The Democratic Party can be reborn
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Elaine Kamarck, a lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, served in the Clinton-Gore administration.
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The Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.
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The Democratic presidential race has developed a different and welcome dynamic -- a sharp competition among the leading candidates to become champions of urban America.
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One of the most influential unions in politics is giving Democrats running for president the once over.
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By taking that many hotly contested seats, they have a shot at capturing the upper chamber. Here&#39;s how it could work out. Not so long ago, the Democrats&#39; chances of wresting the Senate away from the Republicans looked not impossible but remote.
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Love him or hate him, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's upstart presidential campaign left the Democratic Party two important and lasting legacies: the empowerment of younger activists and the pioneering use of the Internet for fund-raising.
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Candidates for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee talked Tuesday about the need to rebuild the party from the ground up as they pitched themselves to Democratic mayors.
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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is considering a bid to become chairman of the national Democratic Party.
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New Labour is no longer the party of shiny, happy people, and it is no longer fashionable. This may be no bad thing: the party will learn patience and gain intellectual strength.
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Some Democrats say they fear their party's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic, with it unlikely Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will get the delegates needed for the nomination. Party rules call for superdelegates to tip the balance.
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A generation ago or more, the Democratic Party was considered the Party of the little guy, promoting issues that directly impacted, and were supported by the average American, the majority.
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Al Gore, largely absent from this year's presidential campaign, is renewing his efforts to help the Democratic Party raise more money as Election Day approaches.
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Clinton is more qualified and Obama would be more unifying, Democrats say.
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Howard Dean's bid for chairmanship of the Democratic Party has tapped into members' hunger for a fighter who can recruit new supporters, raise plenty of money and inspire enthusiasm in a party out of power.
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The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.
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The news of Senator Tim Johnsonâs hospitalization highlighted the fragility of the Democratsâ new majority.
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The midterm congressional campaign year of 2006, which saw the Democrats gain 30 seats in the House and six in the Senate and take control of both chambers, was one of those big &ldquo;swing&rdquo; years that usually come along only every decade or so. Invariably, the party that is on the wrong end of one of these political shifts will gear up for a comeback in the very next round of elections.