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Followup to:

But he went through with his decision to drop out of the race on Tuesday, then bizarrely announced last night that he would endorse Kerry for the Democratic nomination.

Frantic efforts were being made at the Kerry campaign HQ yesterday to contain the Drudge story.

Asked if there was any truth to the report, spokesman Adam Abrams said: "I am not allowed to comment on it."

Another Kerry campaign aide said: "We have just heard about it and we are trying to work out how to deal with it."

In another twist yesterday, right wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh speculated that the claims about Kerry could have been leaked to Drudge by Bill or Hillary Clinton.

A possible scandal surrounding Kerry is believed to have been behind the decision of former governor and one-time frontrunner Howard Dean not to pull out of the presidential race. Kerry has won 11 states and lost just two in his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

-THE White House last night released dental records to counter claims that President George Bush did not do his proper service in the Air National Guard at a base in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1973.

[finnman69]

BRING HER ON!

[Cicero]

Interesting. The Sun and the Mirror are really duking it out on the Kerry scandal, just as they did on Tony Blair's decision to join the U.S. in Iraq. Evidently the British Socialists really, really hate Bush.

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Democratic insiders insist the claim is a right-wing smear.

When did Weasely Clark join the Vast Right-Wing conspiracy?

[Porterville]

In a head-to-head contest Kerry leads Bush by 51 per cent to 43

yawn, what were the polls about Gore?

In a poll of all voters, Gore barely beats Bush. In a four-way race, Gore leads Bush 47 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with Green Party candidate Ralph Nader holding 3 percent and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan at 1 percent.

Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush are currently locked in a virtual tie, with Gore winning support from 48 percent of all registered voters to 46 percent for Bush, according to a new CNN/Time poll released Friday. (March 200)

George W. Bush's campaign hasn't been touting poll numbers lately. That's because polls now show Bush, who once held a huge lead over vice president Al Gore, is now either trailing or in a dead heat. A Sept. 1 poll of registered voters by Newsweek called the race 49 to 39 for Gore. The same poll showed that if Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan are out of the race, Gore beats Bush 53 to 41. On Sept. 4, another Newsweek poll showed a tighter race, 46 to 42 for Gore. Despite conventional wisdom that says the candidate who leads on Labor Day wins the race, Bush's closest advisors are still confident -- and well, a little cocky

[Porterville]

OOPS In a head-to-head contest Kerry leads Bush by 51 per cent to 43

yawn, what were the polls about Gore?

(snip newsmax)In a poll of all voters, Gore barely beats Bush. In a four-way race, Gore leads Bush 47 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with Green Party candidate Ralph Nader holding 3 percent and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan at 1 percent.

(snip cnn)Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush are currently locked in a virtual tie, with Gore winning support from 48 percent of all registered voters to 46 percent for Bush, according to a new CNN/Time poll released Friday. (March 200)

(snip weekly wire)George W. Bush's campaign hasn't been touting poll numbers lately. That's because polls now show Bush, who once held a huge lead over vice president Al Gore, is now either trailing or in a dead heat. A Sept. 1 poll of registered voters by Newsweek called the race 49 to 39 for Gore. The same poll showed that if Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan are out of the race, Gore beats Bush 53 to 41. On Sept. 4, another Newsweek poll showed a tighter race, 46 to 42 for Gore. Despite conventional wisdom that says the candidate who leads on Labor Day wins the race, Bush's closest advisors are still confident -- and well, a little cocky