Key is if voters see link between Iraq war, terror
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WASHINGTON - The presidential debate Thursday night gives John Kerry a chance to turn national angst about the war in Iraq into a turning point in the campaign.
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President Bush sought to enter the campaign&#39;s final week with voter attention focused on the war on terrorism - but the news out of Iraq in recent days was not what he had in mind.
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In the run-up to last year&#39;s invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration frequently cited alleged but largely circumstantial links between Osama bin Laden&#39;s terror network and a
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Votes against the gulf war in 1991 and for using force against Iraq in 2002 seem like a metaphor for John Kerry's Senate career.
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In the US presidential race, both the Republican incumbent, President Bush, and the Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry, have put forth similar visions for Iraq&#39;s future, namely to create a stable environment for elections as soon as possible.
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National security issues such as the war in Iraq and terrorism are dominating voters' attention in the final weeks before Election Day, Associated Press polling found.
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White House release of a previously secret intelligence assessment depicting a growing terrorist threat gives both political parties new ammunition in the election-season fight over the Iraq war.
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an October 9 election, according to a poll trend, as terror fears overshadow a closely fought campaign. repeatedly over the US-led war on Iraq.
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The Bush campaign is counting on the fact that terrorism will trump all other issues - such as the economy - for voters.
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The third anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks come in the shadow of the presidential election and fears that al Qaeda is determined to disrupt the U.S. political process.
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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.
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For most Americans, the war in Iraq is a harrowing conflict responsible for more than 1,000 U.S. military deaths. For President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, it represents much more as each tries to use Iraq as a prism through which voters will harshly judge their rival.
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Give elderly voters in this up-for-grabs Philadelphia suburb an opportunity to air their fears about health care, and they will. But chances are the topic will quickly turn to Iraq instead.
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There are all sorts of statistics that track how the nation has changed since it last elected a president, perhaps none as telling as this: 98 percent of us remember exactly what we were doing when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Americans are united on this but little else as Election Day nears.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S involvement in Iraq and terrorism strikes in Southeast Asia have made defence and national security potentially decisive issues for voters as polling day nears.
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A few senators from President Bush's own party may determine the outcome of an Iraq war vote this week that would deal a blow to him. These Republicans, facing re-election in 2008, must weigh party loyalty and voters' anger at an unpopular war.
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THREE YEARS after 9/11/01, presidential politics is driven by fear of terrorism and war in Iraq. 9/11 represents horrifying failure of America&#39;s defense that happened on George Bush&#39;s watch.