Taxes replace Iraq as Dems key issue in Iowa race
In the run up to the January 19 caucuses, Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt pivot from Iraq to taxes. They advocate repealing Bush tax cuts totaling 266 billion this year, arguing they favor the wealthy while rivals warn the plan would raise taxes on working and middle class families. Analysts caution it could hurt Democrats’ national appeal.
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In an Atlanta area office Rev James Merritt explains Bush will win with evangelical support. Karl Rove notes 4 million evangelicals sat out 2000 and the campaign plans grumbling mobilization. Reed targets suburban precincts and churchgoers while acknowledging turnout shifts and Dean as a potential counter.
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