Election Recycling: Increasingly Loose Edition
• Bush, Kerryunder pressure from 9/11 commission members to advance recommendations. [ WP ]
• Bush"increasingly loose" on the trail, enjoys raw ear of corn. [ NYT ]
•NRA mobilizes its 4 million members to see through image ofKerryas a recreational hunter.LaPierre: "There are hundreds of thousands of gun owners and hunters in [key] states and the gun issue is worth several percentage points on Election Day." [ WP ]
•Nations reluctant to provide troops forKerry's internationalization of Iraq. [ LAT ]•Anti-Kerryveterans driven by his lies. [ USAT ]
• Keyeslaunches bid againstObama: "I'm not going to stand here and with tremendous ease promise you a victory. . . I will promise you a fight." [ NYT , WP , WT ]
• Kerry-Edwardsbus tour follows tradition ofClinton-Gorein 1992. Voter: "I watched him at the convention and was cheering from my chair. Now to come out and see him, it's unbelievable." [ LAT ]
•Reverend gets personal withBushesin Kennebunkport. [ WP , LAT ]
• Kerryreaches out to Native Americans in New Mexico;Edwardsesvisit Kansas after bypassing supporters there. [ WP , NYT , WT ]
•Churchgoers find friend inBush. [ NYT ]
•Many voters see apocalyptic stakes in the race, saysBrownstein. [ LAT ]
•Some voters complain of loyalty pledge requirement to attendBush-Cheneyrallies. [ BG ]
• Edwardsconfronts hecklers: "Are you guys really booing the outsourcing of millions of American jobs and doing something about it? That's amazing. . . Show [my children] some good Missouri manners, if you don't mind." [ NYT ]
•Job gains in Wisconsin are mostly in low-paying service industry. [ LAT ]
•On issue of energy,Bushproposes increasing supply,Kerrywants to reduce demand. [ WSJ ]
• Kerrypledges funding of stem-cell research. [ USAT ]
• General FrankssaysKerryis qualified to be president. [ USAT ]
•Elderly poll-workers create confusion; average age is 72. [ USAT ]