May 28
Despite recent stories, it appears John Kerry will accept the Democratic nomination at the Boston convention after all, while a new poll shows the challenger has erased President Bush's lead in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Despite some worrying lows, the Bush team is taking solace in yet other poll numbers that show Kerry slipping, particularly in character-related questions.
For example, the Washington Times reports:
"An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday shows that in the past 11 weeks, the percentage of Americans who say Mr. Kerry is "honest and trustworthy" has fallen 11 percentage points. The number saying he is a "strong leader" has dropped nine percentage points, and the number saying he "understands the problems of people like you" has dropped six percentage points."
But that's the way the cookie crumbles.
The 'McCain for Veep' story continues to rumble, with the New York Times reporting favourable comments by another potential contender.
Amid the latest terror warnings, Kerry himself, meanwhile, is at the beginning of a campaign stretch focusing on national security and reportedly raised over $2m at a single fundraiser in the pacific northwest.
(Interesting, also, that the new GOP ad banners featuring first lady Laura Bush and education policy seem to be cropping up above a number of specific Kerry articles - and the Journal-Sentinel piece linked to above had both a banner and a navigation bar ad - but there's nothing so far to suggest that it's a deliberate buying strategy.)
Finally, the Boston Herald has a piece on Kerry's new campaign plane.
"'In the event of emergency, my hair can be used as a flotation device,' Kerry quipped on board the inaugural flight of the refurbished Boeing 757 from Reagan Washington National Airport," the paper reports.
Despite recent stories, it appears John Kerry will accept the Democratic nomination at the Boston convention after all, while a new poll shows the challenger has erased President Bush's lead in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Despite some worrying lows, the Bush team is taking solace in yet other poll numbers that show Kerry slipping, particularly in character-related questions.
For example, the Washington Times reports:
"An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday shows that in the past 11 weeks, the percentage of Americans who say Mr. Kerry is "honest and trustworthy" has fallen 11 percentage points. The number saying he is a "strong leader" has dropped nine percentage points, and the number saying he "understands the problems of people like you" has dropped six percentage points."
But that's the way the cookie crumbles.
The 'McCain for Veep' story continues to rumble, with the New York Times reporting favourable comments by another potential contender.
Amid the latest terror warnings, Kerry himself, meanwhile, is at the beginning of a campaign stretch focusing on national security and reportedly raised over $2m at a single fundraiser in the pacific northwest.
(Interesting, also, that the new GOP ad banners featuring first lady Laura Bush and education policy seem to be cropping up above a number of specific Kerry articles - and the Journal-Sentinel piece linked to above had both a banner and a navigation bar ad - but there's nothing so far to suggest that it's a deliberate buying strategy.)
Finally, the Boston Herald has a piece on Kerry's new campaign plane.
"'In the event of emergency, my hair can be used as a flotation device,' Kerry quipped on board the inaugural flight of the refurbished Boeing 757 from Reagan Washington National Airport," the paper reports.
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