Republicans are also waging intense efforts to get out the vote, but they are less worried than Democrats.
But Republicans and Democrats are waging active campaigns for the seats and are conceding nothing.
It unites Democrats and Republicans in a uniquely American crusade waged on moral grounds.
On the spending side, it takes ideological blinders to argue that Republicans are not waging their budget wars on the poor.
The Republicans still controlled the mountains and waged a guerrilla war against the National Army, which was unable to dislodge them.
Or why Mr. Clinton, in Georgia, suggested that the Republicans are waging a cynical campaign to divide the country.
Before the Easter recess, Republicans were waging what amounted to a civil war over who could spend more.
Where Republicans and Democrats once waged epic ideological battles, they now jockey over modest changes in the distribution of highway money.
As the Republicans waged a public relations war to keep the tax cut, the state's fiscal condition began to deteriorate.
The talking points began like this: "Republicans are waging an unprecedented power grab.