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Here are highlights (not a complete summary), with more details next to photos. Saturday: The First Couple campaigned in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. The twins stumped together for their dad in New Jersey. Vice President Cheney took the campaign to Pennsylvania. Sunday: President and Mrs. Bush attended the Church of the Epiphany in Miami with presidential brothers Jeb and Marvin. He campaigned in Florida with retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Operation Desert Storm, and with Jeb. Monday: President Bush launched a six-state, 19-hour day of final campaigning, saying he was energized by his supporters and confident he would...

E-mail to Candidate Kerry #19 From: James (Cooter) Thompson re: Summing Up Dear Senator Kerry: The other day, we—meaning I and Jack Boudreau and Armen Yazoo—were headed back to Daryl's Bait Shop from a car parts swap meet over to Shelby when your name came up in the conversation. We been sending you e-mails concerning your campaign since back in May. It would've pleased us greatly if you had acknowledged our help, but we can understand you been busy cruising the country trying to generate some enthusiasm for your candidacy. So we ain't offended by your silence nor even by...

MADISON, Wis.-- Andy Hall's class in reporting in the journalism department of the University of Wisconsin invited Lucian and me to visit Thursday morning. The class decided at the beginning of the semester to devote the fall to reporting on efforts to increase the youth vote in Madison for this election. Their stories were due Thursday, and they generously shared their findings with us, so we can share them with you. Some highlights: - Out-of-state students could have a big impact on the election. This was the subject of a report by Cary Dohman, 21, a senior, who noted the...

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. "We need a president and a vice president of the United States who consistently stand up for the interests of the American people, and that's not what we're seeing right now," Democratic running mate John Edwards said on CBS Friday morning. Edwards was even more pointed Thursday night when he told 3,000 people at a Davenport, Iowa, rally, "You...

Inexplicably abandoning his campaign duties, the President went to Vienna today. Oh wait, that's Vienna, OHIO!!! He also campaigned in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Sen. Zell Miller joined the Bushes. Speaking to the Association of the U.S. Army's 50th Annual Meeting and Exhibition at the Washington Convention Center today, Defense Secretary Rusmseld said President Bush had failed to taked action in Afghanistan and Iraq; terrorists were emboldened and it made the world a vastly more dangerous place. Oh WAIT!!!! The reporterette's notes were faulty. That should read: Speaking to the Association of the U.S. Army's 50th Annual Meeting and Exhibition at...

We keep hearing how close the election is going to be. As close or closer than 2000, if that's even possible. And with election lawyers for both parties crawling all over Florida, Ohio and other battleground states, both parties assume it will be tight. But stop for a moment and think about it. That this election may be as close as the last is a stunning fact. How can two elections that have been nothing alike produce such a comparable result? How could two campaign seasons that focused on such radically different issues leave the electorate just as evenly divided?

Is it just me or is the thought of Christopher Reeves widow out campaigning with Kerry just a week and a half after his death a bit ghoulish? I feel and hope there is voter backlash against this grave dancing, Edwards was bad enough saying Kerry will make the crippled walk again, but to have a widow out campaigning just ten days after her husbands death is very sickening and smells of a Wellstone moment in the making.

Tuesday and Wednesday, President Bush campaigned in Florida, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. He signed a bill Monday requiring the federal government to study the potential for adding historic Manhattan Project sites, including the nuclear reactor at the Hanford site in Washington State, to the national park system. Laura Bush campaigned in Pennsylvania Tuesday and presented the "Preserve America History Teacher of the Year" Award in New York the same day. HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday said that about 60 million doses of influenza vaccine combined with an ample supply of antiviral medicines puts America in a strong position to...

Saturday the First Couple campaigned in Florida. Sunday they attended St. John's Church in DC. Today President Bush signed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, met with the US Olympic and Paralympic Teams at the White House, took press questions aboard Air Force One, and campaigned in New Jersey, joined by Bernard Kerik, former NYC police commissioner. The president's parents joined those in Texas who are casting their ballots early. Enjoy your daily dose of W @ Sanity Island.

The indefatigable Bush and Cheney families and some of their friends continue campaigning as the president readies for the final debate tonight, perhaps known in the Bush-Cheney 04 campaign as Creamed Kerry on Toast. Descriptions of who, what, when, and where accompany the photos. Well we know the Why. Enjoy your daily dose of W @ Sanity Island!

