Economy takes campaign spotlight
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COMPTON, California  - Economic worries dominated the presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package.
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Now that there's no denying that the U.S. economy is badly shaken, the presidential candidates are highlighting their ideas on how to fix things.
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AKRON, Ohio - 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.   "They promised to create 6 million jobs, and guess what? They're about 7 million short," charged Kerry, campaigning in a state that sided with Bush in 2000, but now has unemployment above the national average...
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This is one in an occasional series of stories leading up to November&#39;s election on economic issues being put forth by President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry.
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Indicators like high oil prices and the slumping stock market have voters concerned.
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Americans have turned markedly gloomier about the economy in recent months, a shift that is reshaping a presidential campaign long dominated by the war in Iraq and national security concerns.
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For Democratic candidates, the growing risk of a recession is an opportunity for action. For Republicans, it presents a dilemma.
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A concentrated burst of advertising is putting the candidatesâ strategies out in the open and is highlighting the diverging financial fortunes of the two parties.
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BOCA RATON, Florida  - Presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a looming U.S. recession.
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NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 23 -- After months of debate over illegal immigration, social issues and the Iraq war, the economy and taxes have emerged as the central focus of the Republican race in Florida.
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The race for president has a hot new issue: what to do about the economy's credit crunch. And the candidates, as usual, do not agree.
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry picked up endorsements from some 200 business leaders as he sought to boost his standing on economic issues.
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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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A month ago, his campaign was saying it was going to focus on domestic issues. The federal deficit. Unemployment. Outsourcing. They promised a vision for the future with lots of new initiatives.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy has slowed even more than previously thought, but the sluggish spell is not expected to turn into recession as Election Day nears.
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Presidential campaigns are about more than just speeches, rallies and the horse race.