Bush, Kerry on Economic Development
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Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses:
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - From the South and the Midwest, President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry yesterday traded barbs and aggressively questioned the other&#39;s qualifications to be president.
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TROY, Ohio  - President Bush on Saturday  acknowledged U.S. manufacturing workers have seen a "time of  change" in the economy but said his private sector-based  policies were the way to boost growth.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on the issues at Friday's debate:
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry squared off over the economy Saturday in their parties&#39; weekly radio addresses.
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President Bush on Thursday will  promote his proposals for boosting the U.S. economy and  criticize Democrat John Kerry's economic prescriptions, the  Bush campaign said.
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A report showing modest gains in US jobs provided ammunition to backers of President George W. Bush touting an expanding economy, but also to his rival, John Kerry, and those claiming a weak, uneven recovery.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry have starkly different economic priorities with a common thread: price tags exceeding $1 trillion that could pump already huge deficits skyward over the next decade...
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Some quotes Friday from the presidential candidates regarding President Bush's call for an economic package worth about $145 billion:
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John Kerry, stepping up his attack on  President Bush after bad news about the economy, said Saturday  the country cannot afford another four years of lost jobs, slow  growth and creeping poverty.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry crisscrossed crucial swing states in the Midwest on  Friday to accuse each other of being out of step with reality  and out of ideas for the economy.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry launched a two-week tour focusing on the economy as a new poll showed President George W. Bush vulnerable on the key campaign issue.
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President Bush defended his economic record and his decision to invade Iraq, while John Kerry said that Mr. Bush lacked the record to justify re-election.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Wednesday challenged President Bush's decisions before and after the Iraq war and linked the &#36;200 billion cost of the war to economic woes in the United States.
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economic record and Kerry launching a fierce counter-attack on Republicans who &quot;can&#39;t tell the truth.&quot;. &quot;Our economy is growing and it&#39;s getting stronger,&quot; Bush said.
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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio - Good news, or bad? President Bush and Democrat John Kerry had differing takes Saturday about the vitality of the nation's jobs market - a question that's heating up this year's race for the White House.    Bush, campaigning in Ohio - a pivotal state that has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, says a new U.S...
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President Bush, under election-year pressure on the economy, said on Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry&#39;s plan to raise taxes on the wealthy would hinder the creation of jobs.