James Gerstenzang
Selected stories from his coverage of the 2004 presidential campaign, from conventions to election.
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President Bush today gave a bow toward bipartisanship, but said his election victory had given him political muscle that he intended to exercise in a second term focusing on the war on terror and overhauls of Social Security and education.
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President Bush claimed reelection this afternoon and declared “America goes forward with confidence and faith,” after Sen.
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Against an undercurrent of concern about the integrity of the election process but no indications of major problems, Americans waited in long lines at the polls today to deliver their verdict on the George Bush presidency and to elect a new House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate.
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In a feverish finale to an achingly close presidential campaign, President Bush, Sen. John F.
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MILWAUKEE — The presidential campaign swung through the Midwest today, with Sen. John F.
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Sen. John F.
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With exactly four weeks remaining in an election campaign in which the presidential candidates are separated by a razor-thin margin, the vice presidential candidates meet in their only debate tonight.
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In a move intended to directly undercut Sen. John F.
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With violence growing by the day in Iraq and hopes for stability fading, Vice President Dick Cheney pleaded for patience today among American voters, with the reminder that it took the United States more than a decade to create a lasting government.
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Benjamin Ginsberg had dual role in advising both President Bush’s reelection effort as well as the veterans’ group that has been running TV ads critical of John Kerry.
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With his speech to the Democratic National Convention looming hours away, Sen. John F.
