Election Recycling: Super Rangers Edition
• Bush"down, but not out," saysPeter Hartof new WSJ/NBC poll.DowdpredictsKerrybounce, but tie after GOP convention.Bush'sapproval rating at 45 percent; voters mostly split;Bush'ssupport is stronger thanKerry's.[ WSJ ]
• Kerryraises $175 million, outpacingBush's2000 record. [ BG ]
• Kerryworks on acceptance speech, announcement on running mate likely Tuesday: Vilsack, Edwards, Gephardt, Biden, Nunn.[ BG and USAT ]
•White House faces challenge of spinning rate hike. Republican strategist: "Economists know that's true. However, people's mortgage rates are going up; credit card rates are going up. It's hard to celebrate an interest rate increase from a political standpoint." [ LAT ]
• BC04taps churches for directories and support. [ WP ]
• KerrycriticizesBushfor mismanagement of troops. [ BG ]
• Kerryopposes drivers' licenses for migrants. [ LAT ]
•RNC announces 62 "Super Rangers" who have raised over $300,000 each. [ WP ]
• Cheneyused by Republicans to rally base, by Democrats to raiseBush'sweaknesses;Cheneybegins bus tour of battleground states. [ LAT ]
•Campaigns play dirty with online ads. "If it's outrageous enough, it gets picked up [by news media], and you get to have your cake and eat it too," says director of GWU program. [ LAT ]
•New ad portraysKerryas pilot, hunter, hockey player, family man, veteran, and public servant. [ NYT and LAT ]
• Naderreceives donations from top Republicans, uses Reform Party to get on ballots, will debateDeanon NPR. [ NYT and BG and WP and LAT ]
• Sternto push forKerry.[ USAT ]
•Online games gain popularity in campaigns. [ NYT ]
•New site catalogs historical and current campaign ads. [ NYT ]