Election Recycling: Good Stewardship Edition

 
 •Candidates spar over the environment on Earth Day.Bush: "Good conservation and good stewardship will happen when people say, 'I'm just not going to rely upon the government to be the solution to the problem.'"Kerry: "He's actually proven himself very good at recycling. He just recycled the deficit, the bad economic policies, the bad environmental policies, the bad foreign policies." [WP and NYT and LAT ]

•DNC considers establishing independent unit to runpro-Kerryads. [ LAT ]

• Kerry'sfour month tour of duty is praised and criticized. [ WP and LAT ]

•On anniversary ofKerry's'71 testimony, House GOP members attack his antiwar activities.Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Tex.): "What he did was nothing short of aiding and abetting the enemy." [ WP ]

• Kerryfaces challenge of getting support of staunch antiwar voters. [ BG ]

• Rumsfeldlikely to continue post if reelection succeeds; rejects draft effort. [ NYT and WT ]

• Specter-Toomeyrace tightens; turnout expected to be low. [ NYT ]

•Ballots still expected to present problems on election day; California panel unanimously suggests banning use of touch-screen voting. [ WSJ and NYT and WSJ ]

• Teresafiles for tax extension; details come out aboutKerry'slobbyist meetings. [ NYT and LAT ]

•House passes continuity bill. [ WP and USAT ]

•Man charged with threateningKerrythroughWolf Blitzer.[ USAT ]

• Deanstill collects cash; $626,615 last month. [ USAT ]

[Tiiiiiimberrrr! AP Photo/Steven Senne ]