Kerry makes strides to close stature gap
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The stature gap, the first and usually biggest hurdle of any challenger of an incumbent president, is now less of a worry for John Kerry.
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Voters who want to catch Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in the next few weeks won't even have to take off their fuzzy slippers.
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Washington - Democratic nominee John Kerry is holding ground gained against President George Bush as the two prepare for the final debate in the presidential campaign, according to a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll published on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Not in a generation has a presidential election been so close for so long. Now, as President Bush seems to be pulling a bit ahead of Sen. John Kerry, every step, and misstep, could affect their frantic race to the finish.
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New national polls continued to show the race between Sen. John Kerry and President Bush to be very close, although Bush appears to have an edge among likely voters.
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National polls were split over who was leading the US presidential race, but Democrat John Kerry showed signs of making headway against President George W. Bush in the decisive state-by-state battle.
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New polling data suggest that Sen. John Kerry has made little headway with voters in a five states that President Bush narrowly won in 2000.
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DEMOCRAT challenger John Kerry, buoyed by a strong performance in his first debate with George W. Bush, has won a surge of support that puts him slightly ahead in the race to the White House, according to the latest Newsweek poll.
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For Democratic challenger John Kerry, the presidential race has come down to three words -- focus, focus, focus. Even a hunting trip on Thursday was more about votes than geese.
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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.
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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - Sen. John Kerry edged slightly ahead of President George Bush in Friday&#39;s presidential debate, polls suggested, but analysts dismissed the lead as too small to matter.
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President Bush has gained on his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, in a race in Florida that is still too close to call before the presidential election in November, a poll showed on Monday.
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Sen. John Kerry is working, but not too hard, to keep Washington state in the Democratic column.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry got to work on one of the weak points in his campaign for the White House, trying to improve his appeal to women.
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Unlike Al Gore, John Kerry is under no pressure to disappear from view for the sake of national unity, advisers say.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry passed a major test in the three debates with President Bush, standing toe-to-toe with the incumbent and looking at least as presidential. Now the hard part: persuading voters to let him take Bush's place in the Oval Office.
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National opinion polls show Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry running even with President George W. Bush just days after the first of their three debates, and less than a month before the Nov. 2 election.