Winners, Losers in the GOP Debate
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McCain was back in stride, while Romney was off his game, says Mark Halperin of last night's Thompson-free gathering
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The eight Republican candidates for the 2008 presidential nomination have staged a series of long-distance exchanges over who among them deserves support from the partyÃ¢ÂÂs crucial conservative constituency. And a debate in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday night allowed them to get in each othersÃ¢ÂÂ faces over this crucial issue of political positioning.
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Republicans have momentum as campaign moves into final phase.
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Ten Republican presidential hopefuls face off in a debate Wednesday with the shadow of another possible runner hanging at their shoulders -- former Sen. Fred Thompson They face the balancing act of putting light between themselves and an increasingly unpopular president without alienating their base. One issue that could provide fireworks is the immigration bill supported by President Bush but which has sharply divided Republicans.
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Looking solely at the arguments and debating skills, most commentators will argue that the third presidential debate came out evenly with the winner determined by the individualâs determination about the facts.
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The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination.
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Maybe it was the midday start time. Maybe it was the holiday season. But Wednesday's Republican presidential debate lacked the brutal street-fighting tone that has characterized previous meetings, as well as the past few days on the trail in Iowa.
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A scene from the debate. The final evaluation of which man won will, to a large extent, depend on the comments of the âspin doctorsâ.
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The nationally televised debate held in New Hampshire on Saturday night gave the six Republican presidential contenders who participated a chance to win some votes and change some minds in advance of a key primary in that state. But the fact that so much of the discussion among the candidates circled around one of them -- Mitt Romney -- suggested how high the stakes are for the former Massachusetts governor in Tuesday's contest.
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Surveying the presidential campaign, here's the long and the short of it: If Republicans keep divvying up primaries, it's going to be a long road to the nominating convention. And Democrats have just witnessed what is perhaps the shortest truce in U.S. political history.
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Some quotes from Wednesday's debate between Republican presidential candidates in Simi Valley, Calif.:
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US Republican presidential hopefuls take part in the latest debate, as late entrant Fred Thompson prepares to declare.
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After the third and final debate of this presidential campaign, the race in many ways can be reduced to this: a contest between the lovers and the haters.
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Republican presidential candidates discussed the importance of reaching out to people of color during a minority issues debate Thursday night and criticized the leading four GOP contenders for skipping it.
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Pundits, pollsters and political operatives worked furiously to answer one question after the first debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry -- who won?
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Republican presidential  contenders took shots at China, budget deficits and the debate  moderator but avoided attacking each other on Wednesday in  their final encounter before Iowa kicks off the 2008 White  House race on January 3.
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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.