But this year , with morale sagging in a different war , Mr. Fitzpatrick finds himself in a tough battle of his own , trying to distance himself from President Bush -- even on a day when the conviction of Saddam Hussein was announced in Baghdad -- without turning off the staunch Republican voters he needs to hold back his opponent , an antiwar Democrat and Iraq war veteran named Patrick Murphy .
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