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Election Recycling: Who Cares About Honor Edition
• Bushdelivers stump speech to Republican lawmakers to increase morale. [ WP and NYT and LAT ]
• Kerryraises twice as much asBushin April, a third online;Bushhas $71.6 million on hand toKerry's$28 million. [ WP and LAT and NYT ]
• Pelosi: "I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience." [USAT ]
• BushaccusesKerryof "playing politics with national security" in new negative ad run. [ USAT ]
• KerryattacksBush'sproposed education cuts;Lynne Cheneyresponds. [ LAT and USAT ]
• Fristto campaign againstDaschlein South Dakota.Byrd: "Who cares about honor when a Senate seat might be gained?" [LAT ]
•Eight state attorneys urgeBushto investigate gas prices. [ WSJ ]
•Candidates make rounds for commencement speeches. [ USAT ]
• Laura Bushas rescurer. Said first lady biographer, "UnlikeHillary, Laura Bushis benign; she hasn't upset anyone or cut into her husband's political capital, and many feel her behavior has been exemplary. . . she is more popular than the president, and she's out there because he is in trouble." [ BG ]
•Ad executives express mixed reactions to campaign ads. [ WSJ ]
•Financial companies plan to shower GOP lawmakers during convention. [ NYT ]