Kerry, Bush curtail schedules as they prep for duel
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry began to narrow their focus and limit their public schedules Sunday in preparation for their much-anticipated first debate, to be held Thursday in Miami.
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NEW YORK (CBS) President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry have staked out the main lines of attack they will make on each other in the closing weeks of the campaign.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry traded blows over key domestic issues and criss-crossed battleground states hoping to sway undecided voters as the campaign clock ticks down.
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The first of three scheduled head-to-head match-ups between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry will focus solely on foreign policy issues.
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It's a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy while you're at it. While President Bush and Democrat John Kerry remained secluded half a country apart on Sunday in preparation for their prime-time showdown Thursday, representatives for each side employed their own double-barreled debate strategy.
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With the US election campaign now in its final days and the race too close to call, President Bush is stepping up his attacks on his Democratic Party opponent John Kerry.
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President Bush said on Monday his Democratic rival John Kerry had shifted his positions on Iraq so many times he could "debate himself" at the prime-time face-off between the two candidates in three days.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry paused their debate preparations on Monday to question each other's credibility and renew a running battle on Iraq, with Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry will meet for Round 2 tonight with Bush under pressure to stop Kerry&#39;s momentum and counteract a spate of bad news on Iraq.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry will get their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath...
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President Bush prepared and practiced on Saturday for the first of three presidential debates with rival John Kerry that could be pivotal in the close election race.
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President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry sparred over the Iraq war and terrorism as their heated race for the White House headed toward an increasingly tight and bitter finish.
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With the 2004 presidential race still a tossup, President Bush and challenger Democrat John Kerry charged into the final two days of the contest trying to turn to their advantage an
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ORLANDO - Heading into the final weekend before the election, US President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry tried to drum up key electoral votes as polls continued to show the candidates in a close race.
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Three days before their televised debate on foreign policy, President Bush ridiculed Senator John Kerry today, asserting that the Democratic challenger&#39;s shifting positions
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Concerns a loss of momentum after his debate with John Kerry, US President George W. Bush has abruptly scheduled a major speech for Wednesday in hopes of halting the erosion of his lead in the polls, The Washington Times reported.
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President Bush and his Democratic Party challenger Senator John Kerry traded barbs Friday on terrorism and domestic issues. The criticisms are growing sharper with less than two weeks left in the presidential campaign.