John Kerry
John Kerry Biography
Short biography of John Kerry who is considered one of the most promising contender for presidential elections.
Kerry Failed to Make Bush's Grade
President George Bush's academic record was almost identical to Senator John Kerry's at university, despite the depiction of Kerry as the more intellectual during the 2004 presidential campaign.
Pensioners for Bush Hire Help
Republican consultants who played a key role in a Vietnam Swift Boat veterans group which helped sink John Kerry's attempt for the White House are now being recruited to take on President Bush's latest adversary, America's biggest pensioners' organisation.
Here Endeth the Lesson
John Kerry was undone by the emergence of the churchgoing 'values voter', says Philip James
Bush and Kerry Go to the Wire
George Bush's presidency was hanging by a thread early today, as young and minority voters went to the polls in droves, many for the first time, pushing turnout to record levels. Early evening exit polls showed the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, running strongly in most of the...
Kerry Takes Bush to the Wire
George Bush's presidency was hanging by a thread early today, as young and minority voters went to the polls in droves, many for the first time, pushing turnout to record levels. Early evening exit polls showed the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, running strongly in most of the...
'Get Out and Vote!'
Andrew Meldrum sees Michael Moore rally thousands of John Kerry supporters in Kent, Ohio.
Could Kerry Curry German Favour?
Germany's relationship with the US has taken serious strain under George Bush. Luke Harding wonders what would happen under John Kerry.
Why Africa Roots for Kerry
Africans don't know John Kerry, but if they could vote in the US elections he would get a landslide, writes Rory Carroll.
Thinner and Frailer, the Comeback Kid Puts Heart Into Kerry's Campaign
Bill Clinton, the perennial Comeback Kid of American politics, returned from his sick bed to centre stage yesterday, proving that his ailing, quadruply-bypassed heart is still in the fight. But it was a much thinner, frailer man who took the stage alongside John Kerry in Philadelphia's...
Clinton Rises From Sick Bed to Boost Kerry Campaign
Bill Clinton today made his first appearance on the campaign trail since his heart surgery seven weeks ago and urged voters to elect John Kerry as a president who "wants you to think and hope". The former president told a boisterous rally in Philadelphia that Mr Kerry, the Democratic...
Kerry Aides Hope Clinton's Late Arrival Will Swing States
Former President Bill Clinton will shrug off his recent heart surgery and hit the campaign trail tomorrow to stump for Democrat challenger John Kerry. Clinton's eleventh-hour appearance on the US electoral landscape comes amid a last push by the Democrats as they seek to overturn...
No Show is a No Go
John Kerry must stop ducking chances to attack Bush on Iraq, says Philip James.
Clinton Will Rise From Sick Bed to Join Campaign
Bill Clinton, once known on the campaign trail as Elvis for his superstar, crowd-pleasing charms, will rise from his sick bed next week to come to John Kerry's aid, six weeks after a quadruple bypass operation. Mr Clinton's last-ditch intervention, starting on Monday in Philadelphia in a...
Presidential Race Still Tight
The latest round of polls in the US election race shows the presidential candidates more or less tied, with Democratic hopeful John Kerry trailing Republican president George Bush by two or three percentage points, a gap still within a margin of error.
TV Channels to Rubbish Kerry on Eve of Poll
One of America's biggest television companies has announced plans to air a film days before the presidential election that portrays the Democratic candidate John Kerry as betraying his fellow soldiers in Vietnam. The conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group will reportedly present the film...
Bush and Kerry Clash in Second Tv Battle
The second presidential debate turned into a bare-knuckle battle for the White House last night, with George Bush and John Kerry dropping all pretence at civility as they savaged each other's records. In an encounter that bristled with animosity, both candidates were on almost constant...
John Kerry's Background Investigated
Gary Younge begins a four week journey from John Kerry's Boston base to George Bush's home town in Texas gauging the pre-election mood of America.
Kerry Leaves Bush Scowling
John Kerry was yesterday widely declared the winner of the first presidential debate, after an aggressive performance left a scowling President George Bush sometimes groping for words. It was, however, too early to tell whether the debate, at Miami University, would be enough for Senator...
