Kerry, Bush curtail schedules as they prep for duel
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry began to narrow their focus and limit their public schedules Sunday in preparation for their much-anticipated first debate, to be held Thursday in Miami.
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CRAWFORD, Texas - It's a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy while you're at it. While President Bush and Democrat John Kerry remained secluded half a country apart on Sunday in preparation for their prime-time showdown Thursday, representatives for each side employed their own double-barreled debate strategy...
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With less than a month to go before the election, President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry faced off for a second time in a town-hall style debate that was at once more aggressive and less formal than their last meeting.
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President Bush is now in a  statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John  Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race  after the first debate last week, a poll on Monday showed.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry drilled behind closed doors ahead of the first of three debates that could decide their hard-fought battle for the White House.
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President Bush is now in a statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race after the first debate last week, a poll on Monday showed.
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John Kerry's visit to New Mexico this week is slated as time for debate preparation, but the Democratic presidential hopeful plans to hold a couple of campaign events while he's in the swing state.
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President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry meet for Round 2 of the presidential debate tonight with Bush under pressure to stop Kerry&#39;s momentum and counteract
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President Bush and his Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry, have more campaign stops scheduled in hotly contested states Thursday, with the US presidential election just five days away.
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As the first debate on Thursday nears, Bush and Kerry seek to knock each other off kilter.
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With less than three weeks before the US Presidential election, Republican President George Bush and his Democratic Party opponent, Senator John Kerry are set to debate for the third and final time on Wednesday night.
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President Bush prepared and practiced on Saturday for the first of three presidential debates with rival John Kerry that could be pivotal in the close election race.
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DAYTON, Ohio - Sen. John Kerry and President Bush began a final, two-day blitz through the most competitive battlegrounds Sunday, shuttling in opposite directions across Ohio and Florida.
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Concerns a loss of momentum after his debate with John Kerry, US President George W. Bush has abruptly scheduled a major speech for Wednesday in hopes of halting the erosion of his lead in the polls, The Washington Times reported.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national security, taxes and jobs on
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Tonightâs debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry marks the culmination of months of campaigning, speeches and attack ads, and the clash will likely
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed sharply and frequently Wednesday night over jobs, health care, tax cuts and the ability to keep America safe as the two candidates squared off in their third and final debate.