Kerry and Bush Tangle on Explosives, Character
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry attacked  President Bush's "shifting explanations" on missing explosives  in Iraq on Thursday, but Bush said Kerry lacked the conviction  and consistency to lead the nation at a time of war.
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Both Bush and Kerry scored points in a smart, rousing debate
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Bush and Kerry differ in philosophy and policy both on energy and the environment.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush and Democrat  John Kerry battled over who can best make the United States  safer on Sunday, the Bush camp accusing Kerry of wanting to  treat terrorists like gamblers and the Kerry side saying his  Republican opponent was soft on homeland security.
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Sen. John Kerry and President George W. Bush tested their best debate lines Monday, mixing dashes of humor with cutting criticism in a preview of their encounter in Florida Thursday night.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national security, taxes  and jobs on Tuesday, with Kerry questioning Bush's credibility  and fitness to be commander in chief.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry attacked President Bush's "shifting explanations" on missing explosives in Iraq on Thursday, but Bush said Kerry lacked the conviction and consistency to lead the nation at a time of war.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush are neck-and-neck in their race for the White House, but Kerry is seen as a bit more likeable according to a new poll out just ahead of the second presidential debate.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national security, taxes and jobs on
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TEMPE, Ariz. - President Bush and rival John Kerry vaulted into the home stretch of the race for the White House by trading blows on taxes, gun control, abortion and jobs, striving in their final debate to cement impressions in voters' minds...
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After six months of firing long-distance spitballs at one another across battleground state lines, President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts finally go at it face to face this week.
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But when Democratic challenger John Kerry and Republican President George W. Bush barnstormed into Tampa and St. Petersburg earlier this month, they were in different political worlds.
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US President George W. Bush and his rival for the White House, Senator John Kerry, clashed over the war in Iraq on Monday as the two candidates tried to depict themselves
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Democratic candidate John Kerry on  Tuesday sought the upper hand in his battle over character and  leadership with President Bush, by questioning his Republican  rival's honesty on issues from health care to Iraq.
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With a successful kickoff debate, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., managed to change the dynamic of the presidential campaign and at least temporarily put President Bush on the defensive.
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Iraq, the issue most likely to ignite fire in Thursday's debate, has become the chief symbol of differences between presidential candidates George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.
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The disappearance of 380 tons of powerful explosives from an Iraq storage depot has become a political football in the US presidential elections as both campaigns look for a last-minute advantage.