Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their playbooks as it appears that the race may actually be shaped by the economy.
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George W. Bush took a double-digit lead in what had been a neck-and-neck presidential election contest, prompting Democratic challenger John Kerry to refocus his campaign on bread-and-butter economic issues, where the Republican incumbent president is considered vulnerable.
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A gauge of US manufacturing fell this month to the lowest in more than a year, incomes lagged spending in September and home construction declined in the final economic reports before tomorrow&#39;s presidential election.
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Indicators like high oil prices and the slumping stock market have voters concerned.
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Top House leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Wednesday tallied the cost of measures to jolt the economy out of its slump
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BOCA RATON, Florida  - Presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a looming U.S. recession.
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The latest data on the US jobs market sparked a fierce spin effort from the campaigns of President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry to highlight their views on the state of the economy.
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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Pricey television ads, private planes and flashy events have drained the bank accounts of US presidential hopefuls, leaving even top-tier candidates struggling to eke out their precious funds.
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GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a U.S. recession.
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SYDNEY : Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s election campaign received a last-minute boost as new unemployment figures showed a larger than expected fall in the number of jobless, two days before an election he has fought on his economic record.
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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.
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The top candidates in both parties find their bank accounts depleted just as the most expensive phase of the race is about to begin.
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What a mess! Instead of the war in Iraq, the economy, the health-care crisis, the environment and leadership qualities -- which should be the key issues in this year&#39;s presidential election campaign -- the
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This is one in an occasional series of stories leading up to November&#39;s election on economic issues being put forth by President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry.
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The economy lost momentum in the spring and probably is in for a spell of somewhat sluggish growth ahead, which could weigh on voters when they go to the polls in November.
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Disappointing job creation figures issued Friday were a sharp blow to President Bush, making it much more difficult for him to argue on the campaign trail that the economy has turned the corner, analysts and pollsters said.