Election Recycling: If It Did Happen Edition
•9/11 commission pressesBushadministration to explain its classification of thousands of related documents from theClintonadministration;McClellan: "We are providing the commission with access to all the information they need to do their job."Kerrey: "If it did happen, it's an unintentional mistake or it's another intentional act of the White House that will backfire." [NYT and WP ]
•FollowingBushmodel,Kerryraised $43 million in three months, surpassingDean'sDemocratic record. "You can easily see a scenario where he hits $120 million, particularly given the fact the race is so close and will continue to be close," said a Democratic strategist.Bushnow has 187 Rangers, 268 Pioneers, and 32 Mavericks. [ WP and LAT ]
•Vatican officials and Roman Catholic bishops find conflict betweenKerry'sprofessed Catholicism and his stances on abortion rights and stem cell research. [ NYT ]
• Powellvisits German high school for question session. [ WP ]
•In ad,KerryattacksBushfor sending jobs overseas;Bushquickly responds with attack onKerry'splan to raise taxes. [ WP and NYT ]
• Kerryoutlines plan to combat off-shore tax avoidance; "U.S. firms doing business in the U.S. are taxed more heavily than many of their foreign competitors. That's demonstrably true," said international tax expert. [ WP ]
•Jokes aboutBushcreep onto prime time TV: "I can't believe he's in there doing to my bathroom what he's done to the economy!" [ NYT ]
• Kerry's daughters and Chris Heinzcredited with humanizing him. [ LAT and LAT ]
• Kerryrepeats call for debates. [ USAT ]
•Federal judge orders agencies to release withheld documents fromCheney'senergy task force. [ WP ]
•Democrats call for Treasury Department to investigateBush'stax plan as they did forKerry's.[ WSJ ]
•House GOP stalls effort to force a former Medicare official to testify about cost estimates. [ WP ]
•House Republicans defyBushwith support of large transportation bill;Bushmay veto. [ WP ]
• Bushsigns Laci and Conor's Law: "As of today, the law of our nation will acknowledge the plain fact that crimes of violence against a pregnant woman often have two victims." [ WP and WT ]
[He's dancing! CameraWorks/WP ]