Spence says now there will be plenty of time for intraparty wounds to heal before the general election.

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Sessions says that the competitive nature of the three tiers created greater intraparty competition than he would have liked.

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Republicans voting for a bill containing a large tax increase on the rich, even with the metaphorical gun to their heads, would mark a sea-change in Washington, and possibly cause a major intraparty rift.

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But rumors of a comeback have intensified since the UMP's confused attempt to elect a successor last November, in which both candidates Francois Fillon and Jean-Francois Cope claimed victory amid intraparty squabbling and allegations of vote-rigging.

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Efforts to reduce the corporate rate have been hung up by machinations within the governing DPJ party, but these should have been put to rest with the triumph of Prime Minister Naoto Kan in an intraparty showdown.

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"Mitt Romney is probably the only one who could beat Barack Obama in a presidential election, " said Richard Romans, a retiree who said he wasn't impressed by Mr. Santorum and wants to see an end of the intraparty feud.

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