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Rehashing election hurts Democrats
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The former Massachusetts lieutenant-governor and three-term senator is seen as a Washington insider although his days as a leader of the movement opposed to the Vietnam War resonate with the party's activist wing. (article 4)
Wall Street in recent weeks has become much less confident about George Bush's reelection chances , as many polls have indicated an ever-tighter race with Sen. John Kerry. (article 2)
The Dow Jones industrial average had mostly been trending along with the conventional wisdom that Bush is the choice of big investors: As his chances appeared to be dimming, the Dow fell to an 11-month low by Monday. (article 2)
Blue-chip stocks had their strongest two-day rally in 18 months, pulling the Dow back above the 10,000 mark to 10,027.47 by Friday. (article 2)
The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index shot up 3.1% for the week, building on a rally that has left the Dow in the dust. (article 2)
Voting machines, said Kerry, were " distributed in uneven ways and voters in Democratic precincts had to wait up to 11 hours to exercise the franchise while Republicans breezed on through. (article 1)
Rev. Martin Luther King was a great man who deserves to be honored, but SENATOR JOHN Kerry was quite wrong in using the celebration for another political speech. (article 3)
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Kerry, Bush, Election, Senator, Democratic |
Source articles
- I don't want to hear anything else about Ohio. (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 01/23/2005, 663 words)
- Wall Street Not So Afraid of Outcome (L.A. Times, 01/23/2005, 1070 words)
- Rehashing election hurts Democrats (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 142 words)
- INDEPTH: US ELECTION 2004 (cbc.ca, 01/24/2005, 1624 words)
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