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Campaigns in TIME: The G.O.P.
A look back at some of the best TIME photographs of the Republican contenders during the modern era of presidential campaigns

THICKER THAN WATER
After accepting the party's nomination for re-election at the 1992 Houston convention, President George H. W. Bush is greeted by son George W., his wife Laura, and their twin daughters Jenna and Barbara, then 11. Eight years later, accepting the party's nomination in Philadelphia, George W. would tell his father from the podium: "Dad, you know how proud I am to be your son"

Looking for Mr. Right

Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin

What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?