Election Recycling: That's Reckless Edition
• Rice'stestimony may position her for a Cabinet post ifBushis reelected;Rumsfeld, Powellexpected to leave. [ LAT ]
•9/11 chairmen say attacks were preventable if dots were connected;Riceto be questioned for 2 1/2 hours. [ NYT and WP ]
•Campaign dynamic may have changed following jobs report and negative ads. Professor: "If the job creation number turns back to a more typical trend line of the last three years, theKerrycampaign still has a strong and viable issue to push forward. If it's the start of an economic boom, theKerrycampaign is grievously wounded." [ LAT ]
• KerrypaintsBushas fiscally irresponsible. "In public, this president professes to be a fiscal conservative. But in truth, he has pushed $6 trillion in new spending without ever paying for a penny of it. That's reckless, and it's the American people who will pay in the end," said an economic advisor toKerry.[ NYT and USAT ]
•Record donations to campaigns under new rules; RNC has $54 million on hand,Kerryraises $1 million a day online. [ WSJ ]
• Bushads appear to be working in Missouri. [ USAT ]
• Ashcroftis used carefully by both sides to generate support. [ WSJ ]
•Patriot Act is controversial amongBushvoters. [ WT ]
• Bushoften has a "low-energy approach" when getting proposals through Congress. "There are a lot of instances where they make a political point when they don't want to push it legislatively," saidHouse Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.).[ WP ]
• Bushhas altered his position on patients' rights. "The big story is the total flip-flop here," said a professor. [ WP ]
• Kerryhas lost strength on education reform, saysBrownstein.[ LAT ]
• Bushwill outline job-training initiative. [ LAT and USAT ]
• Kerry'sdecision on Easter church-going has political consequences. [ WT ]
• Alexandra Pelosi: "I genuinely believe that there's no such thing as an honest moment in these primaries. Now it's a reality television show. There's never an off-the-record moment, [so] all the candidates became caricatures of their made-for-TV-persona. Everything is being shot and everything that's shot is being talked about." [LAT ]
• Carl Cameron: "Here'sCarl Cameron,the kid from Fox News Channel, breaking Democratic news. . . a guy who works forRoger AilesandRupert Murdoch."[WP ]
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