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Bush hits GOP outposts, Dems optimistic
Nov 2 2006 11:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, campaigner in chief for a party in peril, set out on a rescue mission for embattled candidates in the unlikeliest of places Thursday as Republicans struggled to minimize their losses in next week's elections.
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Pols raise level of TV campaign ads
Nov 2 2006 8:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With control of Congress at stake, politicians are aggressively taking to the airwaves. Through mid-October, the number of television campaign commercials was up 31 percent compared to the same period four years ago, a report released Thursday found.
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Guard to Kerry: 'Halp- stuck n Irak'
Nov 2 2006 7:43PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A group of Minnesota National Guard soldiers in Iraq has made a comically misspelled sign mocking Sen. John Kerry's recent comments about the education level of troops, and their handiwork is getting plenty of attention.
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E-mail ballots for military questioned
Nov 2 2006 5:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Jersey congressman raised questions Thursday about a new military voting program that lets service members request and submit their ballots by fax or e-mail.
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Ranks of independent voters rising
Nov 2 2006 5:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of independent voters continues to rise, and that should give pause to Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate, an analysis of registration and turnout suggests.
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Md. Dems slam GOP voter-credential guide
Nov 2 2006 5:28PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Democrats on Thursday accused Republicans of launching a "conscious, premeditated" campaign of voter intimidation after a report described a handbook advising Republican poll watchers to challenge the credentials of any voters they suspect are fraudulent.
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Gifts reported in abortion ban campaign
Nov 2 2006 4:41PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The campaign supporting South Dakota's sweeping abortion ban has raised slightly more money _ most of it from in-state sources_ than the ban opponents, whose funds came overwhelmingly from out of state, according to finance reports made public Thursday.
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Bush says Dems soft on terrorists
Nov 2 2006 2:59PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - President Bush, campaigning in a Republican stronghold for an endangered GOP senator, tried to rally his supporters Thursday by portraying Democrats as soft on terrorists and opposed to conservative judges.
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GOP complaints nix flu shots at polls
Nov 2 2006 2:52PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The city has stopped offering free flu shots at early voting sites after Republicans alleged it was a ploy by the mayor to lure more Democrats to the polls.
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S.D. struggles with its own page scandal
Nov 2 2006 2:04PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - While the U.S. House investigates ex-Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to former Capitol Hill staffers, South Dakota is dealing with its own page scandal.
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No mud flung in race for House in Vt.
Nov 2 2006 2:04PM (CT)
WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) - Perhaps it's Vermont's famous maple syrup or the Ben and Jerry's ice cream, but this year's campaign for the state's only House seat is almost sweet.
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Kerry's '72 Army comments mirror latest
Nov 2 2006 2:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the underprivileged, be less accountable and be more prone to "the perpetuation of war crimes."
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Dean defends Kerry, attacks Bush in Vt.
Nov 2 2006 2:02PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The chairman of the Democratic National Committee leaped to the defense of the party's 2004 presidential nominee Wednesday against charges that he was insulting American troops serving in Iraq.
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Iraq, Bush trouble for N.M. candidate
Nov 2 2006 2:02PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Republican Rep. Heather Wilson has bested more than one tough opponent in her Democratic-leaning House district, where many voters depend on military and defense jobs.
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Va. Senator blames opponent for scuffle
Nov 2 2006 6:12AM (CT)
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Sen. George Allen and Democrat Jim Webb entered the final week of their bitter and sometimes bizarre campaign with Allen refusing to denounce his supporters' manhandling of a liberal blogger and accusing Webb of provoking the incident.
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