Pessimism About the GOP's White House Prospects
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Newt Gingrich, who must wake up each day spewing ideas and dispensing advice, yesterday offered a gloomy prognosis of his party's chances of winning the White House in 2008 and played down his own prospects of running.
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In the unpredictable world of politics, leads in the polls and candidates&#39; confidence can evaporate in an instant. But President Bush and his campaign advisers
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Sure, the president and his party have been a disappointment to his  voters. But keeping his promise to feed the poor has almost guaranteed him  another term
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After years of political dominance, Republican voters are concerned about their party and their candidates, according to a new Times/CBS News Poll.
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Iraq and terrorism may be the  talk of Washington. But lost jobs and high costs may factor as  much in November elections that will decide whether President  George W. Bush's Republicans hold on to Congress.
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The race for the White House is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify themselves with neither party.
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President Bush, unpopular nationally but still a fundraising force, is ready to put the power of the White House behind the Republican nominee for president. Exactly what his role will be is a trickier matter.
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It seemed like a good idea at the  time. When Republicans decided more than 18 months ago to hold  their national convention in New York, party leaders were  brimming with optimism.
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President Bush's re-election campaign is lowering expectations for a big bounce in opinion polls from the Republican nominating convention in New York next week.
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As results come in, party appears highly conflicted about its direction and guiding principles
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INVESTORS and traders lean to the Republicans, but the Dow is sending a signal that George W. Bush is going to lose office. Since 1904, the incumbent has failed to win re-election if the Dow falls by 0.5 per cent or more in October.
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You think the GOP is sure to lose big in November? They aren't. Here's why things don't look so bad to them
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It is hard to think of another campaign when Republicans have seemed less excited about their choices.
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Though polls show many Americans are unhappy with the direction of the nation, they seem likely in the Nov. 2 elections to keep Republicans in control of the U.S. Congress.
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Some of President Bush&#39;s Republican allies on Capitol Hill are warning of a credibility gap between Mr. Bush&#39;s more optimistic statements concerning Iraq and what is actually taking place in the country.
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The apparent breakdown comes just as the White House is struggling to find evidence that there is progress toward a functioning government.
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Opinion polls show support for President Bush and his Democratic rival as almost dead even, but as the Republican convention began on Monday investors trading presidential futures did not believe the race would be nearly so close.