Downstate Republicans get first look at Keyes at fair&#39;s GOP day
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August 20, 2004  Downstate republicans at the state fair in Springfield are getting their first taste of Alan Keyes, and it is quite a mouthful filled with fiery rhetoric, provocative proposals, nonstop interviews and handshaking. The crowd is ...
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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.
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The Republicans have a plank on just about everything. They've taken positions not only on disabled people and hunters, but specifically on disabled hunters. They found 80 different things to "applaud" in their platform, 17 to "hail" and a dozen to "commend."
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One of the house parties sponsored by the Republican candidate uses the Sept. 11 date for fund-raising.
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Republicans hope to show voters a softer side on the second day of their convention on Tuesday, with first lady Laura Bush and movie star turned California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger taking center stage.
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Alan Keyes blamed the media and fellow Republicans on Thursday for his lopsided loss to Democrat Barack Obama in the US Senate race in Illinois.
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NEW YORK  - Republicans began taking a  bite at the Big Apple on Monday as they launched their  political convention by hyping President Bush's leadership  qualities and approving the party's platform.
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Democrats see a broken system, with major items out of sight. The GOP sees ideals of conservatism advancing.
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NEW YORK - Buoyed by polls showing President Bush&#39;s ratings on the rise, top Republicans invoked images of Sept. 11 on Sunday as they prepared for a week contrasting Bush&#39;s leadership with what they called inconsistencies in John Kerry&#39;s Senate record.
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The most striking thing about Wednesday's Des Moines Register Republican presidential debate - the last before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 â was the inclusion of Alan Keyes, whose powerful and sometimes astringent conservative rhetoric has drawn him attention but very few votes in a series of campaigns for President and U.S. Senate (Illinois and Maryland).  He has not been included in any major national debate until today.
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Republicans will try to present a less sharply partisan face tonight with speeches by Laura Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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An embattled Senate incumbent in Rhode Island and an open House seat in Arizona gave Republican primary voters a choice Tuesday between moderates and conservatives, as both parties watched the races with eyes on the larger fight for control of Congress.
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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Republicans grabbed early leads in several key Senate races where GOP victories could make life more difficult for Democratic Gov.
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lan Keyes, the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, told a radio reporter at the Republican National Convention that gays and lesbians are &quot;selfish hedonists,&quot; including Mary
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Republicans got ready on Wednesday to flex their muscles as an expanded majority in the US Congress and help push President Bush&#39;s largely stalled conservative agenda in his second term.
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Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks.