Kerry Tries to Turn Campaign Against Bush
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WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership.    Kerry has less than seven weeks to take over the lead in the presidential race...
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BOSTON - John Kerry fought back Thursday against campaign allegations that he exaggerated his combat record in Vietnam, accusing President Bush of using a Republican front group "to do his dirty work" and challenging Bush to debate their wartime service records.   "Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer: Bring it on," said the Democratic presidential candidate, reviving an old war and campaign slogan amid strong urging from party leaders for him to respond to two-week-old GOP assertions...
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Democratic presidential contender John Kerry, in an interview, slammed US President George W. Bush's campaign tactics, saying he &quot;will say anything and do anything to get elected and hold on to power.&quot;
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John Kerry faces obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president.
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&quot;For months, John Kerry has tried to fend off complaints from fellow Democrats that he has failed to expose President George Bush&#39;s Iraq policies as failures.
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Battered at polls by President George W Bush, his Democratic challenger John Kerry is now turning to former President Bill Clinton, considered among the best campaigners, for advice on how to reinvigorate his sagging campaign.
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John Kerry yesterday returned to the war in Iraq in an effort to make President George W. Bush&#39;s performance as commander in chief the central question confronting voters.
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Beaching his campaign on the very sands from which George W. Bush attacked his character two days earlier, Sen. John Kerry yesterday accused the president of not telling Americans
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The latest opinion polls in the United States show that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faces a tough battle in trying to take the White House from its current occupant, President George Bush.
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American President George W Bush has accused rival John Kerry of misleading Americans, trying to turn the tables on the Democrat who argues that the commander in chief has not been candid with the nation about Iraq and the economy.
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President Bush continued to try to paint his opponent as weak on defense; John Kerry criticized Mr. Bush's energy policy.
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Washington -- Sen. John Kerry is condemning President Bush with sharper language and more pointed attacks as the campaign heads into its final six weeks, hoping to turn the 2004 election back into a referendum on the incumbent.
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Democrat John Kerry has taken to summarizing the presidential fight with a line that's both a dig at his opponent and an appeal to undecided voters.
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John Kerry returned to the U.S.  Capitol on Tuesday, vowed to fight on in the Senate for the  changes sought by supporters of his failed U.S. presidential  bid and did not rule out another White House run.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry stepped up a fierce campaign fight over U.S.  security on Friday, with Kerry accusing Bush of irresponsible  leadership for taking "his eye off the ball" in the war on  terror by invading Iraq.
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Just when he was reeling from weeks of attacks from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Kerry has been handed an issue that he can use to hammer President Bush.
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FORT MYERS, Fla.  - Democratic presidential  candidate John Kerry asked the Federal Election Commission on  Friday to force Republican critics to withdraw ads challenging  his military service, and accused the Bush campaign of  illegally helping coordinate the attacks.