Martin shuts down nomination battles to avoid repeat of bitter Liberal fights
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OTTAWA (CP) - An experiment in Liberal party democracy that degenerated into vicious internal battles has now been cancelled, Prime Minister Paul Martin told his troops Wednesday.
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President Bush criticized Democratic  Sen. John Kerry's "liberal" voting record on Tuesday ahead of  their final debate, which will focus on domestic issues like  taxes, jobs and health care that have been overshadowed by the  Iraq war.
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The department is fighting to retain power in an administration that has largely sidelined the agency as a policymaking tool and often shut out its top experts from White House deliberations.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin served notice to his Liberal cabinet Thursday to clam up with their personal opinions on the U.S. presidential election.
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The liberal chattering class has literally gone off its collective rocker. Little negative has occurred since the election -- cabinet shakeups are routine and traditional, and our guys routed the bad guys
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President Bush will resubmit to the  Senate many of the judicial nominees blocked by Democrats as  too conservative, setting off a second-term battle over the  make up of the federal courts, officials said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans sought Tuesday to quash an undying Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, hoping with a vote to kill legislation that would do it, and the rumor as well.    The specter of a wartime military draft like that of the Vietnam era has lingered around the presidential campaign for the past few weeks, fueled by an e-mail driven rumor mill and a campaign by Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan group that seeks to boost voting among young people...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M.  - President Bush on Thursday  sought to smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain by  promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside  groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's  Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry.
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Presidential hopeful John Kerry wants to talk about issues, not his heroics as a naval officer during the Vietnam War. President George W. Bush has called for all third-party groups to stop running TV ads disparaging him and his opponent.
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The withdrawal of Democratic candidates from a debate on Fox News has frustrated the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seek to set aside a row over civil rights in their fight for the US Democratic ticket.
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President Bush criticized Democratic challenger John Kerry on Monday for suggesting that the anti-terror battle should reduce terrorists to &quot;a nuisance&quot; from the current full-time crisis.
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Presidential candidatesâ withdrawal from a debate has frustrated members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin told his Liberal troops Wednesday it is time to start implementing what he described as the party's progressive election platform.
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President Bush will resubmit to the  Senate a group of judicial nominees blocked by Democrats as too  conservative, the White House said on Thursday as it signaled  the start of a second-term battle over the make up of federal  courts.
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President Bush's team exerts close control over admission to his campaign events. Dissenters and would-be hecklers are turned away, campaign officials say. On several occasions in recent weeks, Democrats who have gotten in have been ejected because they wore pro-Kerry T-shirts.
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There was a time when Fred Thompson suggested that he couldn't see himself running for office again.