Election Recycling: Not Going Backwards Edition
• Bushpledges "full accounting" of detainee abuse, backsRumsfeld,expresses disgust over new photographs. [ WP and NYT ]
• Bush'sapproval rating hits new low in USAT/CNN/Gallup Poll. Race tied;Kerryleads among registered voters and handling of the economy. [ USAT and WT ]
• Kerrybegins week-long promotion of health care plan: "It is a plan that learned the lessons of our efforts to provide health care in the past. We are not going backwards." [ WP and NYT and LAT ]
• Rove, Powell,andCardthink media andKerryare obsessed with Vietnam War.Rice: "I think the country has moved on." [WT ]
• GillespieaccusesKerrycampaign of politicizing Iraq prison scandal. [ WT ]
•The Media Fund and America Coming Together shift resources to voter mobilization efforts in swing states. [ WP ]
• Cheneysays tax cut worked, economy is advancing. [ USAT and BG ]
•Defense spending creates jobs domestically. Said executive of Armor Holdings: "For us, the economy is great. . . I don't think anyone here is thinking about it that way." [ WP ]
• Nadersues for spot on Taxes ballot. [ NYT and LAT ]
•Pollsters seek Central Florida's undecided voters. [ WP ]