When the Democrats Take Back K Street
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Democratic lobbyists are enjoying a comeback after 12 years of exile. Never mind those promised reforms
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The 2006 congressional election campaign finally came to an end, with Democrats reclaiming a US House seat from a Republican incumbent in the last undecided legislative race.
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If Tuesday&#39;s election returns were a bitter pill for Democrats nationally, they were pure poison for Democrats in the South. Five formerly Democratic US Senate seats were up for grabs.
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Congressional Democrats returned to Washington in a defiant mood yesterday, making no apologies for the campaign in which they lost congressional seats and the presidential
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Thirty-four seats are up for grabs. In early returns, Republicans were well-positioned to retain their majority. However, with nine seats in close races, Democrats held on to hope of regaining control.
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The candidacy of New York AG Eliot Spitzer may help Democrats reclaim the seat from Republicans.
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The Democrats are facing a long and possibly divisive nomination battle after Super Tuesday, while Republicans are closer to an opportunity to rally around a nominee.
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DEMOCRATS have got to learn that when their political opponents hit them with dirty tricks, they have to come back and fight fire with fire.
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After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status. And the task is daunting, many Democratic consultants and leaders agree.
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Liberal powerhouse MoveOn has a message for the "professional election losers" who run the Democratic Party: "We bought it, we own it, we're going to take it back."
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Casual observers might expect corporate political donors to be giving Democratic candidates a significantly bigger slice of the pie this fall Ã¢ÂÂ to reflect the distinct possibility that Democrats could gain control of one or both houses of Congress five weeks from now.
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Bill Clinton&#39;s potent political force may be largely lost to the Democrats as they try to win back the White House, doctors indicated yesterday after they conducted a successful
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Unless Kerry surges, Democrats may see hope of controlling House or Senate slip away.
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Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory.
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The Democrats this year are looking for votes wherever they can find them - even on the Left Bank
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The midterm congressional campaign year of 2006, which saw the Democrats gain 30 seats in the House and six in the Senate and take control of both chambers, was one of those big &ldquo;swing&rdquo; years that usually come along only every decade or so. Invariably, the party that is on the wrong end of one of these political shifts will gear up for a comeback in the very next round of elections.
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Democrats are likely to enter a period of intense soul-searching and internal struggles after their 2004 election defeats, as they ask themselves how they regain the confidence of the American majority, political analysts said on Wednesday.