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• KerrysaysBushis disconnected from average American and reality; infuses stump speech with populist rhetoric, pointed criticisms ofBush.Bushsticks to big-government liberal attack line.Bush: "I feel great about where we are." [ WP , LAT , LAT , BG ]
• CheneysdenounceKerry's reference to their gay daughter.Cheney: "You saw a man who will say and do anything in order to get elected. And I am not speaking just as a father here, though I am a pretty angry father. But I'm also speaking as a citizen."Kerry: "I was trying to say something positive about the way strong families deal with this issue."Bauer: "I think it is part of a strategy to suppress traditional-values voters, to knock 1 or 2 percent off in some rural areas by causing people to turn on the president." [ WP , NYT , LAT , BG ]
•Battlefield down to ten states, with focus on Ohio and Florida.Bushshifts away from Michigan, New Hampshire;Kerrysteps away from West Virginia, Arizona, Missouri.Bushto visit New Jersey. [ WSJ ]
• Kerrymay have benefited from low expectations created by deluge of attacks fromBC04. DLCer: "You would have expected a hybrid ofJane FondaandTed Kennedywould walk on stage." [ WP ]
• Bushchats with press in back of Air Force One, for first time since 9/11. A sign of nervousness?Gingrich: "We don't understand this election. No one does." [ LAT ]
•Evangelical leaders launch final push to rally churchgoers forBush; 50m white evangelical Protestants poll forBush4 to 1. [ WP ]
•DOJ "lacks a clear plan" for inundation of complaints over voting, investigation finds; complaints already under way at state level. [ WP , USAT ]
•Strong ratings for debates prove real interest among viewers; 51.2m for third debate. [ WSJ , USAT , NYT , LAT ]
•Democrats scared ofNader. Pollster: "Naderis taking less out ofKerrynow, so the leftoverNadervote is more conservative." [ NYT ]
• KeanasksBushto lobby Congress to reform intelligence community. [ NYT ]
•FCC will not halt Sinclair from airing anti-Kerryfilm. [ WSJ , LAT ]
• Bushreturns to choreographed events. [ WP ]
•Both sides have fair argument on whether Americans are better off compared to 2000. [ NYT ]
•At debates,Bushlost points on body language. [ USAT ]
•Debates offer undecideds chance to gut-check. [ WP ]
•In Oregon, candidates battle over plan for forests; unemployment, at 7.4%, is nation's second highest. [ WP ]
•Tampa Bay used as portal to understand voters in Florida. [ LAT ]
•Gay marriage on ballot in 11 states. [ USAT ]
•American Muslims urged to vote during Ramadan. [ LAT ]
•IfTrumpwere the moderator. . . [ LAT ]