Campaign Focus on Iraq Has Risks and Rewards
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The campaign's focus on Iraq holds  risks and rewards for President Bush and Democratic rival John  Kerry and it could leave both at the mercy of unpredictable  events as Iraq becomes more unstable.
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Inundated with politics long before the 2008 presidential election, U.S. voters are in danger of suffering wearying bouts of the uniquely American affliction of &quot;campaign fatigue&quot; in coming months.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first official day of campaigning for the Jan. 30 elections in violence-racked Iraq, candidates were trying to figure out how to woo the voters.
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Not long ago, pundits feared ongoing allegations about President Bush&#39;s National Guard service would hijack the campaign, forcing the candidates to waste precious pre-election time talking about a 30-year-old war.
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In large swaths of Iraq, campaigning is done in the shadows by candidates who are often too terrified to say their names.
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In Iraq, a sense of a long slog ahead. At home on the campaign trail, hints of victory or prompt exit.
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The distinction between what politicians say on the campaign trail and what they really believe is well illustrated by the current Kerry-Bush skirmishing on Iraq: If either man really believes some of the things he&#39;s saying, we&#39;re in worse shape than we
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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the U.S. presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.
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By David Paul Kuhn. By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Bob Schieffer. (CBS/AP) It was not the way President Bush wanted to start the final week of his campaign -- with more bad news from Iraq
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A bombing in a Shi'ite city and an  outspoken attack on Iran by an Iraqi minister fueled fears of  sectarian strife as campaigning began on Wednesday for Iraq's  first free election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Wide public discontent over the war in Iraq helped sweep Democrats to the control of Congress last year. But Iraq is becoming less of an issue for both parties, either on the campaign trail or in the nation's capital, ahead of the fast-approaching presidential primaries.
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The war in Iraq is shaping the opening stages of the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, just as it did in the 2004 campaign.
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What a mess! Instead of the war in Iraq, the economy, the health-care crisis, the environment and leadership qualities -- which should be the key issues in this year&#39;s presidential election campaign -- the
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Everywhere they look, uncertainty looms - from the Iraq war to the choice of president to the nation&#39;s slow-motion recovery. The cautious outlook has led to cautious action, which could be seen in the fairly
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President Bush is casting the war on global terrorism as the central issue of the midterm elections. But it's a risky political strategy.
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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Confusing enough on its face, the situation in Iraq and the policies surrounding it may have been bent beyond recognition in the crossfire of accusations in the presidential campaign.