Kerry's Votes Key to Bush Win, Rove Says
14984
Reflecting on how he delivered President Bush his second term, White House political adviser Karl Rove admitted Sunday that John Kerry's vote for, then against, funding in Iraq and Afghanistan was the "gift that kept on giving."
370018
Voters credited President Bush with protecting the country and trusted him more than Sen. John Kerry to take on the terrorists. That offset their displeasure with the economy and the course of the war in Iraq.
33918
NEW YORK - President Bush picked apart John Kerry's record on the Iraq war and tax cuts Thursday night and summoned the nation toward victory over terrorism and economic security at home. "Nothing will hold us back," he said in a Republican National Convention acceptance speech that launched his fall re-election campaign...
552119
New polling data suggest that Sen. John Kerry has made little headway with voters in a five states that President Bush narrowly won in 2000.
469597
The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture of the U.S. presidential race.
765358
Democrat John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may attempt to suppress black voter turnout to help President Bush to victory in November. "What they did in Florida in 2000, they may be planning to do in battleground states all across this country this year," the Democratic presidential nominee said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Congressional Black Caucus. "Well, we are here to let them know that we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this time, every vote is counted and every vote counts."
682871
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President Bush, who holds  a sizable lead in some polls, still appears to be vulnerable to  Democrat John Kerry among independent voters whose shifting  loyalties could determine the winner of the November election,  pollsters say.
538878
Vermont voters on Tuesday backed John Kerry in the U.S. presidential election, giving the Democrat three electoral votes in his contest with Republican President Bush, television networks projected.
734625
Shadowing President George W. Bush across the United States during the election campaign, Republican political guru Karl Rove pulled off a major coup in winning his protege a second term at the White House.
271176
Almost everyone, it seems, is giving Rove an enormous amount of credit for winning his boss a second term last week. From his office in the West Wing, Rove has been President Bush&#39;s senior adviser and chief political strategist.
191585
US presidential rivals George W Bush and John Kerry reach out to voters in states set to be crucial in the poll.
657319
ice President Dick Cheney said yesterday that the nation&#39;s fundamental security was at stake in the presidential election, that Senator John Kerry had repeatedly &quot;made the
189625
An elated President Bush claimed a re-election victory Wednesday after a tumultuous night of vote counting and a concession by John Kerry, as he pledged that he would seek to earn
137969
The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on  Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture  of the U.S. presidential race.
704944
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has a strong lead over President Bush in California, a state that has voted Democratic in recent national elections, according to a poll released on Friday.
373967
John Kerry has so far succeeded in fending off attacks on his Vietnam war record to stay level with George Bush in national popularity ratings - and ahead in most of the 20 swing states where the election will ultimately be decided, according to a poll
686688
President Bush has a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry in an Associated Press poll, but the president has a big advantage on protecting the country &#151; the issue voters say they care about most.