Iraq War Represents Key Issue for Democratic Voters
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For months, public opinion polls in the United States have suggested that the major issues in this year&#39;s presidential campaign are Iraq, the war on terror, jobs, and health care.
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Mothers of US troops serving in Iraq will help Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry make the case Monday that President Bush&#39;s optimistic view of the war does not reflect reality, Democratic
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Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal.
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Despite losing the Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress&#39; vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war.
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The eight Democratic hopefuls in the debate under way in New Hampshire are talking tough when answering questions about the Iraq war. Some blame the president for the war and one candidate blames his opponents for voting to fund the war.
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John Kerry&#39;s escalating criticism of George W. Bush&#39;s policy in Iraq raises a question fundamental to democracy: How far can the opposition go in attacking the president in the midst of a war?
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Democrats are trying to have it both ways on the Iraq funding vote. It will be interesting to see if they can do that.
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Democrats are reviving their push for troop withdrawals as a progress report finds Iraq has not met key targets.
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The Democrats' internecine squabbling over the war is a family argument about tactics, not a showdown over principle. The left should remember that.
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In less than a week, Iraq could be John Kerry&#39;s war. If the Democrats win on Nov. 2, the president-elect must immediately focus on what a US military withdrawal from Iraq would mean for the Middle East and for the United States.
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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the U.S. presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.
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The debate over the Iraq War resumes in the Senate on Monday, when Democrats will use the defense authorization bill to spotlight their demands to bring U.S. troops home.
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House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.
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Six Democratic presidential hopefuls courted party leaders on Friday with calls to end the Iraq war but offered divergent views on how to do it, saying the debate would be a crucial test of Democratic leadership.
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WASHINGTON - National security issues such as the war in Iraq and terrorism are dominating voters' attention in the final weeks before Election Day, Associated Press polling found.    Along with security issues like war and terrorism, the economy and health care were near the top of the list of the nation's most important problems in an AP-Ipsos poll...
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President Bush summoned support from Democrats whose "dreams and goals are not found in the far left wing" of their own party on Wednesday in a late-campaign appeal for crossover votes. Sen. John Kerry said that when it comes to Iraq, the man in the White House "doesn't get it, and he can't fix it."
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Iraq has become the central issue in America&#39;s presidential campaign, but neither candidate has a solution for a conflict that has cost more than 1,100 American lives.