1.   But he also sought to hold back a Republican tide that threatens to wash away Democratic-controlled House seats.

2.   But the Republican tide was unstoppable.

3.   Democratic candidates who are women, already fighting a Republican tide, said their campaigns were complicated further by their sex.

4.   Georgia may be the ultimate example of the Republican tide.

5.   His opponent, Tim LeFever, barely lost to Fazio two years ago during the Republican tide.

6.   Hutchison, watching the returns at a Dallas hotel, declared victory and claimed to be the origin of the Republican tide that swept the country Tuesday.

7.   In the end, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy managed to buck the Republican tide and anti-incumbent sentiment and defeat his challenger, Mitt Romney.

8.   Some aides worked to stem the Republican tide against Clinton in the House and others went about their daily chores.

9.   The support for Clinton did not run deep enough to allow Democrats to declare a reversal of the Republican tide that swept Congress two years ago.

10.   There was talk that at last the Republican tide that had been sweeping across most of the South, but especially South Carolina, had peaked.