Bush, Kerry Take on Economy, Iraq in Labor Day Rallies
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CANONSBURG, Pa./POPLAR BLUFF  - Democratic  presidential nominee John Kerry, fresh from a campaign revamp  and slipping in the polls, tried to focus on the economy on  Monday but instead offered new criticism of the Iraq war, while  President Bush touted his tax reform.
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President George W. Bush, seeking a second term, and Democratic challenger John Kerry, have been sparring energetically over Iraq, but both men are keenly aware of the US economy looming large as a major campaign issue in the November 2 election.
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President George W. Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry continued their battle over Iraq Tuesday during campaign appearances in Wisconsin.
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Stock markets rallied across Europe and Asia, oil prices surged and the US dollar was modestly higher Wednesday as President Bush crept closer to re-election in a tight race for the White House.
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Announcer: &quot;American soldiers are fighting in Iraq. Families struggle to afford health care. Jobs heading overseas. Instead of solutions, George Bush&#39;s campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry&#39;s military record.
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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 traded one refrain for another Friday, saying he is "getting the job done" on the economy and more. Not so, said Sen. John Kerry, criticizing administration tax cuts as insensitive to the middle class as he ended a 22-state tour.
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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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John Kerry, fronted by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, mustered the biggest rally of his presidential drive as both sides rolled out the star power in the final days of their ultra-tight race.
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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.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry launched one of his harshest broadsides against the Iraq war on Monday and drew an angry response from President Bush, in a clash that overshadowed their attempts to focus on the economy.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, fresh from a campaign revamp and slipping in the polls, tried to focus on the economy on Monday but instead offered new criticism of the Iraq war, while President Bush touted his tax reform.
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AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House.   "They promised to create 6 million jobs, and guess what? They're about 7 million short," said Kerry, who also criticized the administration's new 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums...
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The rivals for the White House were campaigning non-stop today - President Bush took a whirlwind tour through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida while Sen. John Kerry stumped in Wisconsin and Nevada.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, making a Labour Day tour of states where polls show the race against President George W. Bush virtually tied, told voters that
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President George W. Bush saluted US Labor Day in his weekly radio address, touting domestic economic proposals two months before election day.
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With one month to go in a tightening  White House race, an invigorated Democratic Sen. John Kerry  stepped up his attacks on President Bush's economic record on  Sunday and raised new questions about whether the White House  misled the country into war in Iraq.