Election Recycling: This Job Is Hard Edition
• Bushleads by 5 points in WP poll. Debate improved voters' confidence inKerry, but still trailsBushon leadership ability, according to NYT poll. [ WP , NYT , NYT ]
•Tonight, shadowyCheneyand smilingEdwardslikely to spar over war. . . and it could matter. Scholar: "It's hard to imagine them even having a conversation. This debate is going to be fun." [ USAT , USAT , WP , WP , BG , WT , WSJ ]
• BushcallsKerry's policies "dangerous for world peace," reiterates he will not institute draft. [ NYT , USAT , BG ]
• Bushsigns $146b tax cut: "That money will keep the economy moving forward and result in even more new jobs for American workers." [ WP ]
• Kerry, withMichael J. Fox, says "we're stuck on the sidelines" of stem cell research. [ WP , NYT , USAT , BG ]
• Bushto give "significant speech" tomorrow about war on terrorism and economy. [ WT ]
•Candidates stick it to the battleground.Bushimpersonator on "SNL": "Frankly, I don't know why my opponent wants this job, because it'shard!" [ WP ]
•Union complains federal employees are used as "props" forBC04. [ WP ]
•Partisans, not undecided voters, swayed by messages of fear, new research finds: "Anxiety works to unhinge you from your convictions, but if you don't have any convictions to speak of, then it's not going to have that effect." [ NYT ]
•Ad war over "global test." [ USAT ]
• Bushcounting on strong jobs numbers, to be released on day on second debate. [ WSJ ]
• Kerryopposes international courts unless set conditions are met. [ BG ]
•Complications of provisional ballots, new technologies, old machines create possibility of recounts beyond Florida. [ WSJ ]
•Partisans overcome by politics. Said one, "If Bush were to lose this election, I would cross my fingers that we would get through the next four years." [ LAT ]
•States faced with boom of last-minute registrations. [ USAT , LAT ]
• KE04, DNC, and the Media Fund launch ads about White House ties to Saudi Arabia. [ NYT ]
•SBVFT begin new television, direct mail attacks following $3m donation from two longtimeBush-backers. [ LAT ]
•NRA announces new ad againstKerry. [ LAT ]
•Some black pastors break convention to endorseBush. [ NYT ]
• Nader: "I don't believe in unconditional surrender. . . You are going to end up with a prowar, pro-Patriot Act, procorporate globalization, procorporate welfare, protaxes for the rich." [ BG ]