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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight months before midterm elections, Democrats sense political opportunity in a Republican revolt over the Bush administration's handling of port security in an age of terrorism.
Rather than risk attacking the president alone in an area of his unquestioned political strength, they can stand with GOP critics. And hope to benefit while the commander in chief is forced to defend his credentials in the war on terror.
The challenge for Democrats, says former White House press secretary Michael McCurry, is to "thread it into a larger tapestry" that challenges the administration's policies.
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