Bush war plan rocks '08 White House race
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President George W. Bush's 11th hour bid to stave off disaster in Iraq is shaping the battleground for the 2008 White House race, posing an early test for top hopefuls including Hillary Clinton.
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President Bush tried to sustain the momentum from last week's Republican National Convention with a weekend of campaigning focused on his defense of the war with Iraq and his pledge to reform the tax code.
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The president is planning a heavy travel schedule in '08, to promote his foreign-policy successes.
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President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry sparred over the Iraq war and terrorism as their heated race for the White House headed toward an increasingly tight and bitter finish.
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The campaigns of US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry have assaulted each other over everything from Iraq to economy since the two presidential
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Hurricane Katrina is emerging as a potent political metaphor for 2008 White House hopefuls, two years after ravaging New Orleans and blemishing President George W. Bush&#39;s record.
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Nervous Republicans are urging President Bush to unveil a robust second-term agenda at his convention next week to shift voters' focus from the unpopular war in Iraq and other issues that are a distraction to his re-election drive. Some contend the party should ditch the GOP-fueled controversy over rival John Kerry's combat record in Vietnam.
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For almost 18 months, Democrats trying to wrestle the White House and control of Congress back from the Republican Party have been blasting President Bush for rushing the country into war in Iraq.
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President George W Bush has shored up his narrow lead in the race for the White House, a poll suggested yesterday, after his combative performance in the second presidential debate
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The White House rejected on Sunday a proposal by two influential Republican senators that would require President George W. Bush to plan for a possible troop withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year.
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Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a  Vietnam War veteran and outspoken critic of the  administration's strategy in Iraq, said on Monday he would make  a decision on a 2008 run for the White House later this year.
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Even as Democrats lick their wounds and Republicans bask in President Bush&#39;s second-term victory, would-be presidential candidates for 2008 already are maneuvering for position.
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The Iraq war took center  stage in the Republican race for the White House on Saturday as  front-runner John McCain accused rival Mitt Romney of backing a  timetable to pull U.S. troops out -- a charge Romney angrily  denied.
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The plan was bold: By tying President Bush's $100 billion war request to strict standards of troop safety and readiness, Democrats believed they could grab hold of Iraq war policy while forcing Republicans to defend sending troops into battle without the necessary training or equipment.
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Presidential hopefuls from President George W. Bush's Republican Party have an uphill battle ahead of the 2008 elections, stung by their support for the unpopular Iraq war and outshone by Democratic star power.
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FORT MYERS, Florida  - The Iraq war took center stage in the Republican race for the White House on Saturday as front-runner John McCain accused rival Mitt Romney of backing a timetable to pull U.S. troops out -- a charge Romney angrily denied.
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Determined to use a week of troubling news for the White House to his advantage, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry drilled into President Bush last night