Facing Tough Reelection Bids, GOP Moderates React With Concern
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If the prime targets of President Bush's appeal for patience last night were moderates in his own party, his speech may have fallen flat.
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Anger over the war and the country's direction could give Republicans trouble in the midterm elections
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Christian conservatives, whose lack of enthusiasm for George W. Bush in 2000 worried Republicans, could be the president's ace in the hole in his race for re-election this time around.
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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The Rhode Island senator's key victory may signal that moderates aren't all dead and that incumbents aren't necessarily doomed
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Chicago Tribune - Moving swiftly to consolidate their control over government in the wake of their big election triumph, President Bush and Republican leaders in Congress are facing a different kind of threat--themselves.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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With the conservative maverick on the brink of a nomination, colleagues grapple with the prospect.
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Republican presidential hopefuls show little party unity over the immigration bill in the Senate.
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Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
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Rhode Island's independent-minded Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee confronted stiff opposition Tuesday in his bid for a second term, the latest race with a moderate targeted by his own party's hard-line critics.
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MONROE CITY, Indiana  - In a dozen districts   across the U.S. heartland, voter unhappiness has imperiled   Republicans, setting the stage for what could be the biggest   anti-incumbent midterm election since 1994.
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Wounded by a loss in  Florida, Republican Mitt Romney put on a brave face on his  White House bid -- a fight that his aides expect to hinge on  voters in America's conservative heartland.
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Facing the most difficult political environment since they took control of Congress in 1994, Republicans begin the final two months of the midterm campaign in growing danger of losing the House while fighting to preserve at best a slim majority in the Senate, according to strategists and officials...
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Republicans are putting forward a softer, more moderate face at their convention this week. That's no place for Tom DeLay, the combustible, conservative House majority leader.
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Notoriously independent-minded Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee confronts stiff opposition Tuesday in his bid for a second term, the latest race with a moderate targeted by his own party's hard-line critics.
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The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years.