Health care, taxes, jobs, homeland security dominate third debate
President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry faced off on a wide range of issues from homeland security and troop strength to wages and education in the third and final presidential debate October 13 in Tempe, Arizona. With both candidates running statistically even in recent national polls, the debate was the public's last chance to see the two contenders go head to head. (complete text)
George Bush and John Kerry fielded questions from undecided voters and vigorously defended their stances on health care, the economy and the war in Iraq as they faced off in the second of three scheduled presidential election debates. The debate, the only one set up in a town hall meeting format, took place October 8 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (complete text)
Cheney, Edwards also discuss Middle East, Iran, North Korea
Iraq and the war on terror played a prominent role in the October 5 debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. The debate was held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. (complete text)
Most campaign without national party support, financial resources
When most people think of American political campaigns, a presidential race springs to mind: the television ads, the radio spots, the televised debates, the campaign budgets running into the tens of millions of dollars. However, most of the hundreds of thousands of candidates vying for the roughly 176,000 elective offices in the United States campaign on shoestring budgets. (complete text)
Candidates focus on Iraq, economy and domestic issues
In the week between the first presidential debate on September 30 and the second debate on October 8, President Bush and Senator John Kerry have adjusted their campaign stump speeches to include more on taxes, the economy and other domestic issues, while continuing to focus attention on Iraq. (complete text)
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