Democrats Debate: Prepping for Finals
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Mark Halperin grades the candidates in their last joint appearance  -  minus Kucinich  -  before the Iowa caucuses
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CORAL GABLES, Fla.  - President Bush and  Democratic rival John Kerry made final preparations for their  nationally televised debate on Thursday, as Kerry praised his  foe as "a very clever debater" and Bush made another tour of  Florida storm damage.
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Science advisors to US Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced off in a debate at the annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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President Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday wrapped up practice sessions for their first debate with each side claiming the other faced the tougher challenge.
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Campaigning by Democratic candidates ground to a halt Monday as their focus shifted to preparing for the first presidential debate in which the questions are posed by members of public via Internet videos.
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George W Bush and John Kerry prepare for their final TV debate, which observers say may be critical to the race.
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Washington - Democratic nominee John Kerry is holding ground gained against President George Bush as the two prepare for the final debate in the presidential campaign, according to a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll published on Monday.
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A pared-down panel of four Democratic presidential candidates met in New Hampshire for a nationally televised debate Saturday night, just three days before that state's key primary, and spent much of the session giving their interpretations of the campaign's prevailing theme of political change -- and disagreeing about which of them is best capable of delivering it.
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Ask a dozen die-hard Democrats around the country what Hillary Rodham Clinton can do to beat Barack Obama and win the presidential nomination and they have plenty of ideas Â some of them contradictory.
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U.S. News & World Report - It had been a week of ugly between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama leading up to today's final Democratic presidential debate in Iowa before the state's crucial January 3 caucuses.
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Democratic presidential candidates are debating in the second half of a New Hampshire doubleheader.
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Sen. John Kerry to debate organizers: Let's go light on the lights.
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Two debates or three? Preparations for presidential debates are proceeding amid reports that President Bush may not agree to as many as the Democrats and a debate commission want.
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US Democrats presidential contenders hold their last TV debate before the nominating race kicks off in January.
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It's the Democrats' turn to take center stage in the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. Six presidential contenders will take part this afternoon in the 90-minute debate sponsored by The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television.
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The Democratic presidential candidates will line a stage in Charleston, S.C., tonight for their first official debate.
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It's a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy while you're at it. While President Bush and Democrat John Kerry remained secluded half a country apart on Sunday in preparation for their prime-time showdown Thursday, representatives for each side employed their own double-barreled debate strategy.