Republicans face first poll in disarray
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The ranks of the Grand Old Party of Abe Lincoln are divided as it goes into the Iowa caucus battle
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Voters are so deadlocked on their choice for president that the campaigns will need to focus on keeping the intensity of support high and turning them out on Election Day, according to pollsters who conducted a bipartisan survey.
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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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Republicans increased their majority on Capitol Hill Tuesday, with an upset of the Senate&#39;s top-ranking Democrat and Senate pick-ups in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Lousiana.
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Fred Thompson, an actor and former  senator who has not formally entered the 2008 White House race,  leads Republican presidential contenders for the first time,  according to a Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday.
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The Republican presidential race has gone from merely unpredictable to chaotic.
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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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Republican presidential hopefuls show little party unity over the immigration bill in the Senate.
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The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Turning from national security issues and the attacks on Democratic rival John Kerry on their opening night of the convention, Republicans plan to focus on domestic issues and the economy on Tuesday, the first night of programming
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A string of political setbacks has damaged Republicans' hopes of regaining the Senate majority next year and increased the likelihood Democrats might expand their razor-thin margin.
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The traditionally Republican stronghold of New Hampshire went against the national trend last week, favoring Democrats in many races.
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Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney were running neck-and-neck in initial returns on Tuesday in a tight Florida presidential primary battle that could also end one-time favorite Rudy Giuliani's White House bid.
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Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in jeopardy and the possibility of major Senate losses.
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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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NEW YORK - Buoyed by polls showing President Bush&#39;s ratings on the rise, top Republicans invoked images of Sept. 11 on Sunday as they prepared for a week contrasting Bush&#39;s leadership with what they called inconsistencies in John Kerry&#39;s Senate record.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.