GOP Faces Tough Odds for 2008 Senate Comeback
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Republican Party strategists, even under expected circumstances, knew they faced a difficult imbalance in the 2008 lineup of Senate races. The GOP have 21 seats to defend to just 12 for the Democrats.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as &quot;The Hammer&quot; is also at stake.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her party deeply divided and holding only a narrow majority, faces long odds in passing legislation that would bring troops home from Iraq before the 2008 presidential election.
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The next Senate will have a bigger, more conservative Republican majority and several new opponents of abortion.
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By ROBERT TANNER  Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, his political career at risk from a more conservative challenger, led in early returns Tuesday in a contest that could be crucial in the larger fight for control of Congress.
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Facing the most difficult political environment since they took control of Congress in 1994, Republicans begin the final two months of the midterm campaign in growing danger of losing the House while fighting to preserve at best a slim majority in the Senate, according to strategists and officials...
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With the Senate poised for a showdown on Iraq today, Republicans along the campaign trail and on Capitol Hill appear trapped between their loyalty to President Bush and growing fears about the war's impact on the party's political fortunes.
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Less than a year ago, there was little indication that Virginia Republican George Allen would face much of a race in his bid for a second Senate term. With Democrats then struggling to find a credible challenger, Allen was widely expected to be able to spend a good part of this year in other states to prospect a possible bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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Republicans are likely to add to their one-vote US Senate majority tomorrow. Whatever the outcome, partisanship may be the winner.
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Surveying the 2008 playing field, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, the man charged with the unenviable task of leading Republicans back to the majority in 2008, lists five seats currently held by his party -- Colorado, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Minnesota -- as trouble spots.
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Analysis: The election of the once disgraced politician as the number two Senate Republican may mean that the G.O.P. has no intention of getting along too well with the new party in power
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Republicans grabbed early leads in several key Senate races where GOP victories could make life more difficult for Democratic Gov.
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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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Thanks to scandal and retirements, the GOP must now worry that Democrats could gain a filibuster-proof majority in 2008
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An increasingly older bloc of Republican senators in New York State is desperate to hang on to a two-seat majority.
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The New York senator weighs in on whether Republicans would gain an advantage.
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It's going to be a tough year on Capitol Hill. Here's what to expect.