Presidential Race Returns to Protectionism, Mythic Reaganism
7899
Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- At a union hall in Detroit packed with 800 members of the AFL-CIO and their families, Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton promises to break the mold on trade.
744253
A election win on Tuesday for Sen. John Kerry could make the United States tougher and more cautious on trade, while a victory for President Bush would keep the country on the path to more deals, experts say.
286306
Two old sayings are colliding in the presidential campaign, and there's some truth to both of them. Politics is dirty. Midwesterners are nice.
572451
Republicans circled back to President Bush's winning 2000 campaign theme of "compassionate conservatism."
543929
US President George W. Bush campaigned in the Republican heartland of Florida, the state which delivered him the White House in 2000, as his opponent, Senator John Kerry, targeted Hispanic voters in the American west.
351498
JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Voters had a glimpse into Mitt Romney's marathon strategy for winning the Republican nomination and the White House when he leapt up onto the back of a flatbed truck shortly before he won in Nevada.
106914
In crafting a broad agenda for his second term, Bush is trying to adhere strictly to economic theory, perhaps even more so than during the Reagan administration's early battles over deregulation and taxes.
307249
The latest data on the US jobs market sparked a fierce spin effort from the campaigns of President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry to highlight their views on the state of the economy.
441874
Fred D. Thompson is positioning himself as the ideological and stylistic heir of Ronald Reagan.
479356
Pocketbook issues traditionally trump other concerns in national elections. But foreign policy is getting equal time this year. For President Bush, national security is the overriding campaign issue.
503619
The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
422220
While the race for the White House draws most of the public's political attention between now and Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
226806
The Christian Science Monitor - The most elusive commodity so far in the 2008 presidential sweepstakes is momentum. In both parties, the opening contests have been won by different candidates, creating lots of "comeback kids" but little ability to claim the mantle of front-runner.
257584
For Bush&#39;s dad, it was &#39;the economy, stupid&#39;: Bill Clinton swept into the White House 12 years ago on a wave of pessimism about the &#39;jobless recovery&#39; from the early 1990s recession, confirming the received wisdom that what really matters on polling day
718698
THE RACE: The national presidential race for Democrats, Republicans
156099
It seems that this yearâs presidential race is not a debate about the future of our country, but a debate about each candidateâs past.
556504
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is bemoaning the growing divide between rich and poor as he returns to the signature theme of "Two Americas" from his unsuccessful 2004 White House bid.