White House race looks past February 5
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This was going to be the year a  compressed political calendar and a crush of contests on  February 5, when 22 states vote, would put an early end to the  race to choose U.S. presidential nominees.
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President Bush maintained a 5-point lead over Democratic nominee John Kerry with less than two weeks to go before the election, according to the latest ABC tracking poll released on Wednesday.
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The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4 percent. The figures are expected to sharpen a presidential debate on domestic policy set for tonight.
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With one month to go in a tightening  White House race, an invigorated Democratic Sen. John Kerry  stepped up his attacks on President Bush's economic record on  Sunday and raised new questions about whether the White House  misled the country into war in Iraq.
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Washington (Billboard) - While the race for the White House  draws most of the public's political attention between now and  Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector  industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
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Rasmussen Reports - While Super Tuesday confirmed John McCain as the likely Republican Presidential Nominee, it left the Democratic race unsettled. Amazingly enough, after all the rush of states to move their primaries up on the calendar, it now appears that states voting after the big February 5 event will have a bigger impact in terms of deciding the nominee. Like McCain's success, the lack of a clear winner among the Democrats was expected.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned across the nation in a bid to win five Democratic presidential nominating contests that will be held this weekend from Washington state to Maine.
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Democratic front-runner Hillary  Clinton's lead over rival Barack Obama in New Hampshire has  narrowed a month before the state's nominating primary in the  2008 race for the White House, polls showed on Wednesday.
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Campaigns are reconsidering strategies as they gird for the prospect of a 20-state national primary day on Feb. 5.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry are tied with two days remaining in a tense race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry are tied in the race for the White House with exactly two weeks to go before the Nov. 2 elections, according an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday.
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Presidential candidates have been selectively leaking their campaign fundraising numbers for the yearÃ¢ÂÂs second quarter, which ended June 30 Ã¢ÂÂ even though their official reports are not due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) until Sunday, July 15. And the same is true of candidates for Senate and House races in 2008, especially those who think their money figures give them something to talk about.
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People focus on candidates' personalities and their views keep changing, AP-Yahoo poll shows ... CNN announces plans for 2 Feb. presidential debates in Ohio ... Obama races to trim Clinton's lead among Latinos as multistate primary day approaches ... Mormon leader's death renews focus on Romney's faith; candidate less reticent
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Poll indicators suggest Democratic race for the White House about to take decisive turn
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The US vice-presidential candidates will debate on Tuesday as the race for the White House remains close.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats in Oklahoma, which holds its presidential primary on Feb. 5.
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The road to the White House is taking some strange and sharp turns as tightening polls and pressure from party stalwarts force the presidential campaigns to adjust their strategies.