Stakes high heading into debates
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The presidential debates present both opportunity and peril for the two top candidates, with Sen. John Kerry hoping a strong performance spurs a decisive rally and President Bush aiming to seal his re-election.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry will meet here Thursday night for a high-stakes debate that will produce their first direct
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They go gentle at this week's debate, but attacks are likely to intensify as primaries near.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential contenders ganged up on rival Mitt Romney on Saturday and Democrat Hillary Clinton drew rebukes in combative debates ahead of the next showdown in the tight race for the White House.
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Democratic presidential rivals and their supporters vied for advantage in the courts, on a debate stage and at the ballot box on Tuesday in an unsettled race for the party's nomination to the White House.
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The US presidential candidates did some late cramming for their high-stakes televised debate, with George W. Bush seeking to lock in his lead in the polls and challenger John Kerry hoping to stage a comeback.
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Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been thrust into a social and political debate that transcends their candidacies.
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WASHINGTONâThe US presidential campaign is entering a pivotal two-week period at a boil with Democratic candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush making emotion-charged arguments to set the groundwork for their first debate on Thursday.
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Ukraine's presidential candidates are trading accusations in a televised debate.
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Presidential candidates from both parties are packing in events in New Hampshire ahead of Saturdayâs back-to-back debates.
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For Republican presidential contenders John McCain and Mitt Romney, Thursday's debate presented a chance to step out smartly in the struggle for victory in next week's Florida primary.
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The debates between President Bush  and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry promise a sharp contrast  in rhetorical styles, with the steady and disciplined Bush  dueling the deft but sometimes rambling Kerry in a showdown of  proven performers.
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In Wednesday's debate, domestic issues, rather than Iraq and the war on terror, take center stage.
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Rivals in Ukraine's scandal-ridden  presidential polls traded barbs Monday in a live television  debate in what is likely to be the climax of campaigning ahead  of Sunday's decisive rerun vote.
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Because John Kerry is the challenger and lags President Bush in most national polls, he seems to have the most to gain from a strong performance in the upcoming fall debates.
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Presidential polls take place Sunday amid intense debate that has pitted hard-line nationalists against more moderate politicians.
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After months of exchanging insults from a distance, George Bush and John Kerry will finally face each other tonight in a debate that is likely to be the challenger&#39;s best chance to turn the election around before the November 2 poll.