Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their playbooks as it appears that the race may actually be shaped by the economy.
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Indicators like high oil prices and the slumping stock market have voters concerned.
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The road to the White House is taking some strange and sharp turns as tightening polls and pressure from party stalwarts force the presidential campaigns to adjust their strategies.
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John McCain's campaign is broke, Mitt Romney's is frequently likened to a well-oiled machine and Rudy Giuliani's is about as insular as they come in the Republican presidential race.
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GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. 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 U.S. recession.
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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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WASHINGTON - With less than seven weeks to go before election day, and trailing President Bush by a few points in most polls, John Kerry is taking the offensive on a central issue: the economy.
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WASHINGTON : Democrat John Kerry, seeking to refocus his White House battle against George W. Bush, zeroed in on the president&#39;s economic record he called a litany of fiscal failure and favoritism for the rich.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but it was at its weakest in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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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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Prime Minister John Howard's election campaign received a last-minute boost as new unemployment figures showed a larger than expected fall in the number of jobless, two days before an election he has fought on his economic record.
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US presidential election rivals George W. Bush and John F. Kerry wrangled over the state of the economy as they entered the final straight to the decisive vote.
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The close race for the presidency is depressing the stock market, which is flat to down for the year despite a recovering economy, solid profits and major new tax breaks for investors.
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The Republican presidential race has gone from merely unpredictable to chaotic.
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Reports on factory orders and the labor market  portrayed an economy that is skirting recession as attention shifts to government figures on employment to be released Friday.
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The nationâs manufacturing sector managed to slip into a recession with almost nobody seeming to notice. Well, until Tuesday.
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The latest data on the US jobs market sparked a fierce spin effort from the campaigns of President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry to highlight their views on the state of the economy.