Bush, Kerry battle over economics
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WASHINGTON - With less than seven weeks to go before election day, and trailing President Bush by a few points in most polls, John Kerry is taking the offensive on a central issue: the economy.
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ORLANDO, Fla.  - Democratic challenger John Kerry  pivoted from the contentious debate over Iraq to  bread-and-butter issues Saturday and accused President Bush of  "serious misjudgments" on the economy as well as the war.
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Wall Street gave Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry the edge in the first presidential debate, but many in the financial community are still pulling for President George W. Bush to prevail in the November 2 election.
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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.
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President Bush and Democratic rival  John Kerry clashed on Thursday over the outlook for Iraq, with  Kerry accusing Bush of living in "a fantasy world of spin" and  the Bush campaign condemning Kerry's pessimism.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry [related, bio] should concentrate on fighting terrorism if they want to help the US economy, according to a National Association for Business Economics survey of its members.
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Democratic White House candidate  John Kerry on Wednesday challenged President Bush's decisions  before and after the Iraq war and linked its $200 billion cost  to economic woes in the United States.
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Democratic presidential nominee John  Kerry on Wednesday challenged President Bush's decisions before  and after the Iraq war and linked the $200 billion cost of the  war to economic woes in the United States.
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US President George W. Bush defended his economic record in voter-rich Pennsylvania in an effort to overcome Democratic challenger John Kerry's advantage on a topic Americans consider crucial to the election.
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As President George Bush and John Kerry outbid each other in rosy promises, Alan Greenspan yesterday brought the election debate on the economy down to earth: Sooner or later
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry battled over health care, jobs and taxes in their final debate on Wednesday, with Bush criticizing Kerry's "far-left" Senate record and Kerry arguing the middle class had lost ground under the president.
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President Bush's speech on Thursday  to the Republican convention offers him a chance to seize the  initiative in an economic debate that polls show is being won  by his Democratic rival, John Kerry.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry turned their focus to domestic issues on Saturday, sparring over tax cuts and other economic policies as they campaigned in battleground states.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national security, taxes and jobs on Tuesday, with
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The campaigns of US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry have assaulted each other over everything from Iraq to the economy since the two presidential
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sen. John Kerry on Saturday looked to frame the next presidential debate by accusing President Bush of making a series of bad economic choices that are making it harder for average Americans to get by.
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Coral Gables, Fla. -- President Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed repeatedly Thursday in a lively debate that highlighted their sharply contrasting views of the past and future of America&#39;s war in Iraq.