Economy takes campaign spotlight
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COMPTON, California  - Economic worries dominated the presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package.
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Washington (Billboard) - While the race for the White House  draws most of the public's political attention between now and  Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector  industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
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The job market held up amid downbeat news about other parts of the economy.
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US presidential election rivals George W. Bush and John F. Kerry wrangled over the state of the economy as they entered the final straight to the decisive vote.
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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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For months, public opinion polls in the United States have suggested that the major issues in this year&#39;s presidential campaign are Iraq, the war on terror, jobs, and health care.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to talk about the economy. A voter in the audience wanted to talk marriage.
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NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 23 -- After months of debate over illegal immigration, social issues and the Iraq war, the economy and taxes have emerged as the central focus of the Republican race in Florida.
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With the Republican National Convention just two weeks away, signs are pointing to a modest economic boost for few businesses.
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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.
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NEW YORK - As President Bush&#39;s campaign prepared a fresh wave of campaign ads coming out of the convention, Democrat John Kerry challenged the Republican&#39;s contention of an improving economy in his own new commercials that are part of a $50 million post
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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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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Gordon Brown will set the economic battleground for the next general election in his pre-Budget report.
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Business & money: Upbeat White House tries to talk up economy as oil price falls back  from record highs
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Democratic presidential challenger John F. Kerry begins the fall campaign on the defensive and faces the urgent necessity to make the race about the economy and other domestic