Claims Bush had help in debate
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US President George Bush speaks during a face-off with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the first debate of the 2004.
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Two debates or three? Preparations for presidential debates are proceeding amid reports that President Bush may not agree to as many as the Democrats and a debate commission want.
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US President George W. Bush's re-election bid, battered by bad news on the economy and Iraq, faced a critical test as he headed into a second debate with resurgent Democrat John Kerry.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took time out from squabbling and questioning one another&#39;s integrity in their second debate Friday to make some pledges to the American people.
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President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry made few major factual errors in their first debate, although on occasion they stretched the truth or left out inconvenient facts -- or may have confused viewers as they spoke in policy shorthand.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic rival Senator John Kerry have. wrapped up practice sessions for their first debate with
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice used Sunday&#39;s talk shows to defend President Bush&#39;s performance at last week&#39;s debate and counterpunch Sen. John Kerry&#39;s ideas about pre-emptive strikes.
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With a successful kickoff debate, Sen. John Kerry managed to change the dynamic of the presidential campaign and at least temporarily put President George W. Bush on the defensive.
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Campaign officials for US President George W. Bush were non-committal as to when -- or whether -- he would take part in debates against Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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Already scrambling to make up ground lost after last week's debate, US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by reports that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.
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President Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday wrapped up practice sessions for their first debate with each side claiming the other faced the tougher challenge.
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President Bush said on Monday his Democratic rival John Kerry had shifted his positions on Iraq so many times he could "debate himself" at the prime-time face-off between the two candidates in three days.
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ST. LOUIS  - President Bush and Democratic  challenger John Kerry argued about Iraq, jobs and taxes in  their second debate Friday, with Kerry questioning Bush's  judgment and the president accusing Kerry of crumbling under  political pressure.
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President Bush prepared and practiced on Saturday for the first of three presidential debates with rival John Kerry that could be pivotal in the close election race.
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It was a tale of two debates as President Bush and John Kerry met in their second high-stakes encounter Friday night. For the eveningâs first half, a
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President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry traded heated criticism yesterday in their final full day of campaigning before Thursday&#39;s debate, with Bush accusing Kerry