Election Recycling: Everything's Going Up Edition
• Kerrycamp expected to decide this week about delaying nomination acceptance. [ WP and LAT ]
• Bush,as former oil man, is vulnerable to high gas prices. [ WSJ and USAT ]
•"Echo chamber" develops as candidates focus on same issues in same cities; similar approaches to Iraq.Jim Jordan: "With relatively few states in play, relatively few voters settling things in those states, and relatively few issues likely to move those voters, copycatting is almost inevitable." [WP and NYT ]
•"The money is not there" forBush'sIraqi prison proposal, according to a Democratic aide. [ WP ]
• Bushseems worry-free. [ USAT ]
• Kerrysays a new president could "clear the air" with allies, pledges to make a military draft "unnecessary." [ NYT ]
• Bushpromotes health care in Ohio. [ LAT and NYT and WT ]
• KerryattacksBushon economic policies: "My gosh, everything's going up except the earnings of average Americans, which are going down in the United States, and that's wrong." [ LAT ]
• Bushdenies Iraq veto power over U.S. military operations; pressure grows from foreign leaders includingBlair.[ WT ]
•Critics ofBushgetting louder, faster. [ WT ]
•RNC says left-wing rhetoric blurs with Democratic insults. [ WT ]
•GOP eyes California. [ USAT ]
•Shadow campaign aims to stopNader.[ BG ]
• Kerrycalls millionth online donor. [ USAT ]
• Gore,agreeing withNader,to call for resignations of administration officials over Iraq policies. [ WP and WT ]
• Gephardt: McCain"would be accepted by the Democratic Party." [ NYT ]
• Kerry'snew campaign jet includes standup bar and parachutes.Kerry: "In the event of an emergency, my hair can be used as a flotation device." [USAT ]
•Networks would have airedBush'sspeech if asked, says CBS executive. [ WSJ] [ AP Photo/Don Ryan ]