Election Recycling: Get the Party Started Edition
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• Bushplans to determine intelligence restructuring plans over next few days; may make changes without Congressional approval. [ WP , LAT ]
•Convention to present positive tone;Clinton, Goreto relive the '90s. Michigan governor: "This is about persuasion. It's not about rallying the troops."Kerryattends Sox game.Kerry: "Four more years ofwhat?" [ WP , NYT , NYT , NYT , WT , WT ]
• Kerrycampaigns in Ohio neighborhood, betweenBushlovers and haters.Kerry: "I am not here to be critical, but I am here to be comparative." [WP , LAT , LAT ]
•Pressure mounts onKerryfor bounce, ratings, appeal to swing voters. [ LAT ]
• Kerryfights "impression that he is the liberal nominee of a liberal party meeting in the mecca of liberalism." [ NYT , USAT ]
•Conservative Democratic candidates skip convention to avoid liberal label. [ WP , ]
•At convention, all hailMcAuliffe.[ WP ]
• Clinton,a magnet of Democratic love, knows this isKerry'sturn;Clintonups ante onBush.[ WP , LAT ]
• Ron Reagan'sspeech a coup for Democrats and stem cell proponents alike; issue to enter fray. [ WP ]
•Money pours into new culture war over gay marriage. [ WP ]
•Eyes onBarack Obama,keynote speaker, and "future of the party" posterchild. [ NYT ]
• Edwardslearns his vice-presidential voice. [ NYT ]
• Kerryprofile, Part II.Kerry,during his early Senate days: "I came to do a job, not join a club."McCain: "He is obviously motivated by a desire to restore some kind of bipartisanship that is almost totally absent from the way we do business up here now." [WP ]
• Gorereturns to spotlight at awkward time; pressure is on. [ NYT , USAT ]
•Most protesters already boycotting caged "free speech zone." [ NYT ]
•Bloggers descend on Boston. [ WP , NYT ]
•Anchors talk of minimalist coverage.Lehrer: "The fact that you three networks decided it was not important enough to run in prime time, the message that gives the American people is huge." Anchors regret terms-setting ofKerryinterviews;Brokawjokes about ABC's "two-person digital channel." [ NYT , BG ]
•National Journal, CQ, Roll Call, The Hill execute convention specials. [ NYT ]
•Undecided voters. . . still undecided. "I think it's going to take me a couple more months to really make up my mind." [ LAT ]
• Edwardsreturns $44,000 to donor facing campaign-finance charges. [ NYT ]
•Verizon laid 4,000 miles of cable and established new exchange (366) just for convention. [ NYT , ]