1.  Also, the legal defense fund established by President Clinton gives the Speaker some political shield against Democratic attacks.

2.  And he has defiantly portrayed the effort to oust him from running the investigation as the product of a vicious Democratic attack team.

3.  Ari Fleischer, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, allowed himself some distance from the platform, particularly when responding to Democratic attacks.

4.  Armey has argued that the bill would immunize Republicans from Democratic attacks.

5.  Bitter Democratic attacks are sure to continue, and some were renewed even as the hearing progressed.

6.  But he insisted that Democratic attacks on his book deal would not affect his personal support of the bailout.

7.  Democratic attacks may be resonating with the electorate.

8.  Eddie said that Democratic attacks on Republican plans to change Medicare had alarmed elderly voters in Iowa.

9.  For much of Thursday, it was buried below a blizzard of procedural spats, made-for-television speeches and relentless Democratic attacks.

10.  GOP aides admit that the package has in part been shaped by Democratic attacks in the last campaign.