NYT Neck and Neck, Bush and Kerry Pick Different Tracks

[RedEarth]

Neck and Neck, Bush and Kerry Pick Different Tracks
By MARIA NEWMAN

ith the campaign clock ticking down, President Bush and his opponent John Kerry ratcheted up the attacks on each other today, dueling over national security and seeking to build voter support among women.

President Bush told an audience in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., that the election would determine whether America remained safe. "The outcome of this election will set the direction of the war against terror, and in this war there is no place for confusion and no substitute for victory,'' he said.

And in a new television ad, the Bush campaign uses the imagery of prowling wolves to suggest that under Mr. Kerry, the country would be more vulnerable to terrorists because "weakness attracts those who are waiting to do America harm."

The Kerry campaign immediately responded, with a spokesman for the Democratic senator saying the president was using "the politics of fear" out of desperation.

Mr. Kerry traveled to Milwaukee, Wisc., today to talk about the struggle of working women. He was introduced by Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, and Senator Kerry proudly recalled that Ms. Kennedy first campaigned for him in 1972, when she was still in high school

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[ogradda]

1. the politics of fear

is what they run this country on. that and greed.