Hurricanes Slow Fla. Presidential Campaign
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The four hurricanes that pounded Florida this season froze the state's presidential campaign in place, with President Bush fighting to keep Florida in his column amid voter concerns about Iraq and the local economy.
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President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, John Kerry, were continuing their battle for votes in the key state of Florida as a series of new opinion polls indicated the race remained a virtual dead heat two weeks before polling day.
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WASHINGTON : US President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry entered a frenzied final week of campaigning, still locked in a dead heat in polls.
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Hurricane Charley will loom large in the presidential election in Florida where the speed and efficiency of storm relief could sway the vote, analysts predicted on Monday.
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The four hurricanes that battered Florida in recent months have killed dozens of people and caused billions of dollars in damages. They may also affect the outcome of the presidential election.
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The four-in-a-row hurricanes that have disrupted lives across Florida have also delayed life's final journey for many. Funerals have been put off for weeks in some places because the ground is too soggy for burials or because scattered family members cannot be assembled.
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ORLANDO, Fla. On the first day Floridians could vote, John Kerry criss-crossed the state seeking support and sharply criticizing President Bush.
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PENSACOLA, Fla.  - President Bush on Sunday  returned to hurricane-ravaged Florida to witness the  devastation wrought by Hurricane Ivan and comfort storm victims  in a campaign battleground state that could determine whether  he wins a second term in office.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Democratic presidential  candidate John Kerry toured two Florida neighborhoods  devastated by Hurricane Charley and said on Friday he was  inspired by the courage of residents to rebuild.
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TAMPA Ã¢ÂÂ Fred Thompson is traveling across Florida this week hoping for a do-over on two issues that he flubbed last month on his first campaign trip as a Republican presidential candidate. On protecting the Everglades and on the headline-making 2005 case of a brain-dead Florida woman, Thompson seemed to know little and care less during his first swing.
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Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney are running neck-and-neck in Tuesday's key Florida primary, as ex-New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani struggles to stay in the make-or-break race.
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STUART, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labour Day weekend.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - On the eve of the first presidential debate, President Bush toured hurricane-battered Florida for the fifth time in six weeks on Wednesday, while rival John Kerry blamed Bush for sky-high oil prices...
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A weekend of frenzied campaigning in South Florida began on Saturday as both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns sought to fire up supporters for the beginning of early voting and
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The four-in-a-row hurricanes that have disrupted lives across Florida have also delayed life's final journey for many...
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A snow and ice storm Sunday slowed the campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in Wisconsin.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - President Bush on Sunday  assured Floridians help was on the way to ease their suffering  after a devastating hurricane, as he toured the wreckage of a  state critical to his re-election.