Presidential winner faces 'twin deficits' battle
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Whoever wins the November 2 presidential election will inherit massive budget and trade deficits that pose huge economic challenges that will give little relief for President George W. Bush or rival John Kerry.
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At first glance, John Kerryâs strong showing in Illinois and Barack Obamaâs overwhelming win suggest continued tough times for state Republicans.
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GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a U.S. recession.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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The winner of November's presidential election will get to pick someone to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
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ONALASKA, United States  - George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry traded blows over Iraq and taxes as they headed into the final week of their tight presidential race scrambling for late votes to swing the outcome.
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Greensboro, NC -- John Kerry is using the latest prediction of a record election year budget deficit to attack the president&#39;s economic record.
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Both major candidates for president want the country to be less dependent on foreign oil. But whoever is elected will face many of the same challenges that defeated
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President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry feuded Thursday over the nation's economy, with the Republican incumbent boasting about the impact of his "well-timed tax cuts" and his Democratic rival bemoaning a new report of rising poverty.
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Both candidates have plans for dealing with our fiscal mess. But neither are addressing the real problems
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry pledged in an editorial to restore fiscal discipline in the United States if voters send him to the White House, and to shrink the deficit by one half in four years.
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Record deficits are threatening our economy and future generations, but neither Bush nor Kerry are addressing that reality. Election seasons rarely produce much honest talk about budgets and taxes, but the
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President Bush and rival John Kerry on Tuesday offered different ways to boost the sluggish job market, the president calling for legal reforms to help workers and businesses while his Democratic opponent proposed ending tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas.    Kerry, moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging, used the latest forecast of a record budget deficit to bolster his contention that Bush is leading the country in the wrong direction...
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Whoever is proclaimed the winner of this year's presidential race will likely take office with a cloud over his head.
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Washington Post staff writer Jonathan Weisman discusses a story that looks at why the economy may not be the best predictor of the outcome in this year's presidential election.
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THE US federal deficit will swell to a record $US422 billion ($608 billion) this election year but fall short of even more dire forecasts, Congress&#39; top budget analysts projected