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Election Recycling: Exaggerated to the Point of Distortion Edition
• Bushdoesn't duck: three presidential debates expected (Florida, 9/30; Missouri, 10/8; Arizona, 10/13). [ WP , LAT , USAT ]
•CBS News to claim it was mislead on documents; officials admit report was not credible to air. Apology under consideration;RatherinterviewsBurkett. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
• Edwards: "The Republicans overreacted when we went up a few points in August and now the people on our side are overreacting to the polls swinging the other way." [ WP ]
• Edwards, in offensive on Iraq, saysKE04will "crush" Al Qaeda, eliminate "backdoor draft."EdwardsdenouncesHastertcomments as addition to "fear-mongering choir." [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
•Forgetting "Let America Be America Again,"KE04offers new theme: "wrong choices [or] new direction." Advisor: "Is it too late? I don't think so. But no one wanted to be asking that question in September." [ LAT , BG ]
• KE04ads down to 13 states, excluding Missouri, Colorado, Arizona.Devine: "If the bounce continues to go down forBush, which it will, and we come out of the debates with momentum, we'll be positioned to move." [ NYT ]
• Bushto address UN, meetAllawiin new push to control Iraq debate. [ WSJ ]
• Bush, in Florida, tells hurricane victims to "hang in there."Bush: "The amazing thing about these catastrophes is how the American people rise to the occasion." [ WP ]
• McCain, Graham, Hagelcall for renewed focus in Iraq. [ WP ]
• Bushin 1972: "an amiable bachelor with a good tennis game and a famous father." [ NYT ]
• Bush's accusations aboutKerry's tax plans are "exaggerated to the point of distortion." [ NYT ]
•Health insurance premiums up 59% since 2000. [ LAT ]
• Kerrycarefully uses religion on the trail, mindful of Dems' "deficit" in the arena. [ USAT ]
•Race this close nearly impossible to accurately track. [ WSJ ]
•Candidates may have opposing campaign strengths, but they agree who's in charge. [ NYT ]
•The blogosphere as "portal" to challenge the media;Sullivancalls CBS flap "the blogs' breakthrough moment." [ WP ]
• KE04fighting for Cuban-American vote; office opened in Little Havana. [ WSJ ]
•Cane growers organize againstBush's supporting of trade pact. [ WP ]
• Bushopponents express fear of more wars in next four years. [ USAT ]