone and have never gotten their candidates elected.
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The recent behavior of a party with pretensions of returning to power and leading Israel out of its crisis does not reflect much common sense.
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The real question may be how undecided voters are processing all the charges and attacks.
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As states seek the limelight with earlier primaries, the national parties threaten harsh penalties.
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In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.
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Infighting among US Democrats after their victory in the November 7 elections has led some to wonder if the party is up to the task of controlling Congress.