Democrats have increasingly pressed a case this fall contending that Republicans are stubbornly proposing to '' stay the course '' in a failing effort to stanch violence in Iraq -- an approach that strategists in both parties consider to have been fairly successful , especially as violence has continued to mount in Baghdad .
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