The invasion of Iraq provided marvelous political cover for the GOP not only during those midterms, but during the 2004 Presidential election.
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2	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	4:case	_
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8	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	5:obj	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	11:det	_
11	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	8:nmod:for	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	_	16	advmod	16:advmod	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	cc:preconj	16:cc:preconj	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	16:case	_
15	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	16	det	16:det	_
16	midterms	midterm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	5:obl:during	SpaceAfter=No
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18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	23:cc	_
19	during	during	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
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22	Presidential	presidential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	23:amod	_
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24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
