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GOP Candidates Warn Voters About Perils of One-Party Rule
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Oct 26, 2008 08:00pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, October 27, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On the defensive across the country and staring down an election that could see them reduced to an ineffective minority in the House and the Senate, congressional Republicans are offering a new argument to voters: the danger of single-party rule in the nation's capital.
Democrats are increasingly confident that Sen. Barack Obama will cruise to victory Nov. 4 and that his election will be accompanied by the biggest congressional majorities their party has enjoyed in decades, perhaps even a filibuster-proof 60-seat presence in the Senate. They have begun to outline an agenda that would center on stimulating the economy in the short term and then move quickly to beginning a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and focusing on domestic priorities such as overhauling the health-care system.
At the same time, party leaders are mindful of the dangers associated with one party controlling all levers of government, particularly given the monumental financial and international problems the next president and a new Congress will inherit. |
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