Bush, Kerry Take on Economy, Iraq in Labor Day Rallies
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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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President Bush dropped in on one of the fall campaign's most contested states for the second Sunday in a row, telling cheering partisans that his economic policies are building prosperity while Democrat John Kerry "wants to tax your jobs."
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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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SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Sen. John Kerry turns to economic issues Wednesday, while President Bush pursues an end game that includes persistent appeals for Democratic votes and a rarely used weapon in this bruising campaign - a positive commercial.
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President Bush tried to sustain the momentum from last week's Republican National Convention with a weekend of campaigning focused on his defense of the war with Iraq and his pledge to reform the tax code.
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CANONSBURG, Pa./POPLAR BLUFF  - 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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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.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. - President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry entered the final week of their campaigns Tuesday much as they began them: with profoundly different claims about the war in Iraq, the state
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sparred on the economy, the Iraq war and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and continued their war of words over Bush's national guard stint to avoid the Vietnam War.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry stormed through the critical Midwest yesterday, stressing economic themes in a region hit hard by the recent recession.
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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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George W. Bush took a double-digit lead in what had been a neck-and-neck presidential election contest, prompting Democratic challenger John Kerry to refocus his campaign on bread-and-butter economic issues, where the Republican incumbent president is considered vulnerable.
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WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry sought to link the Iraq war to U.S. economic woes on Wednesday, calling President Bush's move against Baghdad a "catastrophic choice" that so far has drained $200 billion in needed resources at home...
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Reports on earnings, manufacturing and jobs are due this week, but Bush v. Kerry takes center stage. By Alexandra Twin, CNN/Money Staff Writer.
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CHANHASSEN, Minn.  - President Bush sought  momentum on Saturday from his second debate with Democratic  Sen. John Kerry by attacking Kerry for saying he has a  consistent position on Iraq and would not raise middle-class  taxes.
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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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President Bush and Senator John Kerry campaigned today in Pennsylvania and Iowa, respectively, two vital swing states, where they emphasized jobs, health care and other