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Election Recycling: False Prophets in Sheep's Clothing Edition
• Bush, 52% toKerry, 43% in WP/ABC poll; closer in battleground states.BC04achieved convention objectives;Kerryapproval down to 36%;Bushleads in handling of terrorism, Iraq, taxes, economy, education, international relations, tied on job creation;Bushleads among men by 18,Kerryleads among women by 6; youth support up dramatically forBush.BushoverKerryfor honesty, leadership, vision, values, and personality. [ WP , NYT ]
•Documents unearthed regardingBush's guard duty possibly forged. [ WP , NYT , LAT , WSJ , WT ]
•DNC joins parade questioningBush's guard duty; Republicans to reply with stepped-up attacks onKerry's war protests. SBVFT to spend $700,000 on ads: "How can the man who renounced his country's symbols now be trusted?" [ WP , BG ]
•1,000 military deaths has not caused clear backlash; 51% say Iraq war was worth fighting. [ WP ]
• KerrychargesBushfor "runaway" health care costs;Bushcalls out "hidden" tax increases byKerry.Gorejoins in rhetorical fight againstCheney. [ WP , WT , USAT ]
• Bush: "If you drive a car,Senator Kerryhas voted for higher taxes on you. If you have a job, he's voted for higher taxes on you. If you're married, or have children, he's voted for higher taxes on you." [ NYT , ]
• Cheney: Hussein"provided safe harbor and sanctuary" for Al Qaeda. [ LAT ]
• Kerrytells black Baptist audience to "beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing." Urban areas, he says, "are being torn apart by forces just as divisive and destructive asJim Crow." [ NYT , LAT , USAT ]
• TeresaonKE04health care plan: "Only an idiot wouldn't like this. Of course, there are idiots." [ USAT ]
•WithKerryslipping, increased chatter ofShrumcurse. On election night 2000, "Bobkept saying, 'Finally, finally.' He didn't really know what to do with himself." [ WP ]
•Secret Service kept reporters from interviewingBushhecklers. [ WP ]
•For debate teams, it'sBaker, Matalin, Haley BarbourversusVernon Jordan, Robert Barnett, Granholm, Napolitano. [ NYT ]
• NaderpredictsKerryloss. [ LAT ]
• Naderoff Florida ballot. [ WP ]
•Politics on back-burner in Florida. [ LAT ]
•Republican attacks credited with increasing interest inKitty Kelley's book. [ WSJ ]
• BC04peevedCarville, Begalaremain on CNN.Carville: "It's not like I'm on a news show. Why can't I host the most polemic talk show on television?" [ NYT ]