Angry Democrats mix despair with hope
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The downside of last week&#39;s convention was that the Republicans performed brilliantly. The upside is that it may finally have lit a fire under John Kerry.
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Rallying a party stung by presidential and congressional losses, the incoming Senate Democratic leader reminded fellow lawmakers on Saturday of their shared commitment to help the nation.
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Liberal activists, disgruntled that the Democratic Party takeover of Congress has not expedited an end to the Iraq war, have threatened to sponsor 2008 primary challenges to House Democrats who they believe haven't been tough enough in standing up to President Bush.
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Democrats' hopes of retaining a Senate seat in Georgia are fading fast and such a loss could deal a fatal blow to the party's chances of regaining control of the Senate.
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In the shadow of Bill Clinton and his gleaming new presidential library, leaders of the struggling Democratic Party held informal discussions this week of how to come back from their devastating Election Day losses.
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Democrats are trying to pull something funny with absentee ballots, the Republicans are telling Iowa voters. No, it's just the Republicans trying to scare people out of voting, the Democrats retort.
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The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee.
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The lines were long. Democrats and Republicans were stuck standing together for hours, some outside in the sun. Tempers grew short.
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The Democrats are facing a long and possibly divisive nomination battle after Super Tuesday, while Republicans are closer to an opportunity to rally around a nominee.
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A demoralized Democratic Party tried to pick up the pieces on Thursday as Republicans celebrated President Bush&#39;s re-election, with both sides
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Some newly elected House Democrats find themselves in a political no-man's land back home, drawing fire from both sides
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Hopes dim as less-interested Democratic Congress arrives next month.
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The new Democratic-led Congress is drawing the ire of voters upset with its failure to quickly deliver on a promise to end the Iraq war.
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Every few years someone sounds a death knell over the Democratic Party, political analyst Norm Ornstein wearily noted, and it&#39;s just about then that the party of Jefferson and Madison resurrects itself yet again.
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Democrats suffering a potent post-election hangover of bewilderment and despair have sought but found little relief in morning-after messages of defiance at President George W. Bush's re-election.
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Democrats are likely to enter a period of intense soul-searching and internal struggles after their 2004 election defeats, as they ask themselves how they regain the confidence of the American majority, political analysts said on Wednesday.
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Swept into power by voters clamoring for an end to the war in Iraq, Democrats have seen their efforts falter under a reality more complicated than they found on the campaign trail.