Candidates Debut Closing Themes
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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 14 -- John F. Kerry rolled out a new campaign speech packed with populist rhetoric and sharp indictments of the Bush administration Thursday, while President Bush sounded the theme he will take to voters in the next 2 1/2 weeks: that Kerry is a big-government Massachusetts liberal.
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The campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry tentatively have agreed to a series of three debates that both sides hope will give them momentum in the closing weeks of the presidential election, a person familiar with the debate negotiations said Sunday night.
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MANCHESTER, NH -- Entering the final weekend of their long campaign, President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry turned Friday to the closing arguments they hoped would seal victory -- the president asserting
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The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates make their final pitches to voters in 22 states
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Washington -- President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are closing their contest for the White House in just about the same place it began, each depicting the other as a dangerous risk and fiercely battling for
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Presidential contenders squeezed a final few hours of campaigning out of the old year on Monday in a race marked by exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negative campaign commercial that vanished into thin air.
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The two rivals in Ukraine's re-run of a  rigged presidential election made last-minute pitches to voters  on Friday, closing a campaign that has thrown the country into  turmoil and could put a West-leaning reformer in office.
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New Hampshire primary wins by John McCain and Hillary Clinton leave race for White House wide open.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - With the U.S. presidential race tightening and little time before the first party nomination contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, candidates are trying to woo voters without trampling on their holidays.
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The final week of the campaign begins with both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry trying to reach undecided voters and motivate their respective party bases.
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Clinton references rivals' "applause lines" on standing up to special interests ... Turning out voters is the priority in final three days before Iowa votes ... McCain makes last-week push into New Hampshire ... Romney focuses on his candidacy, not his rivals in new ad
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Rhetoric Watch: Win, lose, or come close  -  the outcome will determine which of the three speeches the candidates resort to
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George W Bush and John Kerry go into the final three weeks of campaigning after their last TV debate.
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The candidates offered critiques of the opposition party, perhaps signaling a new dynamic in the presidential race.
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Photos: The candidates gasp to the finish line, and the nation votes, on the year's biggest primary night
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A few rules to follow this election season - from the candidates' point of view.
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In a campaign that's about to get uglier, Thursday's debate provided a last, good moment of substance