Presidential rivals gear up for key debates
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WASHINGTONâThe US presidential campaign is entering a pivotal two-week period at a boil with Democratic candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush making emotion-charged arguments to set the groundwork for their first debate on Thursday.
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The US presidential candidates did some late cramming for their high-stakes televised debate, with George W. Bush seeking to lock in his lead in the polls and challenger John Kerry hoping to stage a comeback.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states.
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Republican  presidential contenders led by Mike Huckabee and John McCain  ganged up on rival Mitt Romney on Saturday in the first of two  back-to-back debates that could shape tight races in New  Hampshire's nominating contest.
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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 and Sen. John Kerry will duel on domestic issues today as they continue their feverish campaigning in a number of hotly contested states that are likely to be the keys to victory for one on Nov. 2.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry will be fighting to stay in the US election race when he takes on Republican incumbent George W. Bush in the presidential debates from Thursday.
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US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are preparing for a key TV debate.
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Vice presidential debates rarely play  a big role in White House races, but Tuesday's match-up between  Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards promises a  sharp clash of styles and more than the usual drama.
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There is a lot of fine print in the document spelling out rules for the debates between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. When the first of the three debates starts Thursday, the candidates will wait for a cue from the moderator and then "proceed to center stage, shake hands and proceed directly to their positions behind their podiums."
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The US presidential candidates were set to go head to head in a bruising, high-stakes televised debate, with Republican incumbent George W. Bush aiming to lock in his lead in the race and Democratic challenger John Kerry banking on a comeback.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry trailed behind US President George W. Bush in the latest polls, raising the stakes for their first debate two days before that face-to-face confrontation.
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The contenders in Wednesday&#39;s final presidential debate warmed up Monday by attacking each other at appearances 250 miles apart in the electoral battleground of New Mexico.
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US President George W Bush and his challenger John Kerry prepare for what is set to be a critical second TV debate.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.
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Coral Gables, Fla. -- Democrat John Kerry, sliding behind President Bush in the polls, must deliver a strong primetime performance in Thursday&#39;s first presidential debate to keep his campaign competitive in
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential contenders led by Mike Huckabee and John McCain ganged up on rival Mitt Romney on Saturday in the first of two back-to-back debates that could shape tight races in New Hampshire's nominating contest.