First Blood to Kerry in Tv Debate
John Kerry regained the initiative in the US presidential race last night with a forceful performance in his first debate with George Bush, occasionally leaving the president scowling and at a loss for words. Instant-response polls by three major television networks all showed that a...
Kerry Gets Nod in Rival's Back Yard
The Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper in George Bush's home town, shook the small settlement of Crawford, Texas, yesterday by turning against its most famous resident and endorsing John Kerry. The decision has not made W Leon Smith, the Iconoclast's publisher and editor-in-chief, very...
Kerry Wins Unlikely Backing
The Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper in George Bush's home town, shook the small settlement of Crawford, Texas, yesterday by turning against its most famous resident and endorsing John Kerry. The decision has not made W Leon Smith, the Iconoclast's publisher and editor-in-chief, very...
Poll Giving Kerry Lead Stirs Controversy
Contradictory figures raise questions over reliability. A poll in 20 swing states published yesterday showed John Kerry still clinging to a narrow lead over President George Bush in the key election battlegrounds, but it raised questions about the reliability of such polls at a volatile point in the campaign.
Kerry Appeases Party Critics By Starting to Talk Tough on Iraq
John Kerry fought to regain the initiative in the presidential race yesterday with a wide-ranging and scathing attack on the Bush administration's policy in Iraq, accusing the president of bungling the war and lying to Americans about the seriousness of the situation. In his most pointed...
Forgery Row Threatens to Derail Kerry
The problems dogging John Kerry's presidential campaign deepened yesterday as a row over the authenticity of documents about George Bush's National Guard service took centre stage. The Kerry campaign insists it had nothing to do with the documents, which contain derogatory remarks about...
9/11 Widows Join Kerry Campaign
John Kerry tried to re-establish his credentials on national security yesterday, recruiting prominent widows from the September 11 terror attacks to support his election campaign. In an election season dominated by issues of national security, yesterday's endorsement was designed to...
Kerry Stumbles in Key States As Bush Lead Widens
John Kerry has fallen behind in the three biggest swing states - Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio - which pollsters from both parties believe will be the key to the US presidential election, it emerged yesterday. Polling figures suggest that George Bush's surge in support after the...
Press Review: John Kerry's Vietnam Medals
Michael Hann looks at US media reaction to claims that the Democratic presidential candidate threw away his military decorations.
Republican consultants who played a key role in a Vietnam Swift Boat veterans group which helped sink John Kerry's attempt for the White House are now being recruited to take on President Bush's latest adversary, America's biggest pensioners' organisation.
Here Endeth the Lesson
John Kerry was undone by the emergence of the churchgoing 'values voter', says Philip James
Bush and Kerry Go to the Wire
George Bush's presidency was hanging by a thread early today, as young and minority voters went to the polls in droves, many for the first time, pushing turnout to record levels. Early evening exit polls showed the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, running strongly in most of the...
Kerry Takes Bush to the Wire
George Bush's presidency was hanging by a thread early today, as young and minority voters went to the polls in droves, many for the first time, pushing turnout to record levels. Early evening exit polls showed the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, running strongly in most of the...
'Get Out and Vote!'
Andrew Meldrum sees Michael Moore rally thousands of John Kerry supporters in Kent, Ohio.
Could Kerry Curry German Favour?
Germany's relationship with the US has taken serious strain under George Bush. Luke Harding wonders what would happen under John Kerry.
Why Africa Roots for Kerry
Africans don't know John Kerry, but if they could vote in the US elections he would get a landslide, writes Rory Carroll.
Thinner and Frailer, the Comeback Kid Puts Heart Into Kerry's Campaign
Bill Clinton, the perennial Comeback Kid of American politics, returned from his sick bed to centre stage yesterday, proving that his ailing, quadruply-bypassed heart is still in the fight. But it was a much thinner, frailer man who took the stage alongside John Kerry in Philadelphia's...
Clinton Rises From Sick Bed to Boost Kerry Campaign
Bill Clinton today made his first appearance on the campaign trail since his heart surgery seven weeks ago and urged voters to elect John Kerry as a president who "wants you to think and hope". The former president told a boisterous rally in Philadelphia that Mr Kerry, the Democratic...
