Election Recycling: Appears to Have No Basis Edition
• Bushdefends war: "Today, because America has acted and because America has led, the forces of terror and tyranny have suffered defeat after defeat, and America and the world are safer."CheneysaysKerry, Edwardshave "campaign amnesia" for un-supporting the war: "The president made the right decision, andJohn Kerryis simply trying to rewrite history for his own political purposes." [ NYT , WP , WT , USAT , BG ]
•Republicans reportedly ready to push revised marriage amendment if current amendment fails; passage unlikely. [ WP , NYT , WT ]
•USAT/CNN/Gallup shows 6-point bounce forKE04.[ USAT ]
• Kerry'sthemes coalesce: military strength, budgetary discipline, better schools, improved health care. [ BG ]
• Kerrypledges to support women's issues, be a president "who meets with the NAACP."KE04to spend millions on Hispanic and African-American media buys. [ NYT , WP , LAT , USAT ]
•Leak reveals administration salaries, shows most high-end White House jobs held mostly by men.Card, McClellan, Rice, Rove, Bartletteach earn $157,000. [ WP ]
• Rep. Jim Turner (Tex.),Democrat on House Select Committee on Homeland Security, says election terror warnings "appear to have no basis." Experts say election contingency plan highly unlikely. [ WP , LAT , WT ]
• Bushto open 60 million acres of forest to road-building and logging. [ WP , NYT ]
• Ron Reaganto address Democratic convention in apolitical speech about stem cell research. [ NYT , WP , WT ]
• Kerryto accept federal funding; discussed alternatives. [ WP ]
•GAO study calls color-coded alerts vague, insufficient, seeks overhaul. [ NYT ]
• Bushseeks political benefit from increase in local grants. [ WSJ ]
• Kerry,liberal group has had three times the ad expenditures ofBushin the last month. [ LAT ]
•250,000 estimated to protest GOP convention; 67 permits issued in Boston. [ USAT , BG ]
•Networks plan 3 hours of coverage per convention. [ NYT , LAT ]
•Adopt-a-Vote aims to encourage voting among middle schoolers. [ LAT ]
•Court fight today over anti-war ad in Times Square. [ LAT ]
• Ted Kennedy,72, picks up dog poop near theFDRMemorial. [ WP ]
•One eighth of voters to use punch-card this year. [ USAT ][ REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION ]