The Obama administration, intent on showcasing the benefits of a law that has been pilloried by Republicans, attributes the improvement to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that permits parents to cover dependents up to their 26th birthdays.
The Republicans attribute their record-shattering success to building a donor base that now numbers more than 900,000 contributors.
Some Republicans attribute any perceived dimming of the new administration's glow to an inescapable period of adjustment and an inevitable learning curve.
Even so, many Republicans see in the White House signs of the arrogance of newly acquired power, a state of mind to which these Republicans attribute the lion's share of administration mistakes.
State Republicans attributed the loss to the often scathing advertisements by a wide range of special-interest groups, including advertisements that criticized Mr. Abraham's support for a relaxation of some immigration restrictions.
Republicans attributed their wide support, which surprised even Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the chief Republican vote counter, to several factors, including last Friday's agreement by Chinese and European negotiators on terms of China's entry into the trade organization and support for the bill by Taiwan's new president, Chen Shui-bian.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell earlier this month credited "the expectation of a new Republican Congress" with the turnaround, and Ways and Means Committee Republicans attributed the growth to the termination of emergency unemployment benefits, despite the fact that private-sector job growth began long before benefits were cut off at the end of 2013.
Mr. Racicot, the Republican chairman, attributes the Democratic possibilities to the inevitability of change and the independent character of Western voters.
In an interview with the Washington Post last Wednesday, the commanding Republican frontrunner attributed his popularity in New England to his friendship with Brady.
Critics of the administration — particularly Republican lawmakers — attributed the weeks of delay to the administration of the Miranda warning, arguing that in a military setting, interrogators might have extracted more information from him right away.
