Edwards renews attack on Bush over Iraq
AFP, October, 2004
MIAMI (AFP) — Senator John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, kept up the attack on President George W. Bush in a string of television interviews, as surrogates for both candidates clashed over Iraq in the wake of the second presidential debate.
The candidates themselves kept a low profile as they prepared for their third and last televised face-off in Arizona on Wednesday.
Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry attended church services Sunday in Miami, while Bush bunkered down at his Texas ranch to prepare for the upcoming debate on domestic issues.
A new poll for ABC television, conducted in part before the last presidential debate Friday, showed Bush still leading Kerry by about four percentage points.
The poll of 2,030 adults, conducted October 6-9, gave Bush 50 percent and Kerry 46 percent. The margin of error was 2.5 percentage points.
With both candidates planning to ...