Kerry says Bush economic record harms middle class
Newsday Detroit Democrat reports John Kerry in Detroit charging President Bush presided over record employment losses and a swollen deficit. Kerry framed himself as an entrepreneurial Democrat, blasted the excuse presidency, and defended voting to authorize the Iraq war while criticizing Bush's handling of WMD and public deception. He vowed to "punch back" and "take the gloves off" in politics.
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John Kerry
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Detroit Economic Club
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Clinton
Treasury
Robert Rubin
America
Abu Ghraib
Don Imus
Iraq
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Judge again removes Nader from Florida ballot
Circuit Judge P Kevin Davey ruled the Reform Party nominating Nader isn t a legitimate party under state law and ordered his name removed from the November ballot. The ruling reinstates his prior decision as a state Supreme Court hearing on the appeal approaches. The Democratic Party challenges the Reform Party status and petitioning requirements in Florida.
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Fla
Ralph Nader
Florida
P. Kevin Davey
Nader
Reform Party
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State Supreme Court
State Democratic Party
John Kerry
CBS Memos on Bush Guard Story Face Republican Probes
Top Republicans called for a congressional inquiry into CBS News and its report on President Bush's Vietnam era Texas National Guard service. CBS defended the piece while promising to strengthen fact checks as critics question the veracity and sourcing of memos attributed to Killian.
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Bush
New York
Kerry
CBS News
Texas National Guard
Andrew Heyward
Jerry B. Killian
Texas
CBS Evening News
Killian
Marian
Carr Knox
California
Chris Cox
House Committee On Energy and Commerce
Joe Barton
Cox
Barton
House
Roy Blunt
Missouri
Heyward
Blunt
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
RNC
Jim Dyke
Phil Singer
Senators oppose Iraq funding shift amid disarray claims
Two Republican senators Lugar and Hagel rebuked the Bush administration over diverting 3.46 billion dollars from Iraq reconstruction to security. They warn the plan shows misjudgment and a failing effort as Iraq stabilizes remains uncertain. The hearing reviewed spending details including training 80,000 security forces and boosting oil, debt relief, and local projects.
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Bush
Iraq
Richard Lugar
Indiana
Chuck Hagel
Nebraska
Knight Ridder
U.S
Hagel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lugar
Iyad Allawi
Congress
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Pentagon
Poll finds swing voters not turning Bush's way
Washington AP report shows Bush leads Kerry 54 to 36 on terrorism handling and 39 to 2 as commander in chief among overall voters after the GOP convention, but swing voters grow wary. Annenberg poll of 2,385 registered voters from Sept 3 to 12 notes margin of error about 2 points.
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Bush
John Kerry
Kerry
Annenberg
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
University of Pennsylvania
Annenberg Public Policy Center
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