On the federal deficit, candidates stay mostly vague
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Rising entitlement costs and Iraq war expenses take a back seat to shorter-term stimulus plans.
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Top Democrats advising the Kerry campaign are scratching their heads raw this week, trying to figure out why John Kerry--even with solid debate performances under his belt and continuing violence in Iraq--still is still having such a hard time convincing
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Wins are pumping money into candidates' campaign funds. Yet money alone is not translating into victories.
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Campaign promises have changed little in the run-up to the presidential election, but the rhetoric has intensified.
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It&#39;s confounding that despite such issues as war, terrorism, jobs, wages, loss of US prestige abroad and the cost of health care and college, the two major presidential candidates and their surrogates are flinging meaningless mudballs with abandon.
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Beneath campaign barbs lie stark contrasts on health insurance, deficits, and tax rates.
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Federal Reserve survey shows uncertainties over energy prices, global terrorism and the presidential election among reasons businesses continue to hold back on hiring, investment.
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President Bush, who accuses his Democratic rival of keeping his budget plans secret, has yet to offer plans of his own for funding his campaign promises and cutting the deficit in half, fiscal conservatives said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve may be fairly confident the economy&#39;s soft patch is fading away, but the bond market is stubbornly betting the central bank is off the mark.
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John McCain and Barack Obama are struggling to win over their party's most loyal voters, and no presidential candidate has a firm hold on what may be the campaign's chief issue, the economy. With the first presidential contests now history, voters appear to be telling the candidates: You still need some polishing.
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If any of the presidential candidates are thinking seriously about tax reform, they have kept the information to themselves. And that is a pity.
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Rasmussen Reports - More than anything else, Fred Thompson&#39;s bounce in the polls last week highlights the extremely fluid nature of the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Unlike their counterparts in the Democratic Party, there is absolutely no clear frontrunner for the GOP. In fact, as time has gone on, things have become ever less clear.
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U.S. budget deficits pose a problem for both the domestic and world economies, but there seems little political will to fix them, Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Gramlich said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- The federal budget deficit, helped by a surge in government revenue, is running 14.1 percent below the pace of last year, the government reported yesterday.
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Presidents of both parties talk tough about eliminating unneeded, outdated or wasteful federal programs. But they rarely succeed.
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In the last presidential debate, the candidates are unlikely to dwell on the cost of their own proposals, which analysts put at roughly $1.3 trillion each over 10 years.
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A month ago, his campaign was saying it was going to focus on domestic issues. The federal deficit. Unemployment. Outsourcing. They promised a vision for the future with lots of new initiatives.