Upper Midwest Tempts Bush, Worries Kerry
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LA CROSSE, Wis. - In 2000, political pundits summed up the race in three words: Florida, Florida, Florida...
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.  - President Bush suggested  on Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry's aggressive new attacks  on the White House's Iraq policy show that the Massachusetts  senator may not be up to the task of leading the broader war on  terrorism.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 31  - The race for the White House was wide open late Saturday as it headed down to the wire with President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry scrambling for decisive votes in Florida and the US Midwest.
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CLEVELAND - Good news, or bad? President Bush and Democrat John Kerry have differing takes about the vitality of the nation's job market - a question that's heating up this year's race for the White House.    Bush, who is campaigning Saturday in Ohio - a pivotal state that has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, says a new U.S...
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He visits Wilkes-Barre, says foe plans big cuts; Bush camp calls the attack misleading. By Joe McDermott. WILKES-BARRE | Democrat John Kerry hit on characteristic themes and scares Tuesday - including the
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A cavernous, dirt-floored livestock barn in Springfield, Ohio, is worlds away from a college auditorium in Coral Gables, Fla. But as President Bush addressed a rapturous crowd in Ohio on Monday afternoon, the
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When decision time comes this fall, the real swing votes in the 2004 presidential election may not come from Pennsylvania, Ohio or even the notorious Florida. The ultimate Bush-Kerry battleground may turn out to be somewhere more far-flung and unexpected &#151; Israel, Britain, even Indonesia.
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Sen. John Kerry has opened narrow leads in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and a handful of other battleground state polls since accepting the Democratic nomination, increasing pressure on President Bush to regain lost ground at the Republican National Convention.
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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.
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Both Democratic nominee John Kerry and US President George W Bush have campaigned in two key marginal states that could decide the result of the presidential election, just over a fortnight away.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush appears to be opening a lead over Sen. John Kerry with just over two weeks left before Election Day. The liberal label seems to be hurting Kerry.
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RIDLEY PARK, Pa. -- President Bush yesterday ventured into the blue-collar regions of two swing states, sounding an upbeat note on the economy and restating his support for a missile defense system to protect ...
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President Bush tailed Senator John Kerry across the Midwest on Friday, painting him as an out-of-touch liberal who wanted to impose a huge government health care
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In the unpredictable world of politics, leads in the polls and candidates&#39; confidence can evaporate in an instant. But President Bush and his campaign advisers
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Persuadable voters watching the presidential debates tended to give higher marks to Democrat John Kerry than President Bush, but many sound reluctant to make a final decision in the presidential race.
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Cedar Rapids, Ia. - President Bush, campaigning Friday in Cedar Rapids, painted Democrat John Kerry as an out-of-touch extremist while hoping to tip a race that is no tighter anywhere in the country than in Iowa.
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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.