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Latest Polls http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls.html
President Bush left the White House Friday for a final campaign swing, planning to
stay on the road until Tuesday, while Sen. John Kerry's campaign was expected to seize
on a new controversy: an expanding FBI probe of Halliburton Co. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6359960/
Shuster's latest Blog: Our Democracy at Risk? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Reality check on Iraq: 100,000 Civilian Deaths Estimated in Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7967-2004Oct28.html
Challenger John Kerry and President Bush began summing up their long campaigns Friday
as they headed into the final weekend, Kerry contending Bush "just doesn't understand
the problems facing America" and the president saying he was the best man to keep the
nation safe from terrorists. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041029/D8616NA80.html
President Bush said Thursday that the presidential race "boils down to a matter of
trust," and he believes he'll win because he has "shown the American people I can do
the job in tough times." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20041029/1a_bushcov29.art.htm
Battleground Hawai'i: Cheney to visit Hawai'i on Monday (Honolulu Advertiser)
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Oct/29/ln/ln03p.html
Fineman: Who's got the best final strategy?...Question is key as campaign enters the
last weekend http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6361320/
Seper: The Justice Department yesterday said it will send out 1,090 federal poll
watchers to monitor elections in 25 states, three times as many as in 2000, as
Democrats and Republicans squabbled in an escalating war of words over potential voter
fraud and intimidation. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041028-115519-4857r.htm
U.S. forces are gearing up for a major operation against the insurgent stronghold
Fallujah, a U.S. general said Friday, as hundreds of British troops reached a base
near Baghdad to free American forces to join the assault. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041029/D8616JFG0.html
FBI probes Pentagon over Halliburton deals...Investigators seek interview with top
Army contracting officer (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6356265/
After days of trying to make political hay over lost Iraqi explosives, the Democratic
ticket turned Friday to an FBI probe of Halliburton as evidence of Bush administration
special favors to special interests. President Bush was campaigning with
actor-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041029/D8614LM00.html
Post Analysis: Munitions Issue Dwarfs the Big Picture
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7418-2004Oct28.html
Lobbying for Libya-and Bush...A former administration official is raising eyebrows in
Washington by working as a lobbyist for Kaddafi at the same time that she's trying to
drum up Arab-American support for the president (Isikoff)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6356977/site/newsweek/
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, fighting for political survival, walked into
Shorty's Cafe in this farm town and asked for help in Tuesday's election. (Reuters)
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041029/2004-10-29T161602Z_01_N29638434_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-CAMPAIGN-SOUTHDAKOTA-SENATE-DC.html
War wives often share husbands' politics...Polls show that most families of National
Guard troops favor Bush (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6357727/
Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware has been asked by Mr Kerry to become Secretary of
State in a Democratic administration, according to Kerry campaign aides. (The Times of
London) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1334724,00.html
The Internal Revenue Service is reviewing the tax-exempt status of the nation's oldest
civil rights organization, saying criticism of President Bush at the NAACP's national
convention in July may have violated rules against partisan activity. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-29-naacp-irs_x.htm
O'Reilly settles sexual harassment lawsuit...Producer sued the talk show host over
explicit phone calls (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6357736/
Mel Gibson joins fight against stem cell measure (AP)
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/11245675p-12164499c.html
The songwriter who helped pen the 1970s hit, "Still the One," is demanding that
President Bush stop using the tune at campaign events, arguing that he's no fan of the
Republican incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041029/D8616ORO0.html
Opinion/Editorial
Meacham: Fighting Works That Work
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7886-2004Oct28.html
Pruden: There's no surprise for this October
http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm
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