Saturday the First Couple traveled home to Crawford, where the president prepared for the final debate with the junior Senator from Massachusetts. In his weekly radio address, President Bush said, "As your President, I have led this country with principle and resolve. We have confronted historic challenges and built a broad record of accomplishment." Vice President and Mrs. Cheney campaigned in Ohio and New Jersey Monday. Focusing on the west, the president campaigned in New Mexico and Colorado today. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!

You are invited to attend the 3rd District Dialogue Mrs. Winsome Earle Sears and Mr. Bobby Scott will discuss the issues that are prevalent to voters in Virginia’s Third Congressional District. Crime, employment, education, military, healthcare and economics are among the many issues that will be discussed. When: Monday, October 11, 2004 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Stuart Gifted Center 411 Virginia Avenue Norfolk, VA Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the issues for yourself. This event is sponsored by the Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League of Norfolk. For more information, please call 757-533-5581 or 804-648-8211.

WAUSAU - In his eighth trip to the Badger State since spring, President Bush asked thousands of his faithful supporters at Marathon Park on Thursday for Wisconsin's help as Election Day nears. Bush's Boeing 757 airplane landed around 2:40 p.m. at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, and with surgical precision, the president greeted local Republicans, including Jim Jacobson of Horizon Development Group and Gerald Whitburn, president and chief executive officer of Church Mutual Insurance Co. in Merrill, before jumping in an armored limousine for the 15-minute drive to Wausau along a deserted Highway 51. Accompanying the president was National Security...

Over the next few days, Winsome will be hitting the communities with her message of hope, accountability, and servant hood. She invites you to join her at the following events: Friday, October 8 at 7:00 PM: Special Reception Honoring Winsome Earle Sears The Home of Governor Jim and Roxane Gilmore 8105 Spencely Place, Richmond, VA Saturday, October 9 at 7:00 PM: 8th Annual Chinese American Legislative Forum Chinese Community Center 722 Newtown Road, Virginia Beach, VA Monday, October 11 at 7:00 PM: 3rd District Dialogue with the Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League Stuart Gifted Center 411 Virginia Avenue, Norfolk, VA Tuesday,...

The President campaigned in Pennsylvania and Michigan today. The White House provided this Link to the President's achievements, stating that Bush's "first term has been among the most consequential and successful in modern times." The Cheneys campaigned in Tallahassee. There are some late photos from yesterday of Laura Bush campaigning in Reno and Milwaukee. I must comment on the fact that Yahoo is posting hideous photos of the Bushes and Cheneys on their web site, the more so as November 2 draws near. QUOTE: Commending the US House of Representatives for rejecting the bill sponsored by Democrat Charles Rangle, called...

Saturday, from his radio address, President Bush said,“Next week, in Iowa, I will proudly sign the Working Families Tax Relief Act. This bipartisan law is good news for America's families." He campaigned in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Sunday the First Couple attended St. John’s Church in Washington, DC. Monday he signed into law the Working Families Tax Relief Act which will give 94 million Americans a lower tax bill next year, including 70 million women and 38 million families with children, and campaigned in Iowa with some “Ask President Bush " rallies. Enjoy your daily dose of W @ Sanity Island!...

A flaming vanity, but worth the observation. Before anyone throws themselves off the Coit Tower because of that bogus Newsweak poll, I would strongly recommend that you do the following. Watch where the Bush people are placing their new ad buys. If the Bush folks are placing Ad buys in Gore states, the strategic situation hasn't changed. If Bush is buying ads in Texas and Oklahoma, we're dead. So far as I can tell, Bush's new "Global Test" commercial is slated for the Gore 2000 battlegrounds. That indicates to me that Bush's internal polling still has him in a...

Touring the area damaged by Hurricane Jeanne, and traveling to Florida and preparing for the first debate (in Florida), are the topics today. Here's an interesting caption from Yahoo: "As voters are swamped by a blizzard of rival surveys in the final weeks of the presidential campaign, pollsters themselves are facing increasing questions about their methodology and accuracy, with some polls showing widely divergent results." The Cheneys campaigned in Minnesota. Enjoy the daily dose of W @ Sanity Island!