Democrats Claim Bush's Bounce Will Fade
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Democrats on Sunday said President Bush's post-convention bounce was triggered by "four days of mean, vicious attacks" on John Kerry, and would be short-lived.
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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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Top Democrats on Tuesday accused   President Bush of exploiting the September 11 anniversary to   boost his faltering Iraq war policy and asked TV networks to   give them balancing coverage in future.
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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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President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is telling voters that the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress.
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Sweeping Democratic gains forecast for November's legislative elections now appear to be in doubt, with new polls showing US President George W. Bush resurgent, while voter disgust with lawmakers in Congress is on the rise.
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President Bush is in danger of losing control over a party that once marched in lockstep with him.
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President Bush has been dogged by a spate of bad news in the final days of the presidential campaign but it is unclear whether that will sway enough voters to affect the election outcome.
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Barring a late-hour change of heart by Democrats on Capitol Hill, President Bush tonight will lose his authority to negotiate new trade deals, the latest sign that a decades-old American campaign to expand world commerce is foundering in the face of public unease.
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Bush and Democrats play down support for a decade-old law that most Americans like.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...
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With the Presidential Championship Belt at stake, Republicans are banking on President Bush to bounce back from a wobbly first round, while Democrats are counting on Sen.
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NEW YORK Aug. 28, 2004 - Viewers treated to a break from the TV ad wars during the Democratic convention last month won&#39;t get the same respite when Republicans gather to re-nominate President Bush.
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Congressional Democrats hit President Bush on Wednesday for his Iraq policies and planned Social Security overhaul, hoping a vigorous response to his State of the Union speech will fuel a turnabout from their election setbacks last fall.
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Democrats are vowing to roll back a sharp increase in premiums announced this month, and the Bush campaign is seeking to blame lawmakers for the rise.
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Chicago Tribune - As congressional Democrats prepare to watch President Bush take the oath of office Thursday, many within the party are growing frustrated at the lack of a clear Democratic strategy for dealing with a president who they believe is not particularly popular despite his re-election.
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As Republicans kick up their heels at inaugural balls marking four more years in the White House, Democrats vowed not to be bowled over, despite a marked erosion in their political clout.