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Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend - growing opposition to President Bush. An AP-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33%, matching his low in May.

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AP

Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said he is taking the necessary steps to remove his name from the November ballot, giving his party a chance to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding the House seat. Buffeted by scandal, DeLay said his Jun

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AP

The leading Republican candidate to replace scandal-scarred Rep. Bob Ney on the November ballot may be ineligible, party officials said, complicating GOP efforts to assure a smooth transition for the fall campaign.

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AP

Texas Republicans abandoned their court fight to replace former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the November ballot after being turned back at the Supreme Court. The decision came after Justice Antonin Scalia rejected Texas Republicans' reques

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AP

Republican Rep. Bob Ney (OH) abruptly abandoned his bid for re-election, becoming the latest Capitol Hill figure to fall victim to the Jack Abramoff scandal. The six-term congressman insisted in a statement that he was innocent and said he was acting

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Raw Story (you nasty guys;-)

With the passage of the Defense Authorization bill, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, and the Reauthorization of the Patriot Act, Senate Republicans have demonstrated their ongoing commitment [we'll help spread the word]

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AP

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the fall elections, confronted members of a firefighting team at the Billings airport telling them they had done a "piss-poor job," according to an official state report and

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Philadephia Inquirer

When Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) encouraged everyone in state politics to help the Green Party earn a spot on the November ballot, at least one group answered the call: Santorum donors. Fourteen Santorum supporters gave $40,000 to fund a petition

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Columbus Dispatch

"A lot of the products that used to be made here now are made overseas," Johnston said. "Nobody is against trade. It’s all about what is fair. "Pretty much everybody we compete against is subsidized in one form or another, especia

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AP

Legislation to bar federal courts from ruling on constitutional issues arising from the Pledge of Allegiance, including the "one nation, under God" reference, passed the House after lawmakers argued that the pledge is linked to the nation**

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Gentleman's Quarterly

The morning begins with a prayer in Jason’s Deli, a strip-mall joint in Atlanta, and we all bow our heads and say amen. We—me, the Atlanta reporter, and all the Buck Springs Republicans—stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the fine a cappella

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Reuters

[And Osama's still out there.] Vice President Dick Cheney told Republicans to keep security issues prominent ahead of November's elections and condemned Democratic calls for a timetable on troop withdrawal from Iraq as "a bad idea.

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Reuters

"Evangelical Protestants have become much more Republican in recent times, although 40 or 50 years ago more of them were Democrats," said Green, director of the University of Akron's Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

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AP

Could a Republican-controlled Congress, pass a bill to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from court challenges? No problem, especially if proposed during the patriotic season leading up to the Fourth of July, Republ

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AP

[Must be election time.] House Republicans intend to hold votes this summer and fall touching on abortion, guns, religion and other priority issues for social conservatives, part of an attempt to improve the party's prospects in the midterm elect

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Reuters

Republican Rep. Christopher Shays cites his differences with President George W. Bush, produces a chart outlining his moderate voting record and pledges his independence from party leaders in Congress. His Connecticut colleague, Republican Rep. Ro

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Raw Story

A confidential House Republican Iraq strategy memo shows an effort from House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to put renewed focus on 9/11, paint Democrats as "cut and run" advocates and frame a future Iraq "victory" as "

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Washington Post

A new loophole in election spending regulations is likely to produce a torrent of unsolicited e-mails to voters -- and widespread complaints about political spam -- as the midterm elections approach this fall

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Reuters

A former Republican congressman won a bitter US House of Representatives race in California. Republican Brian Bilbray narrowly beat back a challenge by Democrat Francine Busby in a conservative district north of San Diego.

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