1.0 link 91738 <![CDATA[GOP Rep Thomas Davis III: Bush "Has Killed The Republican Brand"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/16/gop-rep-thomas-davis-iii-_n_91738.html While all eyes were on the presidential campaign and the demise of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D) last week, Republicans on Capitol Hill were suffering a run of bad news that could hold dire implications for the campaign season.

It started with the loss last weekend of the seat held for two decades by former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). It got worse when Republicans lost potentially strong challengers to Democratic senators in South Dakota and New Jersey,...

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