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Election Recycling: A Well-Done Hoax
•Missing explosives continue to dominate race; Pew study finds gain forKerryamong swing voters.Bushmakes first mention of "wild charges," accusesKerryof "denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts. . . not a person you want as your commander in chief."Kerry: "This is a growing scandal and the American people deserve a full and honest explanation of how it happened and what the president is going to do about it." [ WP , NYT , LAT , USAT , USAT , BG , WT ]
•Judge kills GOP effort to question registrants in Ohio; Ohio Republican Party plans to deploy 3,400 poll monitors to challenge voters' eligibility on election day. Democrat: "The Republican assault on tens of thousands of Ohio voters was an unprecedented effort to intimidate voters, especially minorities, but it has backfired." [ WP , NYT ]
•Legal wrangling, especially over provisional ballots, likely after election day in seven key states. [ WSJ ]
• Bushleads in Florida,Kerryleads in Ohio, tied in Pennsylvania, according to LAT poll.KE04floods airwaves in Florida, Ohio. [ LAT , LAT ]
•Candidates stump in Midwest. [ WSJ ]
•ABC News requests intelligence analysis of "terror tape," blames administration for leaking it toDrudge.Brian Ross: "It's either a well-done hoax or a tremendous news story." [ WP ]
•Florida as a pressure-cooker. 75% turnout expected while irregularities, complaints, 3-hour waits persist; ground war waged at fevered pitch; BBC reports on Republicans' "caging list."Gore: "Four years seems like four hours because we are in the same struggle for our country's future." [ NYT , LAT , LAT , LAT , LAT ]
• Kerrycounts on Iowa: "In a recent interviewGeorge Bushreferred to Iowa as the hinterlands. I'm almost a resident, folks. . . Iowa isn't the hinterlands, Iowa is the heartland of America. The hinterlands is where we're going to sendBushon Nov. 2."Yepsen: "My observation about this has always been I know a lot more people who use chainsaws than go windsurfing." [ NYT ]
• Bush's dependence on attacks risky. Scholar: "Bush and his team understood early this year that Bush would not be reelected if the election became a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down on him. They had to do something that never has been done to this extent before, really. They had to make this election a referendum on the challenger. Whether it works, of course, we won't know until Election Day." [ BG ]
•Michigan is back in play. [ NYT ]
•Quinnipiac poll shows tie in New Jersey. [ NYT ]
•Hispanic voters, 2 to 1, believe war was a mistake.Kerryleads 59% to 30%; quarter name economy and jobs top issue. [ WP ]
•Likely voters preferBushto nominate Supreme Court Justices. [ WP ]
•Both candidates bend the facts in stem cell debate. [ NYT ]
• Timeseditor defends report on missing explosives, which CBS planned to air two days before the election. [ WP ]
•Candidates sit for ESPN interviews. [ LAT ]
• Kennedysdisapprove ofBush's name-dropping. [ USAT ]
•Secret Service, local police crack down on public protests, make swift arrests whenBushis in town; levels not seen since Vietnam. [ WP ]
•Pollsters face wrath of readers and challenges of new technology. [ WP , USAT ]
•Early balloting strains officials. [ LAT ]
•Ground warriors collect unprecedented amount of information for this race and future campaigns. [ LAT ]
•10,000 lawyers for each side push early litigation. [ LAT ]
• Cookpredicts turnout could hit 135m. [ BG ]
•Media-bias allegations rev Republicans. [ WSJ ]
•The art of voice-overs: "We were looking for sad, like a friend you trusted for years doing something, a little bit of betrayal. You want to speak to people, you don't want to bash them over the heads." [ WP ]