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Election Recycling: Terrible, Devastating Blow Edition
• Kerrysays Iraq distractedBushfrom North Korea: "They have taken their eye off the real ball." [ NYT ]
• Powellreiterates there is no basis forHussein-9/11 connection, does not endorse war with hindsight. [ WP , LAT , BG ]
• Bush's emphasis of security easily spoiled by vulnerabilities: recession, terrorism, Iraq. Next week,Bush, Karzaiat UN;Bush, Allawiin Rose Garden.Jim Jordan: "The basic structure of public opinion is working againstBush, but his campaign is very effective at using the incumbency." [ WP ]
•Media Fund to air sharper, edgier ads to motivate young African Americans: "Bushsaid he would leave no child behind. But he wasn't talking about your child. . . Don't keep getting played." [ WP ]
• Kerry: "I don't know what you're talking about in terms of the 'Bushbounce.'" [ BG ]
• Edwardssays "the American people are going to see a very clear contrast" and vote forKerry. [ NYT ]
•Election officials concerned about integrity of absentee vote: "It seems like whenever there is hanky-panky in elections, it's usually through absentee voting." [ NYT ]
• Kerry, Edwards, Daschlemay be cornered by flag vote.Durbin: "All they're doing is setting the stage for 30-second [attack] ads for the campaign." [ WP ]
• Bushlivens up the trail.Begala: "He doesn't have the stamina of aClintonor the charisma of aReagan, but when he's on his game, and he's not tired, he has a folksy, down-home approach that works for him." [ NYT ]
•Hundreds of veterans rally againstKerry. [ LAT ]
•With Texans for Truth and "60 Minutes" scandal, focus onBush's guard duty likely to increase. [ LAT , USAT ]
•Both candidates have flipped and flopped. [ USAT ]
• Kurtz: "If journalists devoted the same investigative energy to the candidates' efforts to bolster Medicare and Social Security or deal with the mess in Iraq -- as opposed to precisely what happened on the Bay Hap River in 1969 -- perhaps more people might find campaign coverage compelling." [ WP ]
•Current polls translate to 269 electoral votes forBush. [ WT ]
•Character has become "crux" of race. [ WSJ ]
•Colorado Republicans seek to defeat measure to make electoral votes proportional to popular vote; if passed, other states may follow, altering a fundamental of presidential campaigns. [ WSJ ]
• Edwardsvisits North Carolina mill affected by flooding. [ WP ]
• EdwardsonCheney's eBay remark: "If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking." (Sounds familiar , no?) [ LAT ]
• Rather, CBS News face "terrible, devastating blow" to credibility, reputation if documents are fake. [ WSJ , USAT ]
•Capitol Hill job-hunting a strain during election years. [ WP ]
•Viewers of "Going Upriver: The Long War ofJohn Kerry" impressed with candidate. [ BG ]