Karl Rove&#39;s Republicans swerve right on the way to the middle
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t looked like Karl Rove was going to get away with it: presenting a nominating convention the press would call &quot;moderate.&quot; The Times reported the opening morning how the &quot;party seeks to pivot
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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GOP walks fine line in touting its terror record vs. politicizing it.
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This is where it began for the Republicans in 1994, the year the GOP broke the back of 40 years of Democratic rule in Congress.
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The bitter battle for seats in Congress headed into its final showdown last night, with Republicans struggling to hang onto their threadbare
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If they were true to their principles, moderate Republicans and consistent conservatives would be supporting John Kerry. Instead, their acquiescence to the reckless whims of George W. Bush marks a descent
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In a year when early analysis showed Republicans having a definite edge, the fight for the Senate could come down to a Republican-held state that nobody expected to even be close.
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As Republicans gather to make their case for President Bush&#39;s re-election this week, they will do so against a backdrop as divisive as any since 1968, when Democrats needed the National Guard to preserve order outside their Chicago convention.
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Fresh off their first victory over a Republican incumbent, GOP conservatives seeking party purity on taxes and spending are focused on ousting moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Republicans are scrambling to contain the damage of two separate political headaches that share a common theme &#151; accusations that the GOP is hiding the truth.
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A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate.
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John McCainâs economic platform contrasts sharply with his rivalsâ and represents the start of a Republican response to middle-class anxiety.
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Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking &amp;#151; each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.
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WASHINGTON - Karl Rove is a smooth, jovial political operative with a Texas-honed reputation as a ruthless competitor and three George W. Bush victories under his belt...
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Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in jeopardy and the possibility of major Senate losses.