Gun Issue Plays in Presidential Campaign in Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis.  - To the National Rifle  Association, John Kerry brings to mind a pink-bowed poodle --  and for the powerful gun lobby, calling someone a lapdog that  "don't hunt" is not a compliment.
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President Bush speaks during a campaign stop at J &amp; D Manufacturing Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Eau Claire, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash).
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Several hot-button topics - stem-cell research, gay marriage, abortion, and gun rights - remain at the edge of the campaign.
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WASHINGTON -- Hours before it once again became legal to sell military-style assault weapons, Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharply criticized President Bush on Monday for supporting an extension of the 10-year gun ban while doing little to make it happen.
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Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii were heading to the polls Tuesday in a presidential campaign that has grown increasingly negative with charges of broken promises, plagiarism and petty partisanship.
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Sen. John Kerry sought to make President Bush pay a political price Monday for the expiration of a partial assault weapons ban, but other Democrats reacted warily on an issue that has hurt the party in recent elections.
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Wisconsin is almost the kind of state Hillary Rodham Clinton would have invented to win a Democratic presidential primary, brimming with whites and working class voters who usually support her. A poor performance there Tuesday would raise big questions about her candidacy.
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The battle of the swift boat captains has become such a defining issue of the 2004 presidential campaign that history books are almost certain to give treatment to it in describing this year&#39;s election.
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A flurry of revelations, from Iraq's missing explosives to the flu vaccine shortage, have touched this year's presidential race.
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Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign slammed Vice President Dick Cheney, a heart patient, over reports he had a flu shot, despite a shortage of the vaccine.
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John Kerry may not win Ohio without attracting votes from sportsmen. That&#39;s why he took time in the final weeks of the election campaign to hunt geese in Boardman, Ohio, yesterday.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain have a big stake in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday â and itâs not just about winning or losing.
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November 22, 2004 -- BIRCHWOOD, Wis. - A gunfight among deer hunters in Wisconsin yesterday left five people dead and three others injured.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he bagged a goose on his swing-state hunting trip Thursday, but his real target was the voters who may harbor doubts about him.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Friday President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of a ban on assault weapons would make it easier for groups like al Qaeda to get the lethal guns.
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The &quot;scare&quot; issues drawing headlines in the presidential race include flu shots, Social Security and the draft. But terrorism dwarfs all of them, in scale and ferocity.
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WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry sought to make President Bush pay a political price Monday for the expiration of a partial assault weapons ban, but other Democrats reacted warily on an issue that has hurt the party in recent elections...