Kentucky Democrats trying to regroup after election defeats
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Days after suffering political losses across the state, Kentucky Democrats were searching for answers: anything from holding a summit and redefining the party to simply &quot;finding better Democrats.
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Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed to scrape together enough support to guarantee troops more time at home.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- It may seem like a distant memory now, but Democrats not so long ago dominated the battle between the parties to get their voters to the polls.
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Jim Bunning stepped up to a Rotary Club lectern here Thursday to notch a save in a campaign that was on no one's lineup card of competitive Senate races a few weeks ago. But thanks to growing speculation about his mental fitness, Kentucky now has one of the more interesting campaigns in the country.
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Democrats are reviving their push for troop withdrawals as a progress report finds Iraq has not met key targets.
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In the second surprise development in as many days in Kentucky congressional races, Rep. Ron Lewis abruptly ended his re-election campaign Tuesday.
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Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking &#151; each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.
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Each of Super Tuesday's main survivors pledges, if elected, to reach across party lines and bring the nation together. It's a familiar but often futile promise, leaving Americans to wonder if divisiveness will again prevail or if Â just maybe Â a window is open for a more civil, constructive era.
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UNDATED Republicans have strengthened their grip on southern state legislatures. But Democrats gained enough in other parts of the country for an almost-even party split.
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Under pressure from state and local officials, Democratic leaders in Congress are slowing their drive to revamp the nationâs voting systems.
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Social Security has drifted out of the national debate, but Democrats, eyeing the senior vote, are trying to revive the issue &#151; just in time for the midterm elections.
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By John Stamper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Feb.
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Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races.
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Hurricane Katrina convulsed the nation with its massive destruction. Now Democrats believe it could wreak havoc again in a tide of voter resentment that could sweep Republicans from power.
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In the shadow of Bill Clinton and his gleaming new presidential library, leaders of the struggling Democratic Party held informal discussions this week of how to come back from their devastating Election Day losses.
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Thirty-four seats are up for grabs. In early returns, Republicans were well-positioned to retain their majority. However, with nine seats in close races, Democrats held on to hope of regaining control.
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Outpolled, outmaneuvered and out of power, Democrats are suffering an identity crisis.