Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters
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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
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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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Cynthia Moore &#151; single mother, moderate Democrat &#151; is the living embodiment of one of Sen. John Kerry's biggest challenges in the presidential race. There are things she doesn't like about President Bush, she says, but the president will get her vote on Nov. 2 because she thinks he'll do a better job of protecting her two daughters.
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In the teeming markets and cafes of Little Saigon, generational changes and misgivings over his policies have weakened President Bush's support among Vietnamese-Americans. Still, few are embracing his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry.
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The Iraq war and concerns about terrorism may determine the outcome of the upcoming election, and they appear to have bolstered support for President Bush in at least one Republican bastion in the swing state of Wisconsin.
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True to its feisty Yankee heritage, New Hampshire is loaded with independent voters. That could spell an edge in Tuesday's presidential primaries there for Barack Obama and John McCain.
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The latest opinion polls in the United States show that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faces a tough battle in trying to take the White House from its current occupant, President George Bush.
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The independent blamed by many for George Bush's victory in 2000 says he is considering a run for the White House next year.
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Despite the rare advantage of one-party rule, President Bush has to surmount divisions within his own party.
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Senator John Kerry goes toward the election with a base that is built more on opposition to George W. Bush than loyalty to his own candidacy.
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The race for the White House is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify themselves with neither party.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry launched a two-week tour focusing on the economy as a new poll showed President George W. Bush vulnerable on the key campaign issue.
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President Bush's opponents call him lots of names but they don't call him timid. When it comes to taking risks, Bush has few peers. His second-term agenda is fraught with politically troublesome priorities, if not for Bush personally then for Republicans on the ballot in 2006 and 2008.
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President Bush appears ready to  spend some of his newly gained political capital on immigration  reform but could run up against fierce opposition from  conservatives in his own Republican Party, analysts said on  Thursday.
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President Bush has a small lead over  Sen. John Kerry six weeks before the presidential election, but  voters favor the Democratic candidate on jobs and unemployment,  a new poll showed on Thursday.
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, independent voters are targeted in a telephone "poll" that seems strangely hostile to every Democrat in the race who isn't Hillary Clinton.
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In a scramble for late-breaking votes, Bush and Kerry each highlight risks of putting the other at the nation's helm.