Analysis: Bush election focus is risky
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President Bush is casting the war on global terrorism as the central issue of the midterm elections. But it's a risky political strategy.
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Everywhere they look, uncertainty looms - from the Iraq war to the choice of president to the nation&#39;s slow-motion recovery. The cautious outlook has led to cautious action, which could be seen in the fairly
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President Bush sought to enter the campaign&#39;s final week with voter attention focused on the war on terrorism - but the news out of Iraq in recent days was not what he had in mind.
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President George W Bush&#39;s record serving in the National Guard during the Vietnam War became the focus of the increasingly heated election campaign yesterday.
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THE PROBLEM: There's a chance that neither President Bush nor Sen. John Kerry will get the 270 electoral votes need to win the presidency.
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The outcome of the 2008 White House election remains up in the air, but one thing is certain -- the bid to succeed President George W. Bush will be the most expensive race in history.
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In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle &#151; wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake.
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide
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Reforming the tax system is more politically risky and economically complex than the president let on during the campaign.
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For Democratic candidates, the growing risk of a recession is an opportunity for action. For Republicans, it presents a dilemma.
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Iraq and terrorism may be the  talk of Washington. But lost jobs and high costs may factor as  much in November elections that will decide whether President  George W. Bush's Republicans hold on to Congress.
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President Bush has hailed Iraq's first postwar election as a "grand moment in Iraqi history" but it runs the risk of deepening communal divisions and pushing the country toward civil strife.
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On the campaign trail, belting out promises for the next four years, President Bush exudes confidence and optimism. Yet the reality of a second term is that Bush would be boxed in by many of the momentous decisions he made in the first.
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WASHINGTON - There are two presidential races going on: One here, one in Iraq. George Bush has to convince voters he isn&#39;t losing the second to be sure of winning the first.
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The United States faces a painful moment probably next month when its military deaths in Iraq are expected to surpass 1,000. It will also be a crucial moment for President Bush, who faces a presidential campaign in which Iraq is a central issue.
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EARLY vote projections in the US presidential race pointed to a close contest but contained potential warning signs for George W. Bush in his bid to stave off a strong challenge by Democrat John Kerry.
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INVESTORS and traders lean to the Republicans, but the Dow is sending a signal that George W. Bush is going to lose office. Since 1904, the incumbent has failed to win re-election if the Dow falls by 0.5 per cent or more in October.