Kerry Aides Hope Clinton's Late Arrival Will Swing States
Former President Bill Clinton will shrug off his recent heart surgery and hit the campaign trail tomorrow to stump for Democrat challenger John Kerry. Clinton's eleventh-hour appearance on the US electoral landscape comes amid a last push by the Democrats as they seek to overturn...
No Show is a No Go
John Kerry must stop ducking chances to attack Bush on Iraq, says Philip James.
Clinton Will Rise From Sick Bed to Join Campaign
Bill Clinton, once known on the campaign trail as Elvis for his superstar, crowd-pleasing charms, will rise from his sick bed next week to come to John Kerry's aid, six weeks after a quadruple bypass operation. Mr Clinton's last-ditch intervention, starting on Monday in Philadelphia in a...
Presidential Race Still Tight
The latest round of polls in the US election race shows the presidential candidates more or less tied, with Democratic hopeful John Kerry trailing Republican president George Bush by two or three percentage points, a gap still within a margin of error.
TV Channels to Rubbish Kerry on Eve of Poll
One of America's biggest television companies has announced plans to air a film days before the presidential election that portrays the Democratic candidate John Kerry as betraying his fellow soldiers in Vietnam. The conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group will reportedly present the film...
Bush and Kerry Clash in Second Tv Battle
The second presidential debate turned into a bare-knuckle battle for the White House last night, with George Bush and John Kerry dropping all pretence at civility as they savaged each other's records. In an encounter that bristled with animosity, both candidates were on almost constant...
John Kerry's Background Investigated
Gary Younge begins a four week journey from John Kerry's Boston base to George Bush's home town in Texas gauging the pre-election mood of America.
Kerry Leaves Bush Scowling
John Kerry was yesterday widely declared the winner of the first presidential debate, after an aggressive performance left a scowling President George Bush sometimes groping for words. It was, however, too early to tell whether the debate, at Miami University, would be enough for Senator...
First Blood to Kerry in Tv Debate
John Kerry regained the initiative in the US presidential race last night with a forceful performance in his first debate with George Bush, occasionally leaving the president scowling and at a loss for words. Instant-response polls by three major television networks all showed that a...
Kerry Gets Nod in Rival's Back Yard
The Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper in George Bush's home town, shook the small settlement of Crawford, Texas, yesterday by turning against its most famous resident and endorsing John Kerry. The decision has not made W Leon Smith, the Iconoclast's publisher and editor-in-chief, very...
Kerry Wins Unlikely Backing
The Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper in George Bush's home town, shook the small settlement of Crawford, Texas, yesterday by turning against its most famous resident and endorsing John Kerry. The decision has not made W Leon Smith, the Iconoclast's publisher and editor-in-chief, very...
Poll Giving Kerry Lead Stirs Controversy
Contradictory figures raise questions over reliability. A poll in 20 swing states published yesterday showed John Kerry still clinging to a narrow lead over President George Bush in the key election battlegrounds, but it raised questions about the reliability of such polls at a volatile point in the campaign.
Kerry Appeases Party Critics By Starting to Talk Tough on Iraq
John Kerry fought to regain the initiative in the presidential race yesterday with a wide-ranging and scathing attack on the Bush administration's policy in Iraq, accusing the president of bungling the war and lying to Americans about the seriousness of the situation. In his most pointed...
Forgery Row Threatens to Derail Kerry
The problems dogging John Kerry's presidential campaign deepened yesterday as a row over the authenticity of documents about George Bush's National Guard service took centre stage. The Kerry campaign insists it had nothing to do with the documents, which contain derogatory remarks about...
9/11 Widows Join Kerry Campaign
John Kerry tried to re-establish his credentials on national security yesterday, recruiting prominent widows from the September 11 terror attacks to support his election campaign. In an election season dominated by issues of national security, yesterday's endorsement was designed to...
Kerry Stumbles in Key States As Bush Lead Widens
John Kerry has fallen behind in the three biggest swing states - Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio - which pollsters from both parties believe will be the key to the US presidential election, it emerged yesterday. Polling figures suggest that George Bush's surge in support after the...
Press Review: John Kerry's Vietnam Medals
Michael Hann looks at US media reaction to claims that the Democratic presidential candidate threw away his military decorations.