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Parties fight to the finish in bid to turn out voters.
Byline: Mark Silva
Nov. 6--GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Facing close races in several contests crucial for control of the Senate--and with Democrats voicing guarded optimism for a takeover of the House--President Bush played campaign defense Sunday in two heavily Republican Midwestern states as both parties rolled out massive campaigns to turn out the vote.
Leaders of both parties expressed doubt that the death sentence for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein meted out Sunday would play any role in Tuesday's midterm congressional elections. Yet Bush, hailing the verdict as "a milestone" in Iraq's development of a free government, praised it during campaign appearances in Nebraska and Kansas.
And all the public attention drawn by the verdict in Baghdad underscores the potentially decisive role that the war in Iraq is playing in elections in which control of Congress is at stake.
"Saddam Hussein's trial is a milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a…
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Source: HighBeam Research, Parties fight to the finish in bid to turn out voters